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The Latest on Miss. elections: GOP nears House supermajority (Dem floor leader defeated)
The Seattle Post Intelligencer ^ | November 4, 2015

Posted on 11/04/2015 10:07:30 AM PST by Clintonfatigued

The latest news on Mississippi's general election. All times are local.

12:23 a.m.

Republicans have boosted their majority to 71 in the state House.

But three races were too close to call early Wednesday.

The surge turns back Democratic hopes of trimming the GOP edge, which now stands at 67-55 in the chamber.

Redistricting created terrain for Republicans to pick up seats, boosting hopes that they would get to a 74-seat supermajority. With the supermajority, they would eliminate Democrats' ability to block taxing and spending decisions.

Republican challenger Vince Mangold on Tuesday defeated House Minority Leader Bobby Moak from Bogue Chitto. Democratic incumbent Sherra Lane of Waynesboro also lost, and Rep. Bo Eaton, a Democrat from Taylorsville, was trailing narrowly Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: elections; teapartyrebellion
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1 posted on 11/04/2015 10:07:30 AM PST by Clintonfatigued
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; NFHale; ExTexasRedhead; GeronL; ..

Great news. State House Minority Leader Bobby Moak was soundly defeated after 32 years in office. It looks like Republicans will have a 73-to-51 majority in the state House of Representatives.


2 posted on 11/04/2015 10:09:53 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: Clintonfatigued

“Great news. State House Minority Leader Bobby Moak was soundly defeated after 32 years in office. It looks like Republicans will have a 73-to-51 majority in the state House of Representatives.”

How is that “great news,” when the Republicans in MS are lead by that useless turd Hayley Barbour? Are these the same “Republicans” who screwed a conservative senate candidate in a runnoff election last year and allowed that “living corpse”
Thad Cochran, to remain in office so they could tell him how to vote? Please tell us all how this can be constrewed as good news?


3 posted on 11/04/2015 10:19:05 AM PST by vette6387
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To: vette6387

Unseating an incumbent Democrats who is his party’s leader and has held office for three decades is a great victory. As for Cochran’s re-nomination last year, that was dirty pool, but it was only one election.

Republicans won across the nation yesterday in spite of heavy spending by Democrats and their allies.


4 posted on 11/04/2015 10:22:04 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: vette6387

I voted against the whole lot of them yesterday.


5 posted on 11/04/2015 10:24:12 AM PST by Sybeck1
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To: vette6387

The Missisiiippi Barbour/McConnell/Cornyn/Rove establishment used Party money to pay Black voters, who had already voted in their Democrat primary to vote against the Tea Party winner ( McDaniels) on the primary election in favor of Thad Cochran, an establishment Hack that does what he is told by the power group. 6000 blacks crossed over to vote in the run offagainst the conservative!! At the expense of people who had given the the Republican party!!
Let me assure you that that is one solid reason we want TRUMP!!


6 posted on 11/04/2015 10:26:24 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: WENDLE

Who is the “We” of whom you speak???


7 posted on 11/04/2015 10:30:46 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Beware the Louisiana Weasel - GOPe Plan C or make that D)
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To: Clintonfatigued

“Republicans won across the nation yesterday in spite of heavy spending by Democrats and their allies.”

Yeah, and I too used to regard that as good news, but in more recent times, the “new Republicans,” have mostly turned out to be just more turds in the GOPe punchbowl.


8 posted on 11/04/2015 10:30:49 AM PST by vette6387
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To: vette6387

Barbour and his family are the lowest of the low...they make the Clintons look normal.


9 posted on 11/04/2015 10:35:52 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Not across the nation...

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2015/11/03/Polls-open-at-7-a-m-in-Pennsylvania-voting-pittsburgh-election-day/stories/201511030149

Of course the Dems outspent the Reps 3 to 1.... but its the Republicans who buy elections (rolling eyes)


10 posted on 11/04/2015 10:41:41 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: vette6387

Unless they have some say in closing their primaries, I don’t see the great news either. These people are evil. I’ll never forget McDaniel’s face on election night. He was struggling to contain emotion after being publicly robbed.


11 posted on 11/04/2015 11:48:02 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Just when you thought there was nothing left to take away from the Dhimmicraps...


12 posted on 11/04/2015 11:50:09 AM PST by TBP (with the wrong hand)
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To: WENDLE

“Let me assure you that that is one solid reason we want TRUMP!!”

WENDLE, we’re on the same page!!! Barbour is a walking, talking a$$hole! I had an employee (in Memphis years ago) who had a brother in Parchment Prison. He talked about “ringing people up” by connecting their privates to a telephone magneto. I’d personally like to ‘ring up” Barbour.


13 posted on 11/04/2015 11:53:43 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Clintonfatigued; yongin; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican

Too bad that creep AG Hood was reelected.


14 posted on 11/04/2015 11:58:12 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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Term limits has got to be implemented for downballot statewide officeholders in MS.


15 posted on 11/04/2015 2:32:29 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Clintonfatigued; .45 Long Colt; paintriot; Lil Flower; Malichi; WXRGina; duffee; onyx; DrewsMum; ...

Ms ping


16 posted on 11/05/2015 5:51:34 AM PST by WKB
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To: vette6387

Parchment Prison??????????????
A paper prison?
Is it possible you mean Parchman Farms Prison? Commonly known as Parchman.


17 posted on 11/05/2015 5:58:30 AM PST by Tupelo (Honest men go to Washington, but honest men do not stay in Washington.)
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To: WENDLE
>[? So to fight Democrats you're supporting the Obama cheerleader, 2008 Democrat and 2012 Independent, and supporter of Canadian-style single-payer health care.

Think things through, please.

18 posted on 11/05/2015 5:59:35 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Therefore, Sir, I tell you again ... you are necessitated to BREAK them." -- Oliver Cromwell)
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To: Tupelo
A paper prison?

No one deserves it more.

19 posted on 11/05/2015 6:11:30 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: vette6387

I’m also wondering what type of Republicans they are.


20 posted on 11/05/2015 6:13:54 AM PST by Nickname
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