The Other Election

The Pennsylvania primary may not actually be that important, but there actually is an intriguing race being decided today: the special election to fill Mississippi’s First Congressional District (vacated by Roger Wicker (R), who was appointed to a Senate seat). This is another one of those Democratic pick-up opportunities in a solid-red district that came together because of a) nationwide Democratic momentum and b) excellent candidate recruitment. For Democrats, the MS-01 is really a can’t lose proposition: they shouldn’t really be competitive here, so a loss is no biggie. For Republicans though, it’d represent an awful sign for things to come if they dropped an R+10 district. So they’ve been forced to spend money they don’t really have here (while Democrats, awash in cash, can easily match them dollar-for-dollar).

Results being posted here, Childers is the Democrat, Davis is the Republican. Here’s where we’re at with 12% reporting:

TRAVIS W. CHILDERS (D): 4,277 (56%)
GREG DAVIS (R): 3,023 (39%)