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Brandon Jones

Brandon Jones is a Mississippi attorney, former Democratic state representative (2008–2012), and Director of Political Campaigns at the Southern Poverty Law Center; he serves as the Democratic analyst on MPB's public affairs show @ISSUE.

Oct 5, 2026

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@ISSUE • Public Hearings on Redistricting Conclude

Oct 5 · 28m

Wilson StriblingHOST
12:15
So what's going on behind the scenes? What do you think?
Brandon JonesGUEST
12:18
Yeah, you know, semantics are helpful here because I totally agree with Lucian.
Brandon JonesGUEST
12:23
Technically, committees have not been convened.
Brandon JonesGUEST
12:26
It hasn't gone through the process that you expect before a map is adopted.
Brandon JonesGUEST
12:30
But there are actors who are drawing.
Brandon JonesGUEST
12:33
And so if your concern is the fix is in and they kind of already know what they want to do, That's probably true.
Brandon JonesGUEST
12:40
I mean, they probably already know what they want to do.

10 MINS LATER

Wilson StriblingHOST
22:33
Are these signs that there are maybe more signs of common ground than we thought, or do those phrases mean different things to different groups?

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