Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County,Mississippi,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 17,161. Laurel is northeast of Ellisville,the first county seat,which contains the first county courthouse. It has the second county courthouse,as Jones County has two judicial districts. Laurel is the headquarters of the Jones County Sheriff's Department,which administers in the county. Laurel is the principal city of a micropolitan statistical area named for it. Major employers include Howard Industries,Sanderson Farms,Masonite International,Family Health Center,Howse Implement,Thermo-Kool,and South Central Regional Medical Center. Laurel is home to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art,Mississippi's oldest art museum,established by the family of Lauren Eastman Rogers.
William Thad Cochran was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican,he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978.
Charles Willis Pickering Sr. is an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and,briefly,of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,based in New Orleans,Louisiana.
Charles Willis"Chip" Pickering Jr. is an American businessman and former politician who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Incompas since 2014.
Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery was an American soldier and politician from Mississippi who served in the Mississippi Senate and U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997. He was also a retired major general of the Mississippi National Guard who served during World War II.
Jason Glennon Crowell is a former state senator from the U.S. state of Missouri who served two terms in the Missouri Senate. He succeeded then-Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder. Crowell represents Missouri's 27th Senatorial District,which consists of Bollinger,Cape Girardeau,Madison,Mississippi,Perry,and Scott counties in Southeast Missouri. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The Sunflower County Consolidated School District (SCCSD),formerly the Sunflower County School District (SCSD),is a public school district with its headquarters in Indianola,Mississippi in the Mississippi Delta. The district serves all of Sunflower County.
The Simpson County School District is a public school district based in Mendenhall,Mississippi,USA. The district's boundaries parallel those of Simpson County.
West Jones High School,the "Home of the Mustangs," is a public school in Laurel,Mississippi,part of the Jones County School District. The school provides education to grades 7–12.
The 2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on November 4,2008. This election was held on the same day of Thad Cochran's re-election bid in the regularly scheduled Class II election. The winner of this special election served the rest of the Senate term,which ended in January 2013. Unlike most Senate elections,this was a non-partisan election in which the candidate who got a majority of the vote won,and if the first-place candidate did not get 50%,a runoff election with the top two candidates would have been held. In the election,no run-off was necessary as Republican nominee and incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker won election to finish the term.
Christopher Brian McDaniel is an American attorney,talk radio host,perennial candidate for statewide office,and politician who served in the Mississippi State Senate from 2008 to 2024. His politics have been widely described as far-right. He has been described as the leader of that faction of the Mississippi Republican Party,believing "the government is the big,bad enemy of working people,and it should be completely stripped of its size and might so that citizens may take full control of their lives."
Carroll Gartin was an American Democratic politician from Laurel in Jones County in southeastern Mississippi,who served three terms as the 22nd lieutenant governor of his state. He was born in Meridian,in eastern Mississippi.
Suzanne M. Bump is an American politician who served as Massachusetts State Auditor from 2011 to 2023,the first woman elected to this role in the state's history. She is also a former State Representative and state Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.
Mary Hawkins Butler has served since 1981 as the Republican Party mayor of Madison in suburban Jackson,Mississippi. She is serving her tenth consecutive four-year term. First elected to office at age twenty-eight,she is among the longest-serving mayors in the United States.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Mississippi on November 3,2015. All of Mississippi's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on August 4,2015,with primary runoffs to be held on August 25,2015 if no candidate received a majority in the primary. The filing deadline for primary ballot access was February 27.
Christopher "Brice" Wiggins is an American lawyer and politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate representing Mississippi's District 52,which includes the cities of Pascagoula and Ocean Springs.
The 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2019,to choose the next Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Governor Phil Bryant was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Attorney General Jim Hood,the only Democrat holding statewide office in Mississippi;the Republican Party nominated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves. In the general election,Reeves defeated Hood by a margin of 5.08%,with Reeves significantly underperforming Trump who won the state by 17 points,3 years prior.
The 2018 United States Senate special election in Mississippi took place on November 6,2018,in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Mississippi. On April 1,2018,a U.S. Senate vacancy was created when Republican senator Thad Cochran resigned due to health concerns. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant appointed Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith to fill the vacancy. Hyde-Smith sought election to serve the balance of Cochran's term,which was scheduled to expire in January 2021.
Shadrack Tucker White is an American politician and attorney serving as the 42nd State Auditor of Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,White is the first millennial to hold statewide office in the Deep South. He was appointed to the position by Governor Phil Bryant in July 2018 and was subsequently elected without opposition in 2019. White won reelection in 2023 with 59% of the vote.
Steven A. Patterson is an American lawyer and politician who served as State Auditor of Mississippi from 1992 to 1996. A Democrat,he worked on several political campaigns in the 1970s and served as treasurer for Bill Allain's 1983 gubernatorial campaign. With Allain's backing,Patterson assumed the chairmanship of the Mississippi Democratic Party,which he held until 1987.
