Miss. Dem touts campaign poll saying he leads GOP candidates in Senate race

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Hill

Former Democratic Rep. Mike Espy leads both Republican challengers in the race to replace retiring Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), according to a poll conducted by his campaign.

A poll conducted by Chism Strategies for Espy’s campaign found him leading with 34 percent of the vote, and Republicans Cindy Hyde-Smith and Chris McDaniel splitting the vote, according to the Clarion-Ledger.

Hyde-Smith, who was appointed by the governor to replace Cochran until the Nov. 6 special election, is in second place with 27 percent, followed by McDaniel, a conservative firebrand and state senator, with 21 percent.

The special election to serve out the last two years of Cochran’s term will be a “jungle primary” where candidates from both parties compete in the same race. If no one gets more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two finishers advance to a runoff three weeks later.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/381506-miss-dem-touts-campaign-poll-saying-he-leads-gop-candidates-in-senate-race

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It's a jungle primary and Espy's got a long road ahead, but let's hope for a blue wave just like in Alabama's special election.

[iluvtennis]

1. We did Alabama...why not, Mississippi. We gotta try.

[oxbow]

2. We did it before...

[iluvtennis]

5. Love that cartoon - thanks for posting it!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. MS has the highest percentage population of AAs in the U.S.

and yesterday Joe Madison noted that there were over 4,000,000 eligible but unregistered voters in the south.

If we could just get those folks in MS to shake off the centuries-long PTSD and WTFU.

The article does note -

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Democrats believe Espy, who served in the Clinton administration as the country’s first African-American secretary of Agriculture, could mount a competitive run in the deep-red state.

Democrats haven’t won a Senate seat in Mississippi since 1982. Still, Democrats believe he’ll be able to mobilize black voters in a state where they make up more than a third of the voting-age population.

The poll was conducted prior to Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton (D) jumping into the race on Tuesday, which will likely take away some support from Espy.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/381506-miss-dem-touts-campaign-poll-saying-he-leads-gop-candidates-in-senate-race

...so some real decisions need to be made FAST.

[beachbum bob]

4. anything is possible and why not Mississippi?

if democrats get out in force, we can win