On March 27, filing closed for candidates in the May 12 special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat in Mississippi’s First district. The district includes the northeast corner of the state.
No party labels are on the ballot in Mississippi special elections. Here is the Secretary of State’s candidate list, which does not show party. According to Politics1, though, all 13 candidates who filed are Republicans. A Libertarian, Danny Bedwell, had said he would run, but his name does not appear on the Secretary of State’s list.
When this district held an election in November 2014, there were nominees from the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Reform Party.
The link to the Secretary of State’s web page also lists the candidates for the regularly-scheduled election for state office in November 2015. The list of candidates in that election includes eleven Reform Party candidates, and four Libertarians. There are no independent candidates for any statewide offices, but there are six independents running for the legislature.
I am surprised that former Congressman Travis Childress did not run. With so many Republicans running, he could have had a chance to force a runoff – which they most likely will be with this many candidates.
Richard, what was the filing fee for any candidate in this Special Election? This might have been what discourage some Democrats, 3rd parties and Independents to run.
As I have written before, Mississippians as a whole, feel the Republican Party has been “Heaven Sent.” I can remember when no Republicans ran for office in Mississippi. The Mississippi Party in Mississippi is the same thing as the old Democratic Party of the 1940’s and 1950’s.
It was hard to get a 3rd party active during the 1940’s and 1950’s and I am afraid it is going to be the same during the 21st century.
There is no filing fee in special elections in Mississippi. Filing fees in Mississippi are paid to parties, but special elections are non-partisan. Instead candidates needed 200 signatures.
No, Zinn is a Democrat
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2015/mar/27/politico-walter-zinn-seek-1st-cd-seat/
Obviously the 1964 leftwing Johnson v rightwing Goldwater Prez election was THE end of lots of whites in the Donkey Party in the southern States.
i.e. rightwing Nixon in 1968 and 1972 — due to white votes in many southern States.
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.