In what’s been a whirlwind of events for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Hickingbottom, the Mississippi Supreme Court made the final decision Thursday to remove Hickingbottom from this year’s ballot. Hickingbottom, who had set out to run for governor for the second time in his career, was originally booted off the.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has now decided that Hickingbottom did file too late, and cited that due to ballot deadlines for the Aug. 8 primary election, the court decision is final.
JACKSON — Utility regulator Brandon Presley is now uncontested for the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor this year after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that another Democratic candidate waited