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July 26, 2007

Mississippi Republicans will be winners in any reregistration

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/26/7 Under the Voting Rights Act, black citizens in Mississippi won something they hadn’t had in nearly 100 years – seats at the table. But whites, in most instances, still have more seats and so they control the menu. In some cases the control is greater than in Jim Crow days. Today,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 26, 2007

Crowded field seeks secretary of state job

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 7/26/7 Eric Clark’s surprise announcement earlier this year that he wouldn’t seek a fourth term as secretary of state set off a seven-candidate scramble for the open statewide post. Both parties have competitive primaries Aug. 7, with four Republicans and three Democrats running. The two party nominees will meet in…