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This is an article about the U.S. House seat formerly held by Roger Wicker. For the election article regarding the general U.S. House election in Mississippi, see United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2008.

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On December 31, 2007, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour appointed Roger Wicker to the Senate seat vacated 13 days earlier by Sen. Trent Lott. At the time of his appointment, Wicker was already a U.S. Representative for Mississippi's District 1. As a result of Wicker's appointment to the Senate, the U.S. House seat for District 1 is vacant.

The party primaries were held on March 11. The primary runnoff election was held on April 1, 2008.

According to Mississippi state election law, those who voted in the Democratic Primary on March 11 were only allowed to vote in the Democratic runnoff on April 1st. Mississipi was one of the states where right wing commentators such as Rush Limbaugh suggested people cross party lines on March 11 in order to keep the competition alive between Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Several websites such as the Daily Kos and politico.com have suggested that this is why the Republican primary runoff was so close between the more moderate McCullough and Davis as many of the more Conservative Republicans were not allowed to vote in that runoff. It is also believed that this has led to the final special election race involving a conservative Democrat (Childers) who has a better than usual chance to win the general election. Republicans were particularly concerned that a race between Childers and McCullough would've increased the Democrat's chances. Several candidates declared their candidacies on the Democratic and Republican sides and one Democrat who was asked to run, Jamie Franks, declined to run.

The special election to fill the seat will be held on April 22 2008; if no one receives a majority of the vote, a runoff election will be held between the top two vote getters on May 13 2008. The winner will be eligible to serve for the balance of Wicker's term, which ends at the end of 2008.

Candidates

Democratic

Defeated in primary run-off

Defeated in primary

Republican

Defeated in primary run-off

Defeated in primary

  • Dr. Randy Russell, Oxford, Mississippi ophthalmologist, former member of the Mississippi Board of Health

Green Party

See also

External links


References

  1. ^ commercialappeal.com Southaven mayor hopes to represent First District in Congress, January 12, 2008
  2. ^ Clarion Ledger: Election '08: Field set for congressional races
  3. ' "DailKos: Limbaugh's system-gaming could give us a new Democratic congressman
  4. ^ Politico.com: Primary shenanigans could backfire
  5. The Clarion-Ledger: "Wicker moves up; who moves in?", January 1, 2008
  6. Kapochunas, Rachel (February 21 2008). "Date Set for Mississippi Special Election". CQPolitics.com. Retrieved 2008-02-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. The Clarion-Ledger, February 27, 2008
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