Meanwhile, back in Mississippi -- Republicans lose another long-time Republican district

Results for the Mississippi First District special election, filling
the seat of Senator Roger Wicker.

100% of Precincts Reporting
Travis W. Childers (D): 49% (33138)
Greg Davis (R): 47% (31066)
Steve Holland (D): 1% (782)
Glenn R. McCullough (R): 1% (957)


Childers needed 50% to avoid a runoff, and came tantalizingly close to
doing it -- still, he defeated a Republican in a crimson R+10 district
in Mississippi.

The DCCC spent just south of $150,000 in this race, which is quite a
bit, but it was half of what the NRCC spent. It's very possible that a
greater investment in this district would have yielded a win tonight
(and the DCCC certainly could have afforded to have spent more, given
their tremendous cash advantage), but that's spilled milk. They did
take this race seriously, and they did spend here, so it's hard to
fault them too much.

Childers beat Davis tonight, and the total Democratic vote topped
50%, so Childers stands a good chance in the runoff.

Democrats also made the NRCC spend nearly $300,000, which they can't
afford to do, in a race they didn't win. They will have to spend even
more-significantly more, in fact-over the next two weeks in order to
win this election, and that is to hold on to a dark-red Republican
stronghold. The NRCC must be terrified with the LA-06 special election
coming up around the corner.

This kind of performance, in such strongly Republican territory,
really is indicative of the Democratic wave coming. When Democrats run
a candidate who supports withdrawal from Iraq and SCHIP expansion, and
he comes through with a performance like this in Roger Wicker's old
district, there's no telling what might be in store for us in
November.
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