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October 10, 2014

McDaniel says he expects many of his supporters to stay home in November

Late-season surprises shake GOP confidence in Senate elections Republicans have also been counting on an “enthusiasm gap” to carry them over the finish line. Polls show their base is more excited about voting than Democrats are. But in states where establishment Republicans defeated tea party insurgents in primaries, such as Kentucky, Kansas and Alaska, the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 10, 2014

MINOR outlines history of ‘open’ primary talk in Mississippi

The word ‘open’ primary to be clarified Few Mississippians today — at a time they’re fed up with the seemingly endless Cochran-McDaniel Senate primary fiasco — know how dramatically close the state came in 1971 to having the “open primary” system installed in Mississippi elections. Ever hear of a state law being left in “suspended…