Democratic Challenger Wins Miss. PSC Race
After inspecting ballots from the Mississippi Public Service Commission’s Nov. 7 election, incumbent Commissioner Brent Bailey concluded he “did not win the election,” the Republican said Tuesday. That makes Democratic challenger De’Keither Stamps the winner with 50.4% of the vote.…
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Bailey didn’t concede right away to the state representative (see 2311210020), but the deadline to challenge was 5 p.m. Monday and Bailey took no action, he wrote in an email. While Bailey’s team “feels that some affidavit and absentee ballots were inappropriately accepted and some box security irregularities have been observed, we have weighed the time and expense of a petition to contest and feel resources would be best utilized elsewhere.”