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Pine Belt chooses Republican candidates for special election in MS Senate. See who won
In a surprising upset in the Tuesday, Aug. 5, Republican primary for the Senate District 42 special election, Don Hartness unseated incumbent Sen. Robin Robinson. In 2023, Robinson defeated Hartness in the Mississippi Senate District 42 race, winning with nearly 56% of the vote to Hartness' 44%. This time, Hartness won more than 70% of the vote in the three-person race that also included candidate RJ Robinson. A candidate needs to have 50% plus one vote to have the majority when there are multiple candidates in a primary. Otherwise a runoff election will be held between the two candidates who gained the most votes. In this instance, Hartness won far more than the minimum number of votes to win the primary outright. Since there are no opposing candidates for District 42 in the November special election, Hartness will take over the office from Robinson in January. In Senate District 44, Chris Johnson, the current senator for District 45, won a narrow victory over his opponent Patrick Lott, despite sparking a controversy earlier this year when he was accused of alienating the affection of a doctor's wife. Johnson received about 54% of the vote to Lott's 46%. Johnson will face Democratic challenger Shakita Taylor in November's special election. Results are unofficial until they are certified by the Mississippi Secretary of State's office. Here's how they voted: Senate District 42 Don Hartness: 4,246 votes or 70.7% Robin Robinson: 1,676 votes or 27.9% RJ Robinson: 84 votes or 1.4% Senate District 44 Chris Johnson: 2,282 votes or 53.8% Patrick Lott: 1,961 votes or 46.2% The special election was called after a federal judge ruled the 2021 redistricting plan was flawed. The legislative election held in 2023 was based on the 2021 district lines, following the 2020 Census. Those districts were challenged in 2022, and a federal court agreed that they diluted the Black vote in Mississippi. State lawmakers were ordered to go back to the drawing board to create new district lines in three areas of the state, with two centered on Senate districts and the third on the House of Representatives. The new plan was approved in May, and a special election was scheduled for November. The NAACP, which had filed the lawsuit challenging the redistricting, did not agree with the plans submitted for the Senate in DeSoto County nor the House of Representatives in the Golden Triangle, and appealed the three-judge panel ruling. The new plan for redistricting in the Hattiesburg area was not challenged. Other Pine Belt Senate races on the November ballot In addition to Senate Districts 42 and 44, the following races will also be on the November ballot: Incumbent Sen. Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg, is running unopposed in District 34. Incumbent Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, is running unopposed in District 41. Hattiesburg attorney Anna Rush, a Republican, and former Hattiesburg mayor Johnny DuPree, a Democrat, are seeking the Senate District 45 seat. Lici Beveridge is a reporter for the Hattiesburg American and Clarion Ledger. Contact her at lbeveridge@ Follow her on X @licibev or Facebook at This article originally appeared on Hattiesburg American: Hartness, Johnson win Republican primary elections near Hattiesburg
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Trump Sons Launch $300M SPAC Hunt -- Eyes on American Factories
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are back in the business spotlightthis time with a $300 million SPAC aiming to scoop up a U.S.-based manufacturer. The blank-check company, New America Acquisition I Corp., disclosed in a securities filing that it's hunting for a deal in the manufacturing space, initially highlighting targets that could benefit from federal or state incentives like grants or procurement programs. That language was later removed from the filing after questions surfaced over possible conflicts of interest, given the Trumps' involvement. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Sign with DJT. The deal structure gives both brothers a significant financial interest. Eric Trump holds 3 million founder shares; Donald Trump Jr. holds 2 million. The SPAC's advisory board also features Kyle Wool, president of Trump Tower-based Dominari Holdingsan investment bank tied closely to the Trump Organization. This is one of several business ventures the Trump sons have recently taken on, spanning drones, crypto, and conservative mediasectors with deep regulatory exposure. Their growing footprint has drawn political scrutiny, though the Trump family has pushed back on any conflict-of-interest concerns. This isn't their first SPAC rodeo. Trump Jr. recently backed GrabAGun Digital Holdings, which just went public through a similar vehicle. And Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT)the parent of Truth Socialalso completed a SPAC merger earlier in 2024. President Donald Trump holds a major stake in that firm via a trust overseen by Trump Jr., a position that now represents nearly one-third of his estimated $6.4 billion net worth, according to Bloomberg. Whether New America Acquisition I Corp. lands a headline-making deal remains to be seenbut the playbook looks familiar. This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
