Mississippi 2015 Megathread

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In the Central District Transportation Commissioner, Mary Coleman might knock off Dick Hall, assuming she nets more in Hinds than he does in Rankin.

That would be the biggest office an African-American has ever won in Mississippi.

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Hinds starting to come in. We'll know if 42 is dead or still fighting momentarily.

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Twitter says that Hinds went 71-29 for "Yes." Will depend on how many total votes there are. In 2011, there were nearly 70,000 votes in Hinds County, so if that repeats, it will be 49,659-20,283. That would almost close the gap.

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https://www.rankincounty.org/egov/documents/1446612199_39737.HTM

42 lost big in Rankin County. It's over. I'm heartbroken. We stay #50, and it's because we chose to be.

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I'm going to bed. I'm in full meltdown mode right now and don't need to be on the internet.

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If the voters of Mississippi aren't willing to elect a legislature that'll fund MAEP, what made some posters here think that the same voters would vote to amend the constitution to give judges the authority to rob other state agencies to pay for MAEP?

Well most people aren't single-issue MAEP voters when it comes to Legislature, but until yesterday it was a given that most Mississippians supported full funding.

Also, the whole "rob other state agencies" thing was way overblown. We all known there's a lot of waste in the state budget. They could easily trim that instead of trimming the legit stuff if necessary. Remember when House Republicans wanted to get rid of income tax entirely? Apparently there was a lot of extra room in the budget just a few months ago...

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Hinds County's turnout dropped by nearly 15,000 votes. Turnout was down all over the state. So frustrating that the people that 42 would have directly benefited didn't even come out and vote, especially when rich suburban Republicans were at least somewhat willing to vote Yes.

Perhaps they should've waited a year to put 42 on the ballot?

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Some people think they lost because "they were too rightwing". I think even though they lost, they probably lost much less than had they ran a CA style campaign with full on Green platform, economic leftism and ultra social liberalism. Lots of bitter progressives play too much into that meme and Wendy Davis being crushed is an example of that hypothesis not working. There is no secret progressive voterbase that will prop up and bring them to victory if only they were more leftwing.

I agree that we won't win with hardcore liberals running either, but if we're going to lose anyway, we might as well run them and try to move the Overton Window.

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They're still counting votes in the Sojourner/Dearing race. That means it's possible Democrats will end up not netting a loss in the State Senate.

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I think this is a Sojourner concession speech?

https://mississippipep.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/sen-melanie-sojourner-releases-statement-on-status-of-district-37-race/

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There was an exact tie in one of the House seats previously counted as Republican.

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When are the county maps going to be done?

Still nothing on the SOS website. Maybe next week?