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June 30, 2014

Jesse Jackson: You cannot win in the new South or win in national elections with all-White primaries

GOP runoff shows new angle to minority voting Sen. Thad Cochran’s GOP primary victory, thanks in part to Black Mississippians who turned out to vote for him, exemplifies a new math that politicians of all persuasions may be forced to learn as this country’s voting population slowly changes complexion. Cochran’s campaign courted Black voters, perceiving…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 30, 2014

@MSGOP going through growing pains, chairman seeking to bring party together

Tea party, GOP unity not soon likely Mississippi’s Republican Party leadership has been calling for “unity” between its establishment and tea party factions since the start of the U.S. Senate primary that has ripped the party apart. But unity doesn’t appear to be in the offing. The tea party leadership’s message to the GOP leadership…