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Thompson fends of challenger to win Mississippi primary

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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) is projected to win his primary race, fending off a long-shot challenge from 34-year-old antitrust lawyer Evan Turnage, according to Decision Desk HQ. Thompson, the 78-year-old civil rights leader, has represented Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District for more than 30 years. He is expected to prevail in November’s general election, as his…

Fuller, Harris nab spots in Georgia House runoff for Greene’s seat

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Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris are advancing to a runoff to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.  All candidates, regardless of party, ran on one ballot in the special election for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District in the northwest corner of the state. Fuller and…

Trump-backed candidate wins spot in runoff for Greene’s House seat

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Republican Clay Fuller, a district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit with President Trump’s backing, has won a spot in the runoff to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), according to Decision Desk HQ.  Fuller was among more than a dozen candidates running in the special election to succeed Greene, who resigned from

Meghan McCain rips Graham’s call to send ‘children to go possibly die in war’

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Conservative commentator Meghan McCain on Tuesday slammed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for saying that he is asking parents to send their children to war against Iran. “Nothing like a single, childless, septuagenarian telling American mothers to send their children to go possibly die in a war,” McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain…