Elections

Bob Hickingbottom, an African American candidate disqualified from running for office by the MS Democratic Party is seeking a reversal of the decision and threatening a Civil Rights lawsuit.

The freshman House District 64 lawmaker, now an Independent, is challenging the residency of both Democrats certified by their state party. State Representative Shanda Yates has filed residency challenges in Hinds County Circuit Court against two Mississippi Democratic Party candidates seeking to run for House District 64. Yates, a first-term legislator, switched to be an…

Democrats' decision not to certify Hickingbottom & Wash for Governor raises questions about dozens of other similarly situated candidates. A total of 56 other Democratic candidates did not file a statement of economic interest by deadline.