| 
|  U.S. Supreme Court denies Mandy Gunasekara appeal   
Mandy Gunasekara — a GOP candidate for the state’s Northern District Public Service Commissioner — failed to meet the citizenship requirements to remain on the Aug. 8 Republican primary ballot. (Courtesy Mandy Gunasekara)
 
| This comes after Mississippi’s Supreme Court upheld a lower trial court’s decision that she failed to establish Mississippi citizenship by Nov. 7, 2018, the five-year cut-off date to run in this year’s Nov. 7 general election. ..... |  |  |