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Republicans suddenly find themselves defending two seats in Mississippi this year as they try to maintain their slim majority in the U.S. Senate.Republican Sen. Roger Wicker is already up for re-election in the deeply conservative state. And 80-year-old Republican Sen. Thad Cochran announced Monday that he is resigning April 1 because of poor health.Cochran is just over halfway through a six-year term. Repub stanley termoska lican Gov. Phil Bryant will appoint someone to temporarily succeed Cochran, and a special election will be in November mdash; the same day as the regular election for the stanley italia seat Wicker now holds. The winner of the special election will serve until January 2021. Democrats are running for the Wicker seat, and the open seat is expected to attract several candidates from both parties. Democrat Mike Espy, President Bill Clinton s first agriculture secretary, says he has a strong intention to run. In 1986 he became the first African-American in modern times to win a congressional seat in Mississippi.Cochran s departure s stanley cup et off a scramble within a state Republican Party already struggling to manage a disaffected conservative faction. Chris McDaniel, the outspoken, tea party-backed state senator who came close to defeating Cochran in a bitter 2014 Republican primary, qualified last week to challenge Wicker but said he might jump to the special election if the Cochran seat is open. McDaniel said Monday it is premature to say what he will do Pctw Rick Santorum stops short of endorsing Romney
CBS From CBS News Maria Gavrilovic: CHICAGO - Barack Obama heads into heavy Republican territory today as he kicks off a two-day bus tour in southwest Ohio. He has not campaigned in the state since early September, but a recent jump in state poll numbers may be a sign that Obama could carry Ohio on Nov. 4. According to a CNN/Time poll released last week, Obama leads McCain in the state 50 ndash; 47.This latest push into Ohio is part of Obama s overall strategy to go on the offense in Republican counties in battleground states. stanley mug Bush crushed John Kerry in southwestern Ohio in 2004, beating him 60%-40%. However, in the 2006 election, the area swung Democratic for Gov. Ted Strickland and Sen. Sherrod Brown. This shift has boosted the Obama campaign s confidence, leading them to believe that if they generate a high voter turnout, they could win the state. According to Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, 665,949 new voters registered in the state this year. The stanley sverige registration deadline was on Monday. According to the campaign, Brunner predicts an 80% turnout on Election Day, which translates into 6.5 million voters casting ballots. 5.7 million Ohioans voted in the 20 stanley canada 04 presidential election. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-cb1ad0dc-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item-
Republicans suddenly find themselves defending two seats in Mississippi this year as they try to maintain their slim majority in the U.S. Senate.Republican Sen. Roger Wicker is already up for re-election in the deeply conservative state. And 80-year-old Republican Sen. Thad Cochran announced Monday that he is resigning April 1 because of poor health.Cochran is just over halfway through a six-year term. Repub stanley termoska lican Gov. Phil Bryant will appoint someone to temporarily succeed Cochran, and a special election will be in November mdash; the same day as the regular election for the stanley italia seat Wicker now holds. The winner of the special election will serve until January 2021. Democrats are running for the Wicker seat, and the open seat is expected to attract several candidates from both parties. Democrat Mike Espy, President Bill Clinton s first agriculture secretary, says he has a strong intention to run. In 1986 he became the first African-American in modern times to win a congressional seat in Mississippi.Cochran s departure s stanley cup et off a scramble within a state Republican Party already struggling to manage a disaffected conservative faction. Chris McDaniel, the outspoken, tea party-backed state senator who came close to defeating Cochran in a bitter 2014 Republican primary, qualified last week to challenge Wicker but said he might jump to the special election if the Cochran seat is open. McDaniel said Monday it is premature to say what he will do Pctw Rick Santorum stops short of endorsing Romney
CBS From CBS News Maria Gavrilovic: CHICAGO - Barack Obama heads into heavy Republican territory today as he kicks off a two-day bus tour in southwest Ohio. He has not campaigned in the state since early September, but a recent jump in state poll numbers may be a sign that Obama could carry Ohio on Nov. 4. According to a CNN/Time poll released last week, Obama leads McCain in the state 50 ndash; 47.This latest push into Ohio is part of Obama s overall strategy to go on the offense in Republican counties in battleground states. stanley mug Bush crushed John Kerry in southwestern Ohio in 2004, beating him 60%-40%. However, in the 2006 election, the area swung Democratic for Gov. Ted Strickland and Sen. Sherrod Brown. This shift has boosted the Obama campaign s confidence, leading them to believe that if they generate a high voter turnout, they could win the state. According to Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, 665,949 new voters registered in the state this year. The stanley sverige registration deadline was on Monday. According to the campaign, Brunner predicts an 80% turnout on Election Day, which translates into 6.5 million voters casting ballots. 5.7 million Ohioans voted in the 20 stanley canada 04 presidential election. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-cb1ad0dc-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item-