Barbour and Jones talk Tuesday evening with Adam Ganucheau, host of The Jungle, Mississippi Today’s election podcast.

Republican strategist Austin Barbour and Democratic strategist Brandon Jones discuss their reactions to the 2018 Senate debate between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy and how it might affect the outcome of the Nov. 27 runoff election.

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Click here for Mississippi Today’s full coverage of the historic runoff election between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy.


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Adam Ganucheau, as Mississippi Today's editor-in-chief, oversees the newsroom and works with the editorial team to fulfill our mission of producing high-quality journalism in the public interest. Adam has covered politics and state government for Mississippi Today since February 2016. A native of Hazlehurst, Adam has worked as a staff reporter for AL.com, The Birmingham News and The Clarion-Ledger and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Adam earned his bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Mississippi.