Conservative Defeats Incumbent Justice on Mississippi Supreme Court

The Marshall Project ^ | 12/12/24 | Caleb Bedillion and Daja E. Henry

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Conservative state lawmaker Jenifer Branning has defeated moderate incumbent Jim Kitchens for a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, according to final election results released by the Secretary of State’s office.

Branning narrowly won the Nov. 26 runoff election with 64,087 votes, or 50.6%, in the Mississippi Supreme Court’s central district, which includes Jackson. Kitchens received 62,685 votes, or just about 49.4%. Branning and Kitchens had advanced to a runoff after none of the five candidates running for the seat received a majority of votes during the Nov. 5 general election.

The state’s nine high-court justices are elected from three districts and serve staggered eight-year termsConservative state lawmaker Jenifer Branning has defeated moderate incumbent Jim Kitchens for a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, according to final election results released by the Secretary of State’s office.Branning narrowly won the Nov. 26 runoff election with 64,087 votes, or 50.6%, in the Mississippi Supreme Court’s central district, which includes Jackson. Kitchens received 62,685 votes, or just about 49.4%. Branning and Kitchens had advanced to a runoff after none of the five candidates running for the seat received a majority of votes during the Nov. 5 general election.The state’s nine high-court justices are elected from three districts and serve staggered eight-year terms.

Kitchens is the second incumbent justice to be ousted this year. David Sullivan defeated Justice Dawn Beam on Nov. 5 for a south Mississippi Supreme Court seat.

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GOOD!

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“defeated moderate incumbent Jim Kitchens”

That’s usually how the media describes anyone less left than Bernie Sanders and more left than Joe Biden.