Jackson Jambalaya

The Jackson truck driver leads the DEM primary.

When I saw the ad with Pickering in a pickup truck, I knew he was going to win. And then, it showed him in chinos, looking plausibly like a farmer (a Delta farmer, definitely). Most politicians are running around in strange combinations of 'dad jeans' and shirts that belong with suits - looking fake as hell. (I admire Joel Bomgar, who at least wears shirts that are appropriate to wear with jeans) Pickering got the look TOTALLY right, though, and every senile old bag in the state voted for him, because he looked like their daddy, or their late husband.

He who is perceived to be the biggest Redneck wins, in Mississippi (in elections where the candidates are white)
and...
The Daddy Candidate wins.

Mary didn't have a chance, because she does not come off as being a Redneck (unlike a certain someone whose name rhymes with 'zen ditch'. And she's certainly not a daddy.

To become Governor, of course, you need to be BOTH a Redneck and a Daddy.

Mississippians elect those whom they consider to be as stupid and trashy as themselves. They're cutting their own throats, of course, but that's what they do. That's why things will never get any better in Mississippi.

Go glad we're gone from there...

5 of 14 GOP reporting in MadisonCo, Longwitz @ 67%.

4 of 9, Bomgar @ 70%.

Mayor Mary losing Madison with over 50% there in.

Jackson

Precinct 32 Longwitz @ 82%
Precinct 34 Longwitz @ 79%
Precinct 45 Longwitz @ 75%
Precinct 78 Longwitz @ 76%

Last minute candidacies fall short. What was I thinking looking through rose colored glasses? To the incumbents goes the spoils. Ugh.

56% counted, Bomgar @ 71%

43% counted, Longwitz @ 68%

39% reporting in SD#25, Longwitz @ 73%

Townsend has big lead in rankin right now. Not sure how many precincts reporting.

Bomgar romps, Longwitz romps.

Win P34 that big ANY opponent is in big trouble.

Has Billingsley conceded yet?

Queen Mary losing in her own county? Perhaps the madisonites arent so fond of her either.

Goodbye John Bell. Hope you enjoy your retirement.

Over for Babs. Too many marbles in her mouth for voters to understand what she was saying. Couldn't have happened to a nicer JFP equity partner.

#OxfordHouseMATTERSBillingsley

Tyrone going down?

Belhaven-Midtown-Jackson Medical Mall House seat 70 33% reported
Name Party Votes Vote %
Sykes, Kathy Dem 502 41%
Begley, Samuel Dem 364 30%
Cotton, Tammy Dem 352 29%

9:05, I live in Madison and didn't vote for her. Only because I don't want to lose her as mayor. That was the case for several madison residents.

Any updates on Hinds County DA?

So we should go with 12,000 to 5,000 smith?

Are you in another timezone Kingfish?

45% statewide and Vicki Slater well behind.

Rudy's a$$ is puckering up right about now.

Any update on Hinds County DA?

Time to shift the Oxford House referendum to the Attorney General's race.

@9:05. No. Quite the opposite. We want to keep her as mayor!

It is over in Madison County. NUMEROUS JJ prognosticators have their butts thoroughly kicked.

Landslide for Longwitz and Bomgar.

There's always bagging groceries Crosby.

hey 9:17, guess what? you can keep her, the rest of us don't want her.

Will Sue Townsend win outright? WOW

Are you even in town Kingfish? Thought this was an election night thread?

Biggest Madison County upset of the night is County Prosecutor.

Pammi beats a 3-term incumbent who (a) had never had an incumbent before; and (b) is the son of a former GOP national committeewoman.

There had to have been some serious discontent for that to have taken place.

Will Gerald Steen suddenly grow a set or does Rudy have pictures?

Phillips never had an *opponent* before. Sorry.

Somebody that knows what they are talking about...how did incumbent DA Smith win by a landslide but incumbent Lewis is going to lose? Great campaign by Victor, but still does not make sense.

