A circuit judge has ordered Mississippi’s governor to move a special election for U.S. Senate off the bottom of the November ballot.
Attorneys for Gov. Haley Barbour said they will file a quick appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green said in a ruling Friday that “the principles of fairness and justice” demand that the special election be listed among the other federal races.
Republican Roger Wicker and Democrat Ronnie Musgrove are competing for Trent Lott’s old Senate seat. Lott, a Republican, resigned last December and Barbour appointed Wicker to serve until the special election.
The winner will serve the final four years of a term Lott started.
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NE MS Daily Journal
9/12/8
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