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August 11, 2008

Wicker must win big in 1st District to beat Musgrove

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 8/10/8 The matchup between Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove is the first competitive U.S. Senate race in Mississippi in 20 years. This is a state that changes senators very rarely; we’d had only two transitions in the last 65 years before Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Wicker last Dec. 31…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 11, 2008

Earmarks divide Musgrove, Wicker

The Sun Herald, 8/10/8 Fighting earmarks has been a major part of Democratic Senate hopeful Ronnie Musgrove’s platform, as he accuses his opponent, interim Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, of peddling pork and contributing to a ballooning national debt. But the Wicker campaign, as well as one political watcher, contend Mississippi, often referred to as…