MS Megathread: Hyde-Smith wins by 8

[MarkD]

Cochran was 35 years old the first time he was sworn in as a member of the House in Jan. 1973, so he has spent more than half of his life serving as a member of Congress, House and Senate service combined.

[MarkD]

Anybody else think that Espy’s strength in the jungle primary and runoff might be underrated? He’s going to have a lot of African-American support in the primary even if Presley enters, and the optics of a McDaniel v. Espy runoff would pump up turnout.

MS isn't electing a black man statewide.

Espy would need something like only 20% of white voters with strong black turnout.

Exactly that. And both of those things are very likely when the most apparent GOP nominee is an out-and-out Neo-Confederate.