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SID SALTER – #mssen Race down to success in 15 counties

By: Magnolia Tribune - June 1, 2014

Salter: Race down to success in 15 counties

But the reality of Republican primaries in Mississippi is that they represent a ground game get-out-the-vote war for turnout in the state’s top 15 Republican counties: Rankin, DeSoto, Harrison, Jackson, Hinds, Madison, Lauderdale, Lamar, Pearl River, Forrest, Lee, Lowndes, Jones, Simpson and Warren.

In a race this contentious, every vote in every county counts and will be contested. But it will be in these GOP vote-rich counties where the action will be concentrated.

Supporters of Cochran are spending the final days of the campaign reminding Mississippians of the litany of elected GOP leaders across the state who are supporting Cochran — including fellow U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Gov. Phil Bryant.

Supporters of McDaniel are spending the final days of the campaign reminding Mississippians of the number of tea party-affiliated stars who have embraced McDaniel — including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.

But if the more than total $11.8 million spent so far in this campaign produced an air war that makes watching TV about as pleasant as a root canal, it is the ground assault — the GOTV effort — that will decide this race on Tuesday.

Sid Salter
Clarion Ledger
6/1/14

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