- Candidates for federal offices can start filing qualifying papers on Thursday in Mississippi. The Democrat she defeated in a November 2018 special election, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, said weeks ago that he is running again. Mississippi’s qualifying period for Democratic and Republican candidates for president runs Jan. 2-15. For independent candidates for president, the qualifying period is Jan. 2-Sept. 4. For Mississippi judicial candidates, the qualifying period is Jan. 2 to March 2.

Source: thestar January 01, 2020 12:56 UTC