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November 6, 2015

Rep. Jody Steverson flips to give Republicans 74 seat supermajority #msleg

Quick flip: Steverson switch to GOP gives supermajority Bobby Harrison at the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal is reporting that state Rep. Jody Steverson, D-Ripley, plans to switch to the Republican Party — just two days after his re-election as a Democrat. This would give the House GOP a 74-seat supermajority. Clarion Ledger 11/5/15
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November 5, 2015

PERRY writes of Rep. Greg Snowden’s memory of Fred Thompson

BRIAN PERRY/Snowden recalls Thompson Mississippi House Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden (R-Meridian) worked for Thompson in 1977 as a law clerk. “I was there when his acting career began,” Snowden said. Thompson represented Marie Ragghianti who had served as Chairman of the Tennessee Parole Board. But the man who appointed her, Democrat Governor Ray Blanton,…