Hub City mayoral special election day set
HATTIESBURG — Gov. Phil Bryant has set a Sept. 24 special election for a do-over in the Hattiesburg mayoral race. Bryant’s order today came days after Judge William Coleman ordered a new election...
View ArticleDems, city ask Justice to monitor special mayoral election
HATTIESBURG — The Mississippi Democratic Party and the Hattiesburg City Council have asked the Justice Department to send observers to the city for the Sept. 24 mayoral election. The Democratic Party...
View ArticleHosemann orders observers for special mayoral election
HATTIESBURG — The secretary of state’s office will have observers in all 14 precincts and for the vote count in the Sept. 24 election for mayor of Hattiesburg. Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree’s 37-vote...
View ArticleHub City to try again to elect a mayor
HATTIESBURG — City of Hattiesburg residents head to the polls today for a rematch in the city’s mayoral race. Democratic Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree recorded 37 more votes than his challenger,...
View ArticleWare holds slim lead over DuPree for Hub City mayor
HATTIESBURG — Early returns show independent Dave Ware taking a very slim lead over Democratic incumbent Johnny DuPree in a special election for Hattiesburg mayor with absentee votes still uncounted....
View ArticleOfficials to continue to count ballots in Hub City mayoral race
HATTIESBURG — Ballot counting will stretch into a third day for Hattiesburg’s second mayoral election this year. The special election was Tuesday, and officials spent hours yesterday counting and...
View ArticleIn-fighting, controversy continues in Hub City mayoral race
HATTIESBURG — Bickering broke out on the third day of vote counting in the do-over election for Hattiesburg mayor. By late yesterday afternoon, officials still hadn’t determined the winner of the race...
View ArticleDupree claims victory in Hub City mayoral race
HATTIESBURG — Johnny Dupree has apparently won a fourth term as mayor of Hattiesburg. After affidavit ballots were tallied Saturday at Hattiesburg City Hall, DuPree, a Democrat, had received 7,512...
View ArticleHosemann eyeing absentee ballots from controversial mayoral election
HATTIESBURG — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is examining absentee ballots from Hattiesburg’s recent special election. The review will not change the outcome of the election. Incumbent Democrat...
View ArticleGrand juries charge seven with election violations
HATTIESBURG — Twelfth Circuit Court District Attorney Patricia Burchell says Forrest County grand juries have charged seven people with misdemeanors in Hattiesburg’s two mayoral elections last year....
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