Off-year elections held on Tuesday will decide governors in Kentucky and Mississippi, the fate of abortion and marijuana amendments in Ohio, legislative control in Virginia and mayoral races in two of the nation's biggest cities. Polls have begun to open in a few states for off-year elections that could give hints of voter sentiment ahead of next year's critical presidential contest.
Jacksonâs race for mayor headlines Tuesdayâs primary elections
Municipal elections on ballot Updated: 9:16 AM CDT Apr 5, 2021
Municipal elections on ballot Updated: 9:16 AM CDT Apr 5, 2021
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Show Transcript ERIN PICKENS. HAPPENING TOMORROW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. VOTERS WILL BE DECIDING WHO WILL SERVE IN ROLES LIKE MAYOR AND ON CITY COUNCILS AND BOARDS OF ALDERMEN. IN JACKSON THERE ARE FIVE RUNNING FOR MAYOR. ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET YOU HAVE CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA, PATTY PATTERSON, AND KENNETH WILSON. THERE ALSO TWO ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET PONTO DOWNING AND JASON WELLS. WE WILL BE WATCHING THE RACES NOT ONLY IN THE CAPITAL CITY BUT IN CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE METRO. REMEMBER TO GET YO
think? it s absolutely important for women to understand. i m glad that the obama administration came out with that ad. it s also true that mitt romney is on video talking to mike huckabee saying, absolutely, he would protect a personhood amount and it was defeated by the mississippi voters last year by a margin of 2-1 and yet paul ryan, mitt romney s running mate, as co-sponsored legislation that would criminalize all abortion. paul ryan doesn t believe that women should even have exceptions in the cases of incest or rape and neither believe that women should be able to protect their own health in deciding whether to carry or to terminate a pregnancy. i think it s a good thing that women are paying attention and that both sides are now addressing this issue and i think that women are not going to be fooled. the reality is, mitt romney will