The other major national contest, for governor in Mississippi, was always a longer shot, though the Democratic candidate – Attorney General Jim Hood – was the strongest contender his party had available. Mississippi may simply have been too hard a reach for anyone not..…
Governor, has won the race to succeed Phil Bryant as Governor of Mississippi: . ... Tate Reeves won the race for Mississippi governor Tuesday night, defeating Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood. . ..…
Bobby Moak is the current chair of Mississippi Democratic Party and was in 1999 during Musgrove House vote. ..…
Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and chairman of House Homeland Security Committee, worries that despite al-Baghdadi's death, Syria are ripe for ISIS to reconstitute... ..…
The only states with Democratic attorneys general to sign on are Mississippi and Michigan, that have not sued Purdue.. While I have tremendous respect for my Democratic colleagues who have elected to opt out of settlement discussions, she said, ... ..…
August, 1964, fifty-five years ago, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party presented to Democratic Party Convention seeking to be seated as the official party from that state. ..…
In the Democratic primary, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood points to his experience bringing litigation against opioid manufacturers last December and prosecuting a man associated with the “Mississippi Burning” murders, the Ku Klux Klan-involved killings of three civil rights..…
JACKSON, Miss — spicy greens and sweet potatoes to diners at Bully's Mississippi's, Democratic Jim Hood talked about what he wants to do as governor expand Medicaid, improve public schools, strengthen vocational programs and help small businesses.. ..…
Many Black Codes prohibited blacks from owning guns, such as in Mississippi, 1865: “No freedman, Negro, or mulatto shall carry or keep firearms or ammunition.” . On Nov. 22, 1865, Republicans denounced Mississippi’s Democrat legislature for enacting Black Codes as they..…
Democratic James Eastland, Mississippi segregationist whose civility was praised by Biden, chaired Judiciary Committee at the time. ..…
Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith, candidate for Democratic for governor, addresses editors and publishers at Mississippi Press Association Candidates Forum Biloxi, Miss., Friday, June 21, 2019 ( AP Photo Rogelio V. ... Attorney General Eric Holder, African American to..…
James Eastland, Mississippi Democrat and chairman of Judiciary Committee who once referred to blacks as inferior race, I want you to know that I very much appreciate your help during this week's committee meeting in attempting to bring my anti-busing legislation to vote... ..…
By referring to his relationships with, In remarks at fundraiser on Tuesday, Biden emphasized his ability to work across the aisle James Eastland, Democratic from Mississippi from 1943-1978, and Heman Talmadge, Democratic from Georgia. ..…
Biden, resisted calls to apologize for citing during New York fundraiser two noted Democratic segregationists, former Sens. Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia, as instances of lawmakers with whom he collaborated as Delaware's in Senate. ..…
Washington, owner, was the father of our country and gave us our independence and nation from Atlantic to Mississippi. Democratic of the century, Woodrow Wilson, restored segregation to U.S government. ..…
In the South, lawmakers like John Rankin, a Mississippi Democrat, stated that “Yiddish Communism” was a threat to “Christian civilization.” ..…
In Mississippi, Democratic state lawmakers failed to win the release of the candidate's tax returns for only the year prior to the primary, while a bill introduced in North Carolina would require at least 10 years of personal tax returns. . ..…
JACKSON, Miss — The office of Mississippi's Democratic attorney general filed papers this week defending law that bans most abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy.. ..…
Even Democratic attorneys general in Mississippi and Kentucky, have found reason to challenge the administration. This is administration, said Sean Rankin, director of Democratic Attorneys General Association.. ..…
Local organizations like Mississippi Votes, One Voice, People's Advocacy Institute and Fair Vote, need assistance from national groups like NAACP, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and Common Cause. ..…
Elizabeth Warren says it's time for Mississippi to adopt new state flag. Elizabeth Warren says it's time for Mississippi to adopt new state Democratic Sen. ..…
Colmer, a long-serving Mississippi Democrat and Lott’s boss, was an influential figure. ..…
we should call it what it's, added Moore, who once served on the staff of Mississippi Democrat in U.S. ..…
Bennie Thompson, Democrat and African-American Mississippi's six-member delegation, has waited decades for groundswell of opposition to Confederate flag. ..…
