Death leaves another Senate vacancy
Death vacated another state Senate seat the same day Gov. Phil Bryant scheduled a special election to fill the vacancy left by last week’s death of Sen. Bennie Turner, D-West Point.
Sen. Alice Harden, D-Jackson, died Thursday after a lengthy illness.
Bryant will schedule another special election to fill Harden’s post.
On Thursday, he announced a special election for Jan. 15 to fill Turner’s District 16 post, which covers Clay and portions of Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties.
“Holding the special election in January means the citizens of these four counties will be properly represented as soon as possible in the next legislative session,” Bryant said in a news release. “This legislative session will tackle many important issues, and it is critical District 16 be represented in those decisions.”
Entering the second year of a four-year term, the 174-member Legislature is being hit by an unusually high number of vacancies.
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12/6/12
Magnolia Tribune
