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8. Cochrane's an odd character. He was a Democrat until Stennis died

Reply to rurallib (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 01:16 AM

Jun 2014

And was better on race issues back then than people like Sonny Montgomery or Jamie Whitten. He gets I think a 20% or so from NAACP (most of the rest of the southern Republicans have like a 0% or so). I never voted for the guy, but he always was good with constituent services, I must say.

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Iowan with a question re: this primary, or is it runoff in MS... [View all] Skidmore Jun 2014 OP

This is a run off yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #1

Let me add that there has been a really strange twist rurallib Jun 2014 #2

You are right yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #3

Thanks for this response because it was Skidmore Jun 2014 #6

Cochrane's an odd character. He was a Democrat until Stennis died Recursion Jun 2014 #8

To make it more clear, MS is the abbreviation WhiteTara Jun 2014 #4

Whoops. Apologies. Skidmore Jun 2014 #5

No apologies necessary! WhiteTara Jun 2014 #7