Did Morrison even win the 39047 area?

9:34..... and the rest of the state wants her to stay your mayor as well........

Jackson

Precinct 32 Longwitz @ 82%
Precinct 34 Longwitz @ 79%
Precinct 35 Longwitz @ 82%
Precinct 36 Longwitz @ 79%
Precinct 34 Longwitz @ 73%
Precinct 45 Longwitz @ 75%
Precinct 46 Longwitz @ 79%
Precinct 78 Longwitz @ 76%

Can Gerald Steen be recalled in the event he acts a fool after this election?

90% reporting and it appears that voters in Rankin County have told the good 'ol boys in the RCSD to get fucked.

Faye Peterson taught us it takes twelve years to get rid of an incompetent DA.

I see the criminals got out and voted their favorite non-prosecuting DA Shuler Smith back into office

Let the champagne enemas flow tonight. Eyebrows will be waxed and buttholes bleached. DA Smith lives to do nothing another day.

Who in their right mind votes for Robert S. Smith???? I am guessing pushers and pimps? He has done absolutely nothing. We had a chance to bring in someone new who might actually get off their lazy ass and prosecute these criminals to the fullest extent. Instead the people of Jackson shit and fell back in it.

@9:57 Best comment of the night!! Wish there was a "like" button!

Hahahahaha

10:01 & 10:02
Couldn't agree more. I'd like to buy you gentleman a beer

Voted for Bill Billingsley. He is a good man. But damn did he run an absolutely horrid campaign. He spent more time updating Facebook with pictures from restaurants and other food feedings than he did working his actual precincts. C'mon Bill.

From the MCJ: District 3 race not over yet. Election officials are headed to Highland Colony to pick up a voting machine card that was unaccounted for. Could swing race where Gerald Steen holds slight lead of 69 votes over Jill Ford.

Really a shame that Hinds County voters can't find it in themselves to vote a sex offender like Jeff Stallworth into office.

94% reporting. Goodbye Richard Morrison.

@10:09 yep, and he chose a greedy landlord over families.

Ain't voting for Stacey Pickering come November. No way, no how. And if he brings up Jocelyn Pritchett's orientation going to shove Thad's adultery right up his ass and that of the Barbours.

Greer going on MSGOP radio early in the cycle and indicating that he was all-in with Kemper was a serious mistake from which he never recovered.

Don't forget peeps that Morrison was We-Searched-For-The-Best-Nationwide-And-Found Sam R Hall's pick.

Townsend wins outright!

Would appear that Bill B chose poorly - aligning himself with OH and MDMH did not work out so well. Apparently 70% or more think Will L represents their interest. I know I do and glad I did not throw away my vote in the Dem Primary. What a waste that would have been. Everyone in the NEJ precincts could have voted for Alexander and it would not have made a dent.

Turd campaign of the year: Billingsley. Must
hurt to lose to a zero like Longwitz. Had a terrible
Campaign. Runner up
Turd COY: Mary B Hawkins. Even an FBI investigation
couldn't take her home.

Voters in Madison, the City, love Mayor Mary. Voters in Madison, the County -- not so much. As a Ridgeland resident I have always thought she hurt the other cities in the county by pushing for more state and county funds for Madison, a less populated enclave.

Another way of looking at it, she does her job as mayor of Madison very, very well -- maybe too well for the rest of the county and state to trust she would suddenly include us.

The memorial baptist churches all organized against Mary. The was her downfall.

Hinds county just told you where the problem was and was not. Good for Hinds County

Embrace the good ole ass-kicking Kingfish!! Embrace it!!

GOP establishment has some making up to do with their candidate for central public service commission Brent Bailey. What a joke because the party barely recognized him early as a candidate. How refreshing it is that one so knowledgable of the industry and job on the commission won the nomination. No candidate worked as hard as he did to get his message out plus turn out his voters.

