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Mike Espy on Principles & Values
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Jungle primary on Nov. 6; runoff election on Nov. 27
Mike Espy is running for the runoff--the sort of election that some African Americans have said for years is designed to keep them from winning.The runoff is baked into Espy's campaign strategy against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and conservative firebrand
Chris McDaniel, Republicans who he'll face in a so-called "jungle" primary special election Nov. 6 to finish the final two years of GOP Sen. Thad Cochran's six-year term. Cochran retired in April citing health reasons, and
Hyde-Smith was named to replace him until the election determined a successor. If none of the candidates receive 50 percent of the vote on Nov. 6, the top two finishers will square off in a Nov. 27 runoff.
The thinking about runoffs goes like this:
A black candidate in the South could easily win a multi-candidate primary, as long as they get most of the black vote, which could be as high as the mid-to-low 30s. But in a one-on-one contest, the potential to add to that total is diminished.
Source: McClatchyDC.com on 2018 MS Senate special election
, Sep 12, 2018
Jungle primary on Nov. 6; runoff election on Nov. 27
Mike Espy is running for the runoff--the sort of election that some African Americans have said for years is designed to keep them from winning.The runoff is baked into Espy's campaign strategy against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and conservative firebrand
Chris McDaniel, Republicans who he'll face in a so-called "jungle" primary special election Nov. 6 to finish the final two years of GOP Sen. Thad Cochran's six-year term. Cochran retired in April citing health reasons, and
Hyde-Smith was named to replace him until the election determined a successor. If none of the candidates receive 50 percent of the vote on Nov. 6, the top two finishers will square off in a Nov. 27 runoff.
The thinking about runoffs goes like this:
A black candidate in the South could easily win a multi-candidate primary, as long as they get most of the black vote, which could be as high as the mid-to-low 30s. But in a one-on-one contest, the potential to add to that total is diminished.
Source: McClatchyDC.com on 2018 MS Senate Special Election
, Sep 12, 2018
Emulate Clinton's style, comfortable in mixed-race crowds
Q: Did the Congressional Black Caucus criticize your early support of Bill Clinton?A: Yes. I wanted to be known as President Clinton's best friend in the Black Caucus. They used me a lot, during the campaign, to answer charges. The Sister Souljah
thing was one [where Jesse Jackson criticized Clinton on race].
Q: What was Bill Clinton's relationship with Jesse Jackson?
A: Jesse was used to being the emissary for white politicians in the black community, and Bill didn't need that. He could go
himself. Bill operated in a world that was truly diverse, where he was comfortable, and Jesse operated in a world that was a bit limited. He was the foremost black leader, and Bill wanted to be the foremost leader. That's where they began to diverge,
and it was resented in some ways. I tend to follow Bill Clinton's style of leadership, where you're comfortable in all crowds, where you don't compromise your principles, but you try to explain what you did. That's how I try to pattern myself.
Source: MillerCenter.org on 2018 MS Senate Special Election
, May 15, 2006
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