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Democratic Victory May Be a Bellwether

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051303301.html

A Democrat won the race for a GOP-held congressional seat in northern Mississippi yesterday, leaving the once-dominant House Republicans reeling from their third special-election defeat of the spring.

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05/14/2008
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Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community (#): It was an earthmoving election night . "No one could have imagined the tsunami that just crashed on Republicans in Mississippi," Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in an interview after the victory. " ...
The Washington Monthly (#): Mississippi's 1st congressional district may be a longtime Republican stronghold, but as usual this year, that didn't matter: Travis Childers, a conservative Democrat who serves as Prentiss County chancery clerk, defeated Southaven Mayor Greg Davis by 54 percent to 46 percent in the race to represent Mississippi's 1st Congressional District, which both ...
Think Progress » Home Page (#): ... By an eight-point margin, Democrat Travis Childers won a GOP-held House seat in northern Mississippi yesterday, “leaving the once-dominant House Republicans reeling from their third special-election defeat of the spring.” The seat had been held by Republicans since 1995; in 2004, Bush won the district with 62 percent of the vote. ...
DCist: Washington DC News, Food, Arts & Events (#): ... Perhaps somewhat more interestingly, in what some are calling an indication of what might occur in November, the Democrats picked up a congressional seat in a Mississippi special election, snagging a win in what is ...
The Stakeholder: DCCC - Blog (#): From the front page of today's Washington Post: Democratic Victory May Be a Bellwether A Democrat won the race for a GOP-held congressional seat in northern Mississippi yesterday, leaving the once-dominant House Republicans reeling from their third ...
D-Day (#): The MS-01 pickup is truly a game-changer, and bodes extremely well for the fall. I don't know if the additional Democrats mobilized by a competitive Presidential primary in Mississippi in March played a factor or not, but this was a 62% district for Bush, and we didn't just win, but we won by 8 points. ...
Blog of the Moderate Left (#): ... DCCC Chair Chris Van Hollen says, “ There is no district that is safe for Republican candidates .” That may be overstating it — but not by much. Certainly, I wouldn’t want to be a Republican running for an open seat right now. I wouldn’t want to be a Republican in a toss-up district. ...