Mason-Dixon poll shows close hypothetical general-election contest in this year's gubernatorial race Mississippi, with Democrat Jim Hood getting support from 44 percent of registered voters and Republican Tate Reeves getting 42 percent. ..…
The CCDS is headquartered in the Bay Area, and is strongest in Chicago, New York, Boston, Western Pennsylvania, Louisville, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and Mississippi. ... Prominent members include Mississippi Democratic State Rep. Kathy Sykes and South Carolina labor leader Donna..…
Results from Mississippi Senatorial runoff elections where Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democratic Mike Espy by 11 percentage points margin illustrates the formidable obstacles placed before the opposition party within United States body politic.. ..…
Late Tuesday, Hyde-Smith was declared the winner over Democrat Mike Espy, who also was vying to make history as African-American to represent Mississippi the Senate since Reconstruction. ... More Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Democrat Mike Espy, becomes first..…
She is up against Democrat Mike Espy, congressman and U.S agriculture secretary who is seeking to become Mississippi's first black senator since Reconstruction. ... He has to close the in state where Trump received 58 percent in 2016 and that has not elected Democrat to U.S. ..…
Hyde-Smith, Republican, faces Mike Espy, Democratic former congressman and agriculture secretary, Tuesday's Mississippi -- Senate race to be decided in 2018. ..…
All four Republican districts in the traditionally Red Orange County are now Democratic districts. . And in Mississippi, both Democrats and Republicans are frantically working to salvage one last Senate seat in a runoff election scheduled for November 27th. ..…
In 1964, she co-founded Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge the legitimacy of Mississippi Democratic Party. ..…
In Senate, Democrat Mike Espy and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi will face Nov 27 runoff. In Illinois 14th District, Democrat Lauren Underwood, 32, registered nurse and former Health and Human Services Administration in Obama administration, unseated incumbent Rep...…
Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel, Republican firebrand who tried to unseat Cochran in 2014, is third in the polls, with Democrat Tobey Bartee distant fourth.. ..…
The Freedom Democratic Party elected 68 delegates to attend Democratic National Convention Atlantic City, New Jersey, hoping to transform Mississippi delegation.. ... Aaron Henry, chair of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation, speaks at Democratic..…
The Freedom Democratic Party elected 68 delegates to attend Democratic National Convention Atlantic City, New Jersey, hoping to transform Mississippi delegation.. ... Aaron Henry, chair of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation, speaks at Democratic..…
In that same 2003 Mississippi, GOP Reeves won election as Republican state treasurer with 51.8 percent of the vote or 447,860 votes to Democrat Gary Anderson's 46.64 percent of the vote or 403,307. ..…
Mississippi politics is black and white, said Joe Thomas Jr., Democratic county chair from Yazoo County, Yazoo City... ... Their candidacies build on nationwide successes in 2017, such African American Democrat who January was in as Virginia — few steps from where Gen. ..…
And Hamer wanted to become a “first-class citizen,” as she testified at the 1964 Democratic Convention as a founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, in opposition to her state’s whites-only delegation. ..…
Barbara Boxer, who--in a stunt reminiscent of Lyndon Johnson's infamous interruption of television coverage of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's attempt to be seated at the 1964 Democratic National Convention--apparently timed a Senate floor speech championing Israel so that C-Span..…
Even if all the races are called, the special election in Mississippi is likely to go to overtime. Neither former Democratic Rep. Mike Espy nor appointed-GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is likely to receive a majority of the vote on Nov. 6 since candidates from both parties appear on the same..…
Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, Democrat on House Homeland Security Committee, which has oversight of Coast Guard. ..…
Final DNC investment in Espy race was over $830,000 including investing $10,000 each in Mississippi Democratic Party from October 2017 on — Gideon Resnick November 28, 2018... ..…
Big-name former lawmakers, including Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi, Democratic Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, and senators John Breaux and Don Nickles, made millions after spinning through the revolving doors between Congress and lobbying and law..…
In South Carolina, John Spratt, the Democratic incumbent, lost his House seat in a district that hadn't elected a Republican since 1883. In Mississippi, Democrat Gene Taylor lost the seat he had held for more than two decades. . . . . . ..…