If I ever run for office, I hope KF will support my opponent

Stacey Pickering needs to use this second chance to straighten out his ethics, starting with filing any needed amendments to his tax returns. He is, after all, Auditor. Pay your damn taxes Stacey.

Will Longwitz was very focused, positive, respectful and restrained to his opponent, and took nothing, absolutely nothing for granted, and with Lee Ann worked very hard. Very hard. Has a great partner in Lee Ann, his lovely secret weapon. He and Lee Ann absolutely deserved a good outcome. And I have to say Bill was a gentleman and worthy adversary. All is well that ends well.

11:41 "I hope this guy--with a history of unethical behavior as auditor--will clean up his act in his second term."

Mississippi politics in a nutshell, everyone.

People who live in Jackson just can't trust anyone that's endorsed by JJ. Anti-Jackson articles and comments run rampant on this site. Most of the comments are from people who complain about the crime in Jackson, but these same people work in Jackson every day.

Nothing changes in hinds county. Jails will remain overcrowded, criminals will remain untried and Oxford House will remain unscathed. Agree with the comments on BB. Smart guy. Flat out got out worked by what is sadly looking like a pure, career politician. Hand it to the guy- longwitz needs a job and he hustled to keep the only one he's got. He needs to answer his spending habits though.

Me too, 11:05. I usually vote in the Dem primary but I switched over to support Longwitz since he is going to bat for those of us dealing with Oxford House. My only wish on the Dem side was for Lewis to get ousted. Cheers!

AP calls it for the truck driver.

Someone posted on a different thread that we should use the search feature in the top right corner of JJ's homepage and see what everyone had to say about Will Longwitz in the past. I did. I encourage everyone to do the same. "Liar Longwitz, Lazy Longwitz, Worthless Will, career politician." That's just a few of the more colorful thoughts. He had a handful of supporters, but the majority of posters had nothing but bad things to say about him. Now everyone is jumping on the bandwagon like neo Saints fans after their first super bowl win. He threw a little hissy fit about Oxford House and that's about it. They're still here and don't appear to be going anywhere. I've scoured the Internet and can't find one indicator that they will be removed once established. They may not open new houses. They may not resign the lease at the current address, but it doesn't look like they will be changing locations. I'll bet dollars to donuts that Senator Longwitz doesn't even bring up the house but once or twice more. This was grandstanding at its finest. He yelled and stomped and but on a good show just in time to get his constituents whipped into a frenzy just prior to voting season. He's a career politician. We had a shot at bringing in some new blood and passing some legislation that matters. Instead we bought what Longwitz was selling and I fear we will all be sorely disappointed.

Allen Phillips is a great man.

Allen Phillips is a great man.

What a stupid, wasteful, idiotic post. Almost nothing in the entire original post was accurate. Just a jumbled mess of wrong figures and inaccurate counts.

Mikula and Avery are very, very worried this morning.

Major earthquake in DeSoto House GOP primaries.

Officially and for the record: WALTER MICHEL HAS NO COATTAILS in NEJackson!!!

Allen Phillips is a great man...........phhhssssstt. You obviously have never seen one of his 'little man fits' he pitches every so often. He engages his mouth most of the time before his brain has time to think about what he is saying.........great man my ass. I'm glad he got his ass handed to him.

Investigations and legislative action regarding Oxford Houses will start next session. It is a statewide issue.

Judge Berger headed to a runoff with Spivey.

Just a jumbled mess of wrong figures and inaccurate counts.

Point out specifically what figures above are wrong and/or inaccurate.

1:40 Get a grip on yourself. You are posting at nearly 2 in the morning about why Longwitz is going to disappoint everyone. But you see, he didn't disappoint in the last 4 years. This wasn't just an Oxford House vote. People in Madison County don't know about Oxford House and yet he won there with almost exactly the same percentages. Face it, he won and he won big. Stop telling voters they are stupid. They made their overwhelming choice.

