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

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Palazzo confronted a crowded discipline of major challengers within the 4th Congressional District after dealing with allegations he misused marketing campaign funds.

A 2021 Workplace of Congressional Ethics report mentioned there was “substantial purpose to imagine” Palazzo “transformed funds to private use.” Palazzo claimed the allegations had been politically motivated.

Mississippi requires a candidate to win a majority slightly than a plurality to be able to be the outright winner of a major, if not, the top-two vote getters head to a runoff election. A crowded discipline of candidates might have in any other case break up an anti-incumbent vote in Palazzo’s favor.

Palazzo will go on to face state Sen. Brice Wiggins or Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell within the runoff election. The state has scheduled its runoff election for June 28.

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Palazzo’s rivals hit the longtime lawmaker not only for the ethics investigation, however for skipping candidate boards within the 4th District, which covers the southeastern area of the state between Louisiana and Alabama.