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Pete Buttigieg Listed These 4 Ways The Trump Admin Is Making Americans' Lives "Worse," And It's So Simple Yet So True
Former secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg is being applauded online for his recent, simple breakdown on all the ways Donald Trump's chosen cabinet is negatively impacting Americans' lives. While sitting down for NPR's Morning Edition, Pete insisted that Democrats need to change their approach if they want to reach voters. "We do have to look at what we're doing that makes it hard to hear what we have to say," he told host Steve Inskeep. "Too often we talk in terms that are academic. When we're talking about deeply important things, like freedom and democracy, we still have to have a way of talking about it that relates to how everyday life is different." Related: As an example, Pete shared ways our "everyday life is different and worse" under Trump's presidency, because, as he said, "When you have an autocrat in power, he can get away with appointing incompetent people over very important things in our lives." To start, he said, "Right now we have the secretary of defense — in charge of defending the American people — who was accidentally texting military strike information to journalists." This, of course, is in reference to reporting from the Atlantic that claimed the magazine's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was mistakenly added to a Signal group chat where former Fox & Friends Weekend host, now Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, discussed sensitive war plans. "We have the person in charge of American public health, who is a quack who doesn't believe in medicine, and now measles is on the rise in America," he continued. Here, Pete is referring to Health Secretary RFK Jr., who commonly and vocally questions the safety of vaccines and even suggested the measles vaccine causes autism in children. Now, 20 years after measles was declared to be eliminated in the United States, outbreaks are popping up around the US as the public grows skeptical of vaccines under the new administration. Related: "We have a secretary of education — in charge of your kid's educational well-being — who has spoken about the importance of 'A1,' which means she does not understand that the acronym is AI, which means she does not understand the most important development affecting education in our lifetimes." Education Secretary Linda McMahon — yes, the former CEO of WWE — confused AI technology with A1, the name of a popular steak sauce. While speaking at a summit in April, McMahon said, "A school system that's going to start making sure that first graders, or even pre-Ks, have A1 teaching in every year. That's a wonderful thing!" Pete continued, "We have a secretary of homeland security who sat on funding and did not allow it to go to Texas during the floods for at least two days for no good reason." Finally, we have Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who reportedly decided to enact a rule requiring her personal sign-off on any grant or contract over $100,000. The move was heavily criticized amid the deadly flooding in Texas earlier this year, as some argue the signature delayed getting aid to those who needed it. Related: "So these things do affect you," Pete concluded. "Not for academic reasons, but because of what happens when you have a loss of accountability. Those are the kinds of things I think we need to talk about before anybody can hear us." A clip of Pete's simple yet effective explanation was shared to X, formerly known as Twitter, where it garnered over 1.7 million views and over 1,000 comments. By and large, people are calling Pete's breakdown "brilliant." One person said, "This breakdown of the incompetence of the administration is simple yet brilliant. And the reality of how they're affecting peoples' REAL lives is heartbreaking and infuriating." "Last thirty seconds should be mandatory listening," another agreed. "The loss of accountability over trumps horrible yes men stooge picks for cabinet undeniably makes your life worse as an American. It isn't up for debate." Others called Pete "the best communicator in US politics"... Related: ...and insisted, "This is who We The People employ!!!" Talks like this have made Pete a favorite amongst voters looking to the future of the Democratic Party. And even some abroad. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments. Also in In the News: Also in In the News: Also in In the News:
