Jackson Jambalaya

State Auditor Stacey Pickering issued the following press release:

Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef issued this memo to county party chairmen.  A reader was kind enough to send it to me so you can see the rules for yourself.

Update: Mr Johnson issued a correction and apology.  

Looks like our friendly online journalist did it again.  This time he accused Gilbert of partying it up at the casino Saturday night while the state election process burned down.

Looks like Charles Busby is having an Education Summit at the capitol today and didn't bother to notify anyone.  The agenda was posted below.  The committee meeting was not posted on the House website.  Nice to see our leaders deciding the future of education in secret. Mr. Busby owes us an apology.

Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber issued the following press release:

The Daily Caller reports:

Teaparty.org asked for volunteers to help "overturn Mississippi vote.

"Online journalist" Charles C. Johnson offered a $2,000 reward for the Rose Cochran photos at issue in the nursing home scandal on Twitter today.  The screenshots are posted below.  He also reported Chris McDaniel will file a legal challenge to the election results tomorrow.  His tweets can be found at @ChuckCJohnson.

Well, this story just will not quit. The Clarion-Ledger just reported that Pete Perry, yes, that Pete Perry, was arrested for a DUI last night:

Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber issued the following press release:

This post was supposed to go up Friday but well, fate intervened as everyone knows.  Here is a round-up of stories from the national media about the election results. The Wall Street Journal delved into the Cochran's success in the black community in several stories. It published this chart:

Looks like Madame DeLadd does not like the Yarber administration's treatment of her and her alternative news weekly publication.  The Jackson Free Press sharply criticized the Yarber administration over its new interview policy for the JFP:

The death of Mark Mayfield moved Amile Wilson to pen this little epistle about the past week in Mississippi politics.

The Chris McDaniel campaign issued this call to arms last night:

Gateway Pundit gets some basic facts wrong in this post about the circuit clerks denying voter roll access to McDaniel supporters that made it to the Drudge Report.

Updated: Blogger Gateway Pundit now does the same thing. Just one problem. It was linked on Drudge. See more recent post for update.

Nice to see out of state bloggers not exactly telling the truth. A Charles Johnson tweeted that Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann sent out an email ordering circuit clerks to bar Chris McDaniel supporters from reviewing the poll books. Here is the tweet:

Update: A suicide note was found. 

Ridgeland police confirmed that attorney Mark Mayfield died of a gunshot wound to the head this morning at his home.  Ridgeland police are at the scene.  The cause of death is under investigation although police sources said it is probably a suicide.   His family suffered no physical harm. Please keep them in your prayers.

The Chris McDaniel campaign just issued the following press release:

State Auditor Stacey Pickering issued the following press release:

The latest controversy about the Senate race, and there will undoubtedly be more, is large turnout of black voters for (presumably) Thad Cochran last Tuesday. Many accused the Barbours and others of using dirty politics to get blacks who never vote Republican to vote in the Republican runoff. However, one black politician I respect sent me this email yesterday that stated a different view:

Nice to see someone in corporate America with some backbone.  A New York Times columnist took some shots at Walmart.  Walmart responded in kind instead of issuing the typical mealy-mouth statement.  Clue: Much red ink was used in the response. Enjoy.

Chris McDaniel issued the following press release:

Clarion-Ledger's Sam Hall and Cochran Campaign Manager Austin Barbour appeared on the show to discuss the results.

Here is a wrap-up of coverage of the Senate race results.

Here we are again. Three weeks later. Another election night.  JJ will update this post as quickly as possible.  Just poured the Rittenhouse Rye. Time to have some fun.

Victoria's Victories Facebook page is down. 

Here are my thoughts on the Senate race since the primary.  I published  a similar post that was written in the style of Chapter 4 in Nietzche's Beyond Good and Evil. Enjoy.

Consider this to be your election day thread.  Want to post the turnout at your precinct, post here. Think The Kingfish overlooked an article that just would have made the difference in the election? Post it here.  Good luck to both sides.  Since we now have voter ID, we will have to say drink early and often today. 

Treasurer Lynn Fitch issued the following press release:

Update: See bottom of post.

The FBI issued the following press release:

It seems Mr. Jeremiah Botty was offended by this post about him.  He sent me the following email:

Looks like State Senator David Blount (D-Mount Olympus) deigned to weigh in on the Senate race with this tweet:

Absentee ballots are up by a large number when compared to the June 3 runoff in the tri-county area. Here are the numbers:

JJ obtained a copy of a letter signed by Rankin County constable Charles Lindsay, Jr. promising not to run for office again.The letter states:

The Mississippi Federation of College Republicans issued this press release:

Only thing missing from this story is L.C. Murray telling Beeeeeeeeeeeeert Case he'd whip his ass.  State Senator Tony Smith (R- Pulled Pork County) posted a Ricky Cole message on his Facebook page:

The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following press release yesterday in response to Governor Phil Bryant's calling Common Core a "failed program".

Phi Mu of Ole Miss entered the sorority war on Tumblr this week.  Here is a comparison with the  Kappa Alpha Thetas of the University of Arizona.

The New York Times examined the role of transplant voters in the Mississippi Senate and Virginia Congressional  races a few days ago.  The newspaper specifically focused on Desoto County where Chris McDaniel "clobbered" Thad Cochran by a 2:1 margin.  Interesting fact: 72% of Desoto's population was born outside of Mississippi.  The New York Times reported:

Here we go. Jones County Supervisor sends out letter asking voters to participate in the runoff Tuesday:

Warning: Mature adult language.  

Mississippi once again made the headlines at not Fox News, not PMSNBC, not even CBS but... Comedy Central.  Colbert had a field day with Senator Cochran this week.

Here are the latest campaign finance reports for the Senate race.

Granted, this article is posted on Seeking Alpha.  The finance website is not exactly the Wall Street Journal.  However, this  May 28 post about Kior raises some interesting questions.

Democrat pollster Brad Chism said his latest poll showed Chris McDaniel led Thad Cochran 50-44.   6% of the respondents were undecided. Mr. Chism stated on his website: