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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 16, 2019

OP-ED: In Defense of the Open Primary

By: Alicia Brown In the aftermath of Mississippi’s 2014 senatorial runoff, when incumbent Senator Thad Cochran narrowly defeated state senator Chris McDaniel, controversy abounded about “stolen” elections and Democrats “raiding” the GOP primary. The crux of this argument was uncharacteristically high rates of participation by African Americans, who tend to participate in the Democratic primary…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 15, 2019

Hood campaign releases poll from contracted pollster showing lead over Reeves

A recent poll commissioned by Democrat Jim Hood’s Campaign showed Hood over Republican Tate Reeves 45%-40%. The poll was conducted by Hickman Analytics, a company often utilized by Democratic candidates. The poll consisted of live telephone interviews between May 5-9. The campaign said the poll was done among 605 likely general election voters and Democratic primary voters…