Scandal-plagued Mississippi GOP Rep. Steven Palazzo pressured into runoff election

Kate Scanlon

June 07, 10:37 PM June 07, 10:44 PM

Scandal-plagued Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS) has been forced into a runoff election amid a marketing campaign finance investigation.

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Palazzo confronted a crowded discipline of principal challengers in the 4th Congressional District after going through allegations he misused campaign funds.

A 2021 Office environment of Congressional Ethics report mentioned there was “substantial cause to believe” Palazzo “converted cash to particular use.” Palazzo claimed the allegations ended up politically determined.

Mississippi calls for a applicant to gain a bulk fairly than a plurality in purchase to be the outright winner of a main devoid of a the vast majority, the best two vote-getters head to a runoff election. A crowded industry of candidates may possibly have otherwise split an anti-incumbent vote in Palazzo’s favor.

Palazzo will go on to confront condition Sen. Brice Wiggins or Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell in the runoff election. The point out has scheduled its runoff for June 28.

Palazzo’s rivals hit the longtime lawmaker not just for the ethics investigation, but for skipping prospect boards in the 4th District, which covers the southeastern location of the point out among Louisiana and Alabama.