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December 3, 2007

Lott: Choice of successor important

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/2/7 With the announcement this past week by Mississippi’s junior U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Pascagoula, that he would be stepping down before the end of the year, Gov. Haley Barbour and state voters now face a crucial decision in choosing Lott’s successor. Obviously, Barbour’s choice of an interim senator will anoint that…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 3, 2007

Lott doles out $350K from war chest

The Sun Herald, 12/1/7 Sen. Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss., loves Ole Miss and the Senate, and in early September he proved it with some eye-popping contributions – $250,000 to the University of Mississippi Foundation and $100,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The contributions, made from his campaign funds, were listed as “disbursements” in…