'Conservative' Democrat's victory no surprise By Jim Brown
A GOP pollster says the victory in Mississippi yesterday by Democrat Travis Childers in a special congressional election to replace Republican Roger Wicker, is likely a foreshadowing of things to come in November.
In Tuesday's runoff election, Childers defeated Republican candidate Greg Davis, the mayor of Southaven, by a 54%-46% margin, winning 58 percent of the vote in Lee County, the district's largest. Democrats captured the seat despite the fact Mississippi political heavyweights like former Senator Trent Lott, Senator Thad Cochran, Senator Roger Wicker, and Governor Haley Barbour campaigned hard for Davis. In recent days, even Vice President Dick Cheney held a rally for Davis.
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