MS Megathread: Hyde-Smith wins by 8

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Non-partisan ...?

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^ Yep. And Jim Hood, if you're reading this, you have my Enthusiastic Endorsement if you choose to run.

Wulfric gonna Wulfric.

But, in seriousness, the nice thing is that Hood could run without risking his position as AG.

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How does MS special election law work?  For Cochran's seat, the best case scenario for the MS GOP is likely to have Cochran hold out until 2020 to retire and then have the open seat race with Trump at the top of the ballot.  The worst case scenario would seem to be a special sometime in 2019/20 where the open senate seat is the only thing on the ballot and McDaniel runs.  Given that there is a statewide GE every year in MS, would the MS GOP prefer to have the extra senate seat on the ballot in Nov 2018 or have it coincide with the Gov and state legislative races in 2019?

If I were the MS GOP, I would prefer it be in 2019 so the race would share the ballot with the MS GOV race.

Presley for Senate and Jim Hood for Governor is a very strong ticket for the Democrats.

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PRESLEY NOW

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If Rs doesn't nominate teen molester, it will be safe R.

In a jungle, non-partisan, special election? Nah fam, this is just too weird to be Safe.

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Is there any news on Presley?

Presley is likely going to run for Sec of State:

http://yallpolitics.com/2018/03/12/breaking-inside-sources-say-psc-brandon-presley-considering-run-for-ms-secretary-of-state-in-2019/

You know what, I'll take it. If Pressley wins and can break down the barriers to voting in MS that institutionally obstruct POC and the poor from voting, we can make MS damn near purple.

EDIT: The question is if Hood runs for Gov. and Pressley runs for SOS, who can we credibly field to hold the AG's office? We might as well go for a full court press if we're risking the offices of two of our best Democrats.

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Is there any news on Presley?

Presley is likely going to run for Sec of State:

http://yallpolitics.com/2018/03/12/breaking-inside-sources-say-psc-brandon-presley-considering-run-for-ms-secretary-of-state-in-2019/

You know what, I'll take it. If Pressley wins and can break down the barriers to voting in MS that institutionally obstruct POC and the poor from voting, we can make MS damn near purple.

EDIT: The question is if Hood runs for Gov. and Pressley runs for SOS, who can we credibly field to hold the AG's office? We might as well go for a full court press if we're risking the offices of two of our best Democrats.

Y’all Politics had a good rundown a while back. Several DA’s in very red territory to choose from.

Excellent.

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Looks like the odds of an R vs. R runoff just went way down. 

So did the odds of a D v D runoff.