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TUPELO â¢Â Multiple candidates running for the Tupelo City Council - three of whom have since been defeated - failed to properly submit forms detailing who has donated their campaign on how theyâve spent their campaign dollars, violating the stateâs campaign finance laws.
State law requires all municipal candidates running in a contested primary election to submit campaign finance forms to the municipal clerkâs office by 5 p.m. on March 30.
TUPELO â¢Â Todd Jordan, a Lee County supervisor and a realtor, on Tuesday night won the Republican primary for mayor, upending the local political status quo and cementing a rapid rise through the ranks of power.
TUPELO â¢Â Multiple candidates running for the Tupelo City Council - three of whom have since been defeated - failed to properly submit forms detailing who has donated their campaign on how theyâve spent their campaign dollars, violating the stateâs campaign finance laws.
State law requires all municipal candidates running in a contested primary election to submit campaign finance forms to the municipal clerkâs office by 5 p.m. on March 30.
In the cityâs Ward 3 Republican primary, only the incumbent candidate running for re-election, Travis Beard, turned in his campaign finance report on time.
His Republican opponent, Bradley Gillespie, has not filed any forms, including the required statement of economic interest, despite having several campaign signs displayed in town.