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July 26, 2007

Crowded field seeks secretary of state job

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 7/26/7 Eric Clark’s surprise announcement earlier this year that he wouldn’t seek a fourth term as secretary of state set off a seven-candidate scramble for the open statewide post. Both parties have competitive primaries Aug. 7, with four Republicans and three Democrats running. The two party nominees will meet in…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 26, 2007

State auditor: Ray, Pickering the best choices

The Clarion-Ledger, 7/26/7 State auditor is typically not a statewide elected position that galvanizes public interest, until recent years, that is. Since Ray Mabus turned the post he held from 1984 to 1988 into a stepping stone to the Governor’s Mansion (1988-92), officeholders have taken the position seriously as a possible route to higher office.…