On January 2, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Secretary of State, alleging that state law requires a special election in the spring of 2008 to fill the seat vacated last month by Trent Lott. Governor Haley Barbour believes that the special election need not be held until November 2008. Thanks to Steve Rankin for this news. The lawsuit is in Hinds County Circuit Court. It is State ex rel Hood v Barbour, no. 251-08-02-civil.