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Associated Press
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Mississippi's agriculture and commerce commissioner announces run for governor in 2027
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican agriculture and commerce commissioner is announcing a run for governor in 2027. In announcing his candidacy, Andy Gipson said he will fight for conservative principles, and that he has 'always been in the fight with President Donald J. Trump.' He described himself as a 'proven fiscal conservative' and vowed to fight for Mississippi farmers, ranchers, loggers and landowners 'against radical left-wing regulations.' Gipson is an attorney and Baptist pastor. He was a state representative when then-Gov. Phil Bryant appointed him to be the state's agriculture commissioner in 2018.
Bloomberg
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
The US House of Representatives Can't Even Agree on a New Chaplain
When the US House of Representatives is in session, Brad Wells, a 53-year-old Baptist pastor to a Washington, DC congregation, can be found nearly every day outside its chamber. He's available for prayer and to lend spiritual and moral support to members, including during votes, he explains. His credentials for the US Capitol are sponsored by someone in the House, though he won't say who. The tall, Bible-toting Wells introduced himself as 'the undercover chaplain,' before clarifying that he's just joking — performing House chaplain duties in secret 'would not be kosher.' Wells readily admits he'd like to be considered for the official job, though. In a secretive process that has dragged on for months, a little-known bipartisan conclave of five House Republicans and five Democrats has been considering multiple candidates to be the next House chaplain — and there remains no whiff of white smoke.