1:40 am: your tedious, long rehash of your sour grapes at Will's win makes me savor the reality of his overwhelming victory all the more. Face up to it: You're in Will country now! Hee Hee!

W. Michel just built in/moved to Ridgeland.

Does anyone know what happened to Dick Hall?

His eyes are staring at me from the political ad on this page while I type.

"...People in Madison County don't know about Oxford House and yet he won there with almost exactly the same percentages. Face it, he won and he won big. Stop telling voters they are stupid. They made their overwhelming choice."
August 5, 2015 at 7:21 AM

I'm glad, too, that Longwitz won big. But we in Madison county have probably made MOST of the posts regarding the Neal & Anna Flophouse/Chicken Ranch Scandal. We're the ones who've been staring and pointing and whispering. We're the ones who'll be "greeting" 'Her Specialness' at MRA, and we're among the many who are examining the family's every move (and contingency-planning against their next misdeed).

We do SO know about Oxford House. Many of our widowed mothers live in the vicinity of the Flophouse, and we fear for their safety. The elderly are far more vulnerable than are children, to the identity theft/burglary/rape/murder one expects, when criminals are introduced into a neighborhood. Lots of us grew up in that neighborhood, and still love the place. We care: BIGTIME.

WAIT A MINUTE................."Her Specialness" is coming to MRA? Holy Cow. How did that happen?

Back to the election. Thought Jill might pull it out. I spent some time outside my Ridgeland polling place yesterday. The "old guard" Ridgeland were all over Steen and the folks I had never seen before were in the Jill camp. Same thing I have been seeing in the neighborhood, at Church and on FB. Jill hurt herself when she joined the gang of 3. I think if she had stood alone she would have won.

Maybe next time.

@ 6:51 - That is just one snobby neighborhood in Tupelo that is against it. Everyone else in the state would welcome it into their neighborhood. Isn't that that how the story goes?

6:54: I'm not going to recite the posts for you. Read them for yourself. From the get-go of this post, there was very little accuracy. Kingfish was shooting in the dark with loaded blanks. But you already know that.

11:13; I think you meant to say 'Missionary Baptist' instead of 'Memorial Baptist'. Any church in Mississippi sporting a sign out front that includes the letters MB is a black, Missionary Baptist church.

I dare the "Kingfish"' to file his open/public records requests or whatever other means he/she generally uses, to obtain the first 50 abstracts of cases with a final judgment that go to trial, by private retained attorneys, against Hancock, in Madison County Justice Court.

Hancock won because of "popularity," networking, socializing, etc.. Not because of knowledge, skill, or real trial experience actually trying cases on a daily basis against attorneys who know how to try cases.

This guise of "protecting" Madison County...to save herself from a failing private practice so that she can personally gain with a set salary from a public position...just get the abstracts from the first 50 or so trials with privately hired counsel (NOT pro se and not "guilty" or "no contest" pleas), Mr./Ms. Kingfish. And then produce a blog entry about them, sir/madam.

*The tri-county criminal defense bar dripped salivation at knowing what will happen starting in January. Happy clients - previously accused of crimes in Madison Co. Justice Court - and future referrals from those happy clients.

Go get the abstracts. After her first 50 or so trials against private defense attorneys. Or not (Ms./Mr. Kingfish did, factually, allow her private practice marketing on this blog.)

"Hancock won because of "popularity," networking, socializing, etc.. Not because of knowledge, skill, or real trial experience actually trying cases on a daily basis against attorneys who know how to try cases."

Welcome to Elections. Where have you been? Elections are all about networking and socializing. Let's just say if it had anything to do with experience, in most cases, people would not hold the offices that they do today.

This is not to say that I agree with your premise about Pamela Hancock or disagree, but hello Captain Obvious.
And, dare I say, that I smell some sort of weird discontent, and that, in fact, you are out of touch with the will of the electorate.
Which makes you, precisely, a dunce.

Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

And here I thought "Missionary Baptist" was the only thing that happened in the bedroom for most Baptists.