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Yesterday we made a few brief observations on Philip Gunn’s committee assignments, but as we have read various media reports we have seen a few comments from Democrats on what they are thinking; and a lot of it makes sense and expands on what we talked about. Billy McCoy’s closest allies were probably the most…
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus issued this statement after Joe Nosef was elected chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party last week: RNC Chairman Priebus & Co-Chairman Day Congratulate Newly Elected Chairman of the MSGOP WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus and Co-Chairman Sharon Day released the following statement congratulating Joe Nosef, the newly-elected…
The House was in session for a few minutes this morning, mainly to hear their committee assignments, something we have been anxiously waiting for. When we get the full roster, we will post them on the site, but for now here are the chairs of most committees: Agriculture- Preston Sullivan (D) Appropriations- Herb Frierson (R)…
In trying to squeeze every ounce out of Haley Barbour’s pardons for their political benefit, the Mississippi Democrats recently sent out a press release labeling legislation that would put limits on the attorney general when it comes out hiring outside counsel as retaliation against “the only statewide official who has taken action to protect Mississippians…
Despite a healthy Republican majority already in the Senate, everyone will be paying close attention to the chamber’s redistricting map. That will be the responsibility of Merle Flowers who takes over for Terry Burton who produced a good map for Republicans, but irritated many conservatives with his insistence of eliminating a solid Republican district in…
Earlier today, the Mississippi Republican Party’s Executive Committee elected Joe Nosef to be the next chairman. He will be the first chair to lead the party with a Republican governor, lieutenant governor and Speaker. The party sent out the following release a few minutes ago: Joe Nosef Elected Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party (Jackson,…
Earlier today we talked about the proposed rule change that will alter the makeup of two of the most power committees in the House- Appropriations and Ways and Means. Instead of calling for the Speaker to appoint six members from the five old Congressional districts based on seniority, they would now use the new Congressional…
We talked about some of the changes to the Jackson area under the new Congressional maps drawn by a panel of federal judges earlier. Basically, Gregg Harper will pick up Voting Districts 1, 5, 15, and 47 while 46 and 79 are headed to MS-02 and Bennie Thompson. VTD 15 fits in with the Republican…
Yesterday, Haley Barbour’s office announced that the PERS study commission will release their recommendations today. There was a ton of talk of PERS during the elections, it was certainly a hot button issue and Democrats felt like it was a winning issue for them. Considering the results of the elections, we can debate the merits…
Prior to the November elections, Republicans had just 16 members who were first elected before 2000. Two of those members (Jim Ellington and Frank Hamilton) aren’t coming back. Contrast that with the Democrats who had 18 members elected before 1990. Following defeats and retirements, that number is down to 13. (Those not back include J.P….