Speaker of the House Philip Gunn (R-Clinton) made committee appointments Friday for the 2012-15 term, and East Mississippi legislators received many important assignments. Read here a listing of all House committee assignments for this term. Rep. Steve Horne (R-Meridian) is the new vice chairman of the Apportionment and Elections Committee, and also will serve on [...]
Officials in both Lauderdale and Clarke counties have certified the final, complete and official November 8 election returns for House District 83. I am pleased that the official tallies confirm that our campaign carried both counties, won 60% (15 of 25) of the district’s precincts, and achieved a solid majority of the total vote cast [...]
Republican members of the Mississippi House of Representatives have selected one of our own, Rep. Philip Gunn, of Clinton, to stand for Speaker of the House when the Legislature convenes in January. Given the fact that Republicans will have a majority in the House as a result of the November elections, Philip no doubt will [...]
Americans will cast Congressional ballots two weeks from Tuesday. Republicans must net a 40 seat gain in order to take control of the House of Representatives and thereby “fire” Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Most prognosticators, Democrat as well as Republican, now concede this is a likelihood. Democrats are in big trouble because Americans reject what Congress [...]
COWBELLS – The cowbell ban is silly. If anyone were really serious about enforcement, cowbell toting fans (easy enough to identify personally in the stands from any telecast) would be fined, or simply banned from future games. That won’t be done, nor should it be, because the rule itself is ridiculous, as the SEC’s inaction [...]
I am proud to claim victory in my bid for a fourth term serving the citizens of District 83 in the Mississippi House of Representatives. With 100% of both Clarke and Lauderdale county precincts reporting, I have received a solid majority of 52% of all votes in a three-way race. (Absentee ballots are not yet [...]
The last political forum of this election cycle took place Monday morning on WMOX Radio in Meridian. “Morning Show” hosts Bill Smith and “Dumpster Dawg” fired questions to myself and to my Independent challenger. Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, the Democrat nominee once again was a “no show” even though he had been invited to participate. [...]
Democrats are desperately waging a losing battle to hang onto power in the Mississippi House of Representatives. They apparently are willing to say or do anything to maintain majority control and thereby keep coveted chairmanships in Democrat hands alone. Rep. Omeria Scott (D–Laurel), chairwoman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, organized and promoted a meeting [...]
There is an old adage in politics that there are only two ways to conduct a campaign: “Run unopposed, or run scared.” Although Halloween has already come and gone, the Democratic nominee for House District 83 has brought ironic meaning to the phrase “running scared.” Only one time during this campaign season, on Sunday afternoon, [...]
Three good friends and colleagues from the Legislature joined me in Meridian on Saturday for some good ole fashioned door-to-door campaigning to push voter turnout. Rep. Mark Baker (R–Brandon), Rep. Gary Chism (R–Columbus), and former District 84 Rep. Eric Robinson (R–Quitman) canvassed precincts and urged residents to turn out at the ballot box for Greg [...]
Mississippi’s private sector job creators have endorsed Greg Snowden for reelection to the House of Representatives. In a news conference covered by WTOK-TV and held Monday afternoon at Ed Chaney’s Tire Center in downtown Meridian, the National Federation of Independent Business and the Mississippi Manufacturers Association both urged voters to mark the ballot for Snowden [...]
QUITMAN, MS – State Representative Greg Snowden has been endorsed for re-election by the three Clarke County mayors whose cities lie all or part within House District 83. Enterprise Mayor Larry Murray, Stonewall Mayor Jackie McHenry, and Quitman Mayor Eddie Fulton are urging District 83 voters to keep Snowden on the job. “Greg Snowden is [...]
