[C-D] Judge Orders Democratic Party to Put Dale on Ballot
Judge Henry Lackey reversed the Mississippi Democratic Party decision to block longtime insurance commissioner George Dale from the Aug. 7 party primary. From The Commercial Dispatch:
Mississippi’s longtime insurance commissioner, George Dale, will be on the Democratic Party primary ballot.
Calhoun County Circuit Judge Henry Lackey on Monday reversed a Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee decision that had blocked Dale from the Aug. 7 party primary.
Lackey said he does not have the power to let Dale run as an independent - a request Dale made after the Democratic Executive Committee, in a 16-6 vote, said in March the commissioner can’t run under the party label because he publicly supported President Bush for re-election in 2004.
Posted by kate at 11:59 AM in Democrats, Elections | Email this entry
Comments:
Okay, was Dale’s endorsement of President Bush in 2004 really the reason he was decertified? Because I have trouble believing that. There are good reasons to decertify Dale--rumors that he might switch parties if elected, his “we wanted a white candidate” remarks on the Joe Gallo show back in 2004, etc.--that have nothing to do with presidential endorsements. And then there’s the fact that there were other Democratic elected officials who endorsed Bush and weren’t punished.
Cheers,
TH
Posted by Tom Head on 05/18 at 04:12 AM | #
Did anyone else currently in a Miss. race as a Democrat endorse Bush in 2004? That would be interesting if they’re only giving Dale hell over it.
Posted by on 05/19 at 01:25 PM | #
I’m absolutely sure others did, but I’d have to do a little digging to remember who.
Cheers,
TH
Posted by Tom Head on 05/20 at 05:14 PM | #
