NBC News: “Embattled Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., was defeated by Mike Ezell in a runoff in the state’s Gulf Coast-based 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, NBC News projects.
Palazzo, a six-term incumbent who is a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, faces a House ethics investigation into potential misuse of campaign funds.
Ezell, a longtime local sheriff and a county chair for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, hounded Palazzo over the ethics probe and for being absent from both the district and the House chamber….
Republican Rep. Michael Guest, who angered Trump supporters by voting in May 2021 to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, won a runoff in the 3rd District on Tuesday.”