Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A new Mississippi lawmaker will take office without the formality of an election.
Republican Jay Mathis of Carthage was the only candidate who signed up to run for a seat vacated by longtime Democratic Rep. Bennett Malone. Because of that, the state Board of Election Commissioners has canceled a May 5 special election and declared Mathis the winner.
House spokeswoman Meg Annison says Tuesday that a swearing-in date for Mathis has not been set.
Mathis will serve about the final nine months of a four-year term that Malone started in District 45, in parts of Leake, Neshoba, Rankin and Scott counties.
Mathis will get to vote on legislation only if Gov. Phil Bryant calls a special session sometime before January, because lawmakers have finished their regular session.
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