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  MS District 1 - Special Election
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Mississippi > MS - District 01
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
TypeNonpartisan Primary Election
Filing Deadline February 01, 2008 - 09:00pm Central
Polls Open April 22, 2008 - 11:00am Central
Polls Close April 22, 2008 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start May 14, 2008 - 11:00am
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Turnout 9.43% Total Population
ContributorTX DEM
Last ModifiedPaul 🇺🇦 August 19, 2015 12:44am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Candidates partisan IDs not technically listed on the ballot.

If no candidate wins a majority, then the top two will meet in a runoff on May 13th, 2008.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameRoger Wicker Votes95,098 (65.92%)
Term01/03/2007 - 12/31/2007 Margin45,924 (+31.83%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won05/13/2008
NameTravis W. Childers Votes58,037 (53.78%)
Term05/14/2008 - 01/03/2009 Margin8,160 (+7.56%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceMS District 1 - Special Election Runoff 05/13/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
04/03/2008 04/22/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Greg Davis 4 ------
Travis W. Childers 2 ------
Leaning Call: Greg Davis (66.67%)
Weighted Call: Travis W. Childers (99.43%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

04/03/2008 04/07/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Travis W. Childers Mayor Greg Davis Mayor Glenn L. McCullough, Jr. St. Rep. Steve Holland Wally Pang John Wages, Jr. (W) Others
PartyDemocratic Republican Republican Democratic Independent Green Independent
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Uncertified Votes 33,138 (49.39%) 31,066 (46.30%) 957 (1.43%) 782 (1.17%) 724 (1.08%) 397 (0.59%) 30 (0.05%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -2,072 (-3.09%) -32,181 (-47.96%) -32,356 (-48.22%) -32,414 (-48.31%) -32,741 (-48.80%) -33,108 (-49.35%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
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MATCHUP POLLS (2 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg41.00%-- 40.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Anzalone Liszt Research (D) 
04/03/08-04/07/08		 41.00% -- 40.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Anzalone Liszt Research (D) 
04/03/08-04/07/08		 27.00% -- 29.00% -- 14.00% -- 7.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Ashley
D William L. Waller 🔗
  Columbus (Mississippi) Commercial Dispatch
  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
REFS Servo
G BR_Green


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 23, 2008 01:00pm Analysis An Alarm Bell Goes Off For GOP in Mississippi  Article RP 
Apr 19, 2008 11:05pm Endorsement Childers for Congress  Article Ashley 
Apr 16, 2008 09:45am Blog Entry MS-01: NRCC Dumps Another $150K Against Childers  Article ArmyDem 
Apr 09, 2008 08:50am News [MS-01] Holland says he may sue to get his name off ballot  Article ArmyDem 
Apr 02, 2008 10:00am News Mississippi [1st] losers in runoff bow out; special election set  Article ArmyDem 

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