PENDER: Candidates playing chicken with deadline
I’ve heard some talk lately about Vicki Slater, a Jackson attorney who toyed with a 2012 run for Congress against Rep. Gregg Harper, being courted to run for governor….
Will Auditor Stacey Pickering seek re-election?
This was THE buzz last week among the Room 210 (lobbyists and political operatives) set at the Capitol last week. Talk is that Republican Pickering wants to return to the private sector and might even step down early.
Partly this is driven by Pickering reporting only $27,000 in his campaign coffers.
Pickering has already drawn a Republican challenger, longtime Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler. There’s also much talk about tea party-backed Republican state Sen. Michael Watson of Pascagoula jumping in. Regardless, this GOP primary will be a big one.
Clarion Ledger
2/14/15
Magnolia Tribune
