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October 24, 2014

Cochran says he won’t debate Childers: “He wants me to help draw a crowd. I’m not going to do it”

Thad Cochran stumps for support from black voters in U.S. Senate race Responding to reporters’ questions after the event Thursday, Cochran said he won’t debate his Democratic challenger, former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers before the Nov. 4 general election. “There’s nothing new they’d learn about me. They know me,” Cochran said of voters. “He wants…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 24, 2014

Cochran: we are working to break down barriers and prejudices #MSSen

Thad Cochran stumps for support from black voters in U.S. Senate race JACKSON, Mississippi — Republican Sen. Thad Cochran told black voters Thursday that when he first ran for Congress in 1972, Mississippi was in a period of fear and uncertainty because race relations were changing. He said the gubernatorial election of 1971 was the…