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Happy Friday!
In 1968, Virginia voters narrowly chose Richard Nixon for President. Like the rest of the South, sharp racial divides split the state's historically large Democratic electorate. Nixon had considerable support in the suburbs, medium-sized cities, and the Valley.
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This is exactly what the American people rejected this week at the ballot box: wanna-be monopolists making illegal threats and throwing their corporate power around to get what they want.
I'm fighting in Congress to break this corrupt power.
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In what was seen as a likely flip before election day Jamie Ager won NC-11 by just under 16% flipping 6 Trump won Counties and getting over 8,000 more votes than Caleb Rudow 2 years ago. Ager was the only Democratic House candidate to outrun Roy Cooper in his house Race.
Such a graceless hill to die on
Cindy Hyde-Smith is going to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate for the next six years. We believe thousands of votes remain to be counted from dozens of Republican counties, and we are confident those votes will reinforce her path to victory.
Election officials are continuing the normal process of counting outstanding ballots, including absentee ballots. They must have the time to complete that work and ensure every lawful ballot is accurately counted and every Mississippian’s voice is heard.
We expect Democratic lawyers to pull out every stop, and we are prepared. Our focus is on completing the count and returning Cindy Hyde-Smith to the Senate to keep fighting for Mississippi values.
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As of this November 5 post, Democrat Scott Colom led Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by over 1,000 votes with 96% counted in Mississippi's Senate race, which remained too close to call with outstanding ballots projected to favor Colom.
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As a southerner it’s so very heartening to hear someone at that age with that accent say something like this
