Mississippi State House elections are making things interesting

I ended up doing an article on Jess Hogue, an candidate for the 116th Mississippi State House of Representatives. I think it came out alright, but a crazy thing happened. One of the other candidates spammed it with his campaign web links. As it turns out, I emailed him, told him I was displeased and got him to agree to an interview. I'll just do another profile like I did for Mrs. Hogue. You can read that article here.

So the question is this: In election related articles, would it be appropriate to post in the comments your campaign ad material? I'm curious about your input on this. Feel free to post your campaign ads, as well.

Meeting Jess Hogue, a future politician?

I attended my first political event tonight. Jess Hogue, a local teacher at Virginia College, announced that she was officially running for the Mississippi State Legislature. It was an intimate affair at a fantastically appointed home, not theirs, but beautiful, all the same.

Jess was such a friendly and amazing figure, and I will be writing a profile on her soon, published elsewhere She was easy to approach, listened intently and was driven on her message. Her campaign advisor was just as fascinating to speak to, and I think I may try to speak to him more.

Getting start struck by anyone who might appear in the paper still gets the better of me, so if I have any real chance of becoming a better writer, I suppose I should get over that!