‘That’s why they fear me’: Chris McDaniel, with ground to make up, is sticking to a familiar blueprint
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Trailing opponents Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy in the polls and in fundraising, the conservative state senator draws on Trump’s playbook
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Trump bump? Hyde-Smith gains, McDaniel slides in latest Senate poll
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NBC News/Marist poll of 511 likely Mississippi voters was conducted between October 13-17.
Top Story
‘Protect the values we hold dear’: A closer look inside the Ed Meek, Ole Miss race controversy
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Ole Miss booster wanted a story about prostitution in Oxford, ended up writing latest chapter in school’s historic struggle with race
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Democrat Espy touts raising $1.2M, outgunning GOP incumbent Sen. Hyde-Smith and McDaniel
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U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith is also getting help from big-money party donors and PACs
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‘Do your damn job and quit hustling for yourself’: Apathy, distrust run deep for south Mississippi voters
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In six of the state’s southernmost counties, residents are disenchanted with politicians in Jackson and Washington, D.C.
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Reeves: Hood would wipe out ‘progress made under conservative rule’
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Although Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves hasn’t announced he is running for governor, he did signal his strategy against a likely Democratic opponent
Hood touts Medicaid expansion, takes jabs at Reeves and GOP tax breaks in gubernatorial kickoff
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The state’s Democratic attorney general said he’s running on a platform to help vulnerable Mississippians
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Trump, citing Kavanaugh fight and GOP agenda, ignores McDaniel and rallies for Hyde-Smith
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Did the president change some Republican voters’ minds with his visit to Southaven Tuesday night?
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In GOP battleground of DeSoto County, Hyde-Smith needs Trump to buck a McDaniel surge
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According to a new NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll, it’s a close race between Republican candidates vying to replace Cochran
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Jim Hood, Mississippi’s only statewide Democrat, to announce governor bid this week
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The announcement will come one day after President Trump is scheduled to rally Republicans for the midterm elections
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Where do state’s U.S. Senate candidates stand on Brett Kavanaugh confirmation?
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The candidates vying for both of Mississippi’s Senate seats share their thoughts on the Supreme Court nomination process
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Mississippi senators react to Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony; accuse Democrats of partisan tactics
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Senate committee weighing the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination hears emotional testimony from the accuser and the nominee.
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McDaniel won’t yet pledge support to Hyde-Smith in runoff scenario
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The conservative state senator wants to see how his fellow Republican handles a debate first
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‘Morning Joe’ taping catapults Mississippi Senate races into national spotlight
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The show, recorded in Oxford, could serve as a turning point for the two races, which have remained somewhat off the radar
Bridge Closures
‘It’s hurting us bad’: New bridge weight limits worry industry leaders
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New law and the ongoing bridge crisis is hitting the pocketbooks of those who work in the agriculture and forestry industries