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Age Gap Persists Between Mississippians, Lawmakers

Mississippi Free Press

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June 26, 2026

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Mississippi’s lawmakers are significantly older than the people they represent, with the Legislature’s median age standing at 57 compared to the state’s median age of 39.3. The post Age Gap Persists Between Mississippians, Lawmakers appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

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OpsLens

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· Jun 28, 2026

Why Archie Bunker voters feel U.S. parties are failing them * WorldNetDaily * by Alex Rosado, Real Clear Wire

Source link For all the talk of a “generation gap” between younger and older voters, Americans share an unignorable disillusionment with the state of today’s politics. Only 14 of baby

RedState

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· Jun 28, 2026

LIVE: Election Results — Louisiana Senate Party Runoffs

LIVE: Election Results — Louisiana Senate Party Runoffs

Fox News

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· Jul 7, 2026

Abigail Spanberger’s Virginia a ‘hotbed’ for illegal immigrant crime, DHS says after latest rape charge

DHS says Virginia under Abigail Spanberger has become a hotbed of illegal immigrant crime, detailing 17 serious cases in 2026 with nine in Fairfax County.

Yonhap News Agency

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· Jun 25, 2026

(EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on June 26)

In politics, age thresholds often survive long after the realities that produced...

The Root

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· Jul 2, 2026

How Trump’s Midterm Strategy is Hitting Black and Brown Communities Hardest

From the aggressive rewriting of local voting maps to budget cuts and policy shifts, many believe there's a mirco-war against Black and brown America.

AllSides

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· Jun 29, 2026

Justices uphold state law allowing for late-arriving mail-in ballots

Just over four months before the 2026 midterm elections, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by, and received within five days of, Election Day. By a vote of 5-4, the justices in Watson v. Republican National Committee rejected an argument, made by the political parties and others challenging the law, that federal law requires mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day. Writing for the majority, Justice Amy Coney Barrett concluded that the election-day statutes require the electorate's choice to be made on election day. That occurs so long as election day is the deadline for individuals to vote—as it is in Mississippi. But the election-day statutes do not set a deadline for ballot receipt, so they do not prevent Mississippi from counting ballots postmarked before election day yet received afterward....

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Related coverage for "Age Gap Persists Between Mississippians, Lawmakers": OpsLens — Why Archie Bunker voters feel U.S. parties are failing them * WorldNetDaily * by Alex Rosado, Real Clear Wire. RedState — LIVE: Election Results — Louisiana Senate Party Runoffs. Fox News — Abigail Spanberger’s Virginia a ‘hotbed’ for illegal immigrant crime, DHS says after latest rape charge. Yonhap News Agency — (EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on June 26). The Root — How Trump’s Midterm Strategy is Hitting Black and Brown Communities Hardest. AllSides — Justices uphold state law allowing for late-arriving mail-in ballots