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Starkville Daily News - Congressional candidates make case during campus event - With days remaining in the contest, seven candidates for Mississippi’s open Third Congressional District seat in Mississippi made their cases in a public setting Wednesday night in Starkville.

Ross, a former state Senator, pointed to his experience in the Legislature as a lawmaker who grew up in nearby Eupora.

Rounsaville, a former aide to Pickering and Gov. Haley Barbour, called into play his experience as on Capitol Hill and his status as a Mississippi State University graduate.

Landrum says he is running on a “common sense, business mindset to Washington.”
In his remarks during the event, did not address allegations he did not vote in recent major elections but did answer questions about the charges afterwards.
He said that he and his wife Jill did vote in the 2003 election but they were improperly registered in Hinds County, did vote by the affidavit process, but then found out that their votes did not count. He said they did vote in 2007 in Madison County and records will reflect that. “It’s basically a lie,” Landrum said of the allegations. “Really, it’s just an attempt by some campaigns to get in the mud, but I’m not going to sling it,” Landrum said. “... Some are compromising the truth to win. ... I’d rather lose with integrity and character than win without it. ... We’ve got a lot of momentum, we’re cautiously optimistic but we’ve got to push hard these last four or five days.”