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You.just.can't.make.this.up.

The Hinds County Sheriff's Office closed the "courthouse three" case after it determined no laws were broken.  Make comments in the earlier post. 

Century 21 published this listing on the local website:

Marshall Ramsey had a field day with the courthouse incident on Twitter last night:

Elections tend to bring out the worst in Ms. Ladd as she writes in the British Guardian newspaper what she really thinks of Mississippi:

Dan Aykroyd, yes, Elwood himself, will be the special guest at a fundraiser for Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis at the home of attorney Ashley Ogden Thursday night.  The invitation is posted below.

Update: HCSO just confirmed in writing that the two other individuals with Janis Lane were Scott Brewster and Rob Chambers. Scott Brewster is the "Coalition Director" for the campaign. Mr. Chambers is a consultant for the Mississippi Baptist Christian Action Commission

Correction: The original post stated there were two women. HCSO said there two men and a woman as stated above. Pete Perry said there were three women.

It seems Central Mississippi Tea Party President Janis Lane cannot stay out of trouble.  Ms. Lane and two other women gained access to the Hinds County Circuit Clerk's office around 2:00 AM.  The Hinds County Sheriff's Office is investigating the invasion.

Hinds County Republican Party Chairman Pete Perry just told JJ that anyone can vote in the runoff election if one takes place if they did not vote in the Democratic primary Didn't vote at all? Show up and vote on June 24.  Voted for Childers? Stay home.

Here is the county by county breakdown of the Mississippi Senate Republican primary last night.

Good show today as The Kingfish hosted former State Senator and Chris McDaniel friend Lee Yancey on the show today to discuss the Senate race.

Cochran pulled out Rankin 50%-49% after being down most of the night in that county.  McDaniel: 49.6%. Cochran, 48.9%. Carey, 1.6%  Looks like we are going to a runoff.  Yes, a runoff.  Why? Because you people couldn't make up your minds, that's why. ;-)  Yes, you really do deserve this.  Election will be June 24.  Here is the video of State Senator Chris McDaniel's speech last night:

Note: 4 Hinds boxes won't be counted until in the morning. 16 Rankin boxes still out. Rankin will count tonight. See bottom of post for more details.

This is the election night thread. I don't expect any results to start appearing until after 8:00. This will be fun.

Good solid conservative. A realtor. That means private sector. Creating wealth. Not a lawyer or politician. Opposes Obamacare. Wants to cut spending and grow the economy. Not beholden to the special interests who've bought the campaign. Here is a Fox 13 interview with him. He is ON the ballot today and if you are sick of both campaigns, here is an alternative.

 Note: This was first posted yesterday.

My favorite chapter of Nietzche's Beyond Good and Evil is "Epigrams and Interludes". The philosopher chooses to collect a wide array of various thoughts and place them into one chapter.  I have decided to post my observations about the Senate race in the same vein instead of writing one big monster column.  Enjoy.

Here are the campaign finance reports for the Madison Chancery Clerk's race. 

Someone in the College Republicans apparently got stupid.  The Mississippi Federation of College Republicans issued this press release:

Can we get some adults in this campaign?  PLEASE??? Check out this Twitter fight between Jordan Russell and Keith Plunkett. Mr. Russell is the spearcatcher, I mean Communications Director for the Thad Cochran campaign while Mr. Plunkett is the genius, um, make that Policy Director for the Chris McDaniel campaign.  Entertaining for us but seriously, two officials in U.S. Senate campaigns getting into it online? If there is an example of the problems with BOTH of these campaigns, these screen shots are it. 

The Ronny Lott for Chancery Clerk campaign issued the following press release:

Desperate or smart? That 'tis the question as an ad in the Mississippi Link asked "democrats to cross over and vote in the republican primary to ensure our community's interest is heard."  Republicans asking Democrats to vote in a Republican primary? Interesting. 

Madison County Chancery Clerk candidate David Overby issued the following press release:

The Ronny Lott for Chancery Clerk campaign issued the following press release.

 Warning: Mature adult content. Not safe for work, kids, wives, or Thad Cochran voters. ;-)

The McComb Enterprise-Journal is the first newspaper to publish a story about Sergeant Redfruit.  The newspaper reported on the escapades between a Mississippi Highway Patrolman and his um, "buddy" at a closed down rest area on I-55 last month.  JJ published the first page of the story with the permission of the Enterprise-Journal. The rest of the story is behind a paywall.

It's tight.  Harper Polling said the latest polls shows Cochran at 45%, McDaniel at 40%, and the undecided vote is 15%. Harper stated:

We are going to the last week of the campaign or as someone else said:



Might as well get this out of the way so here are the latest missiles from the Senate race.

Here are the latest crime reports for Jackson, Madison, Rankin County, The Rez, Byram, Clinton, and Ridgeland.

Update: Bond for Rick Sager is lowered from $250,000 per count to $25,000 per count. Bond for Kelly reduced to $75,000. He was released after making bond.

Here are the police reports for the arrests of Mark Mayfield and Rick Sager.  The report for John Hurt is also included although he was not taken into custody.  Sager and Clayton Kelly still reside in the Madison County jail.  There is no new information in the reports.  Madison will not release any more information until some of these cases are adjudicated.

Pete Perry and former State Senator Lee Yancey appeared on the show today to discuss what else but the Senate race.

JJ has learned that Trudy Fisher is leaving her position as Executive Director of Environmental Quality. 

It seems nothing can strike fear into a Senate candidate than a CNN reporter:

Hinds County District Attorney Robert Schuler Smith issued the following press release:

Political strategist and operative Richard Buckman submitted this column about the Senate race to JJ:

Admiral William McRaven gave a powerful speech last week at commencement exercises at the University of Texas in this video.

Nick's is now closed.  Wow.  JJ called Nick's to confirm.  The person answering the phone hung up when the question was posed as to whether Nick's was closed.  Staff was sent home today when they showed up to work. Sorry to see this happen. Here is a note from Nick Apostle:

Update: Ready for this? He was arrested in 2012 for armed robbery, carjacking, and using a gun in the commission of a felony.  He was scheduled to go to trial in April but Judge Kidd granted  a continuance.  His trial is scheduled for August 11. Judge Kidd has approved several continuances in the case for plea negotiations.  The court file is posted below.

Should we get a posse together?  The Madison Police Department issued two press releases today:

The Secretary of Ukraine's Defense Council begged for American help on the pages of the Wall Street Journal:

The Central Mississippi Tea Party issued this press release:

Someone has gone dark since Clayton Kelly was arrested. Red Alert Mississippi (@redalertms)is a pro-McDaniel Twitter account. The account holder has posted over 1,200 tweets since mid-March. Red Alert posted three tweets the morning after the arrest of Clayton Kelly and then went silent. JJ has learned the account-holder lives in Laurel.

This is the best scene so far in Game of Thrones. Just finished season 3.

The police report for the arrest of Clayton Kelly opens up a window into the alleged conspiracy to photograph the infirm wife of Senator Thad Cochran.  The report claims Clayton Kelly, "Mark"*, John Mary, and others began conspiring in February to photograph Mrs. Cochran  in her nursing home bed.  They intended to use the pictures in an  internet video attacking Senator Cochran.  Kelly and two other suspects were arrested and charged.  JJ obtained the reports through a public records request.

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following press release:

Time to take a quick break from you know what and give you some good news. The Dolly Parton Foundation and Nissan are providing free books to children under the age of five years old in Hinds, Madison, and Rankin counties. The registration form is posted below.Parents can get up to 60 free books for their children. Hinds County Library System Executive Director Patty Furr said Nissan provided $400,000 to fund this program.