Last time I reported on election results in the 1st Mississippi Congressional District, it was competing with the Pennsylvania Primary. The race went into a run-off, and today it competes for attention with the West Virginia Primary — which Clinton won handily to no effect whatsoever.
Just to review: the Mississippi 1st is one of the reddest districts in the country — even more than the Louisiana 6th where Democrats scored an upset victory to flip a seat a few weeks back. In the first election, Democratic candidate Travis Childers came within a few hundred votes of winning outright over Republican Jeff Davis. The run-off is today, results being posted here. The counties to watch are DeSoto (Davis’ base) and Prentiss (Childers’ base).
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The race is over, Childers wins by 8 percentage points — a landslide for a Democrat in this district. Republicans better watch their backs. If they’re not safe here, they’re not safe anywhere.
461/462 Precincts Reporting
Childers (D) — 56,982 (54%)
Davis (R) — 49,285 (46%)
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Around 65% of precincts in, and Childers has the lead. Over two thirds of DeSoto has come in, Prentiss still hasn’t reported, and Childers is running ahead of his last outing. Good signs for the Democrats.
304/462 Precincts reporting:
Childers (D) — 35,140 (52%)
Davis (R) — 32,185 (48%)
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153/462 Precincts reporting:
Childers — 15,570 (53%)
Davis — 13,670 (47%)