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[MS]District 29 to pick [state] senator
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| Last Edited | User 13 Feb 09, 2004 07:07pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Clarion-Ledger |
| News Date | Monday, February 9, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It began as a routine Senate race a year ago. Now Democrat Dewayne Thomas and Republican Richard White are at the center of an election that has drawn the governor's attention, reined in money from civil justice reform players and exhausted both candidates.
On Tuesday, voters in Hinds County District 29 will go to the polls — for a second time — and bring the disputed Hinds County District 29 race to an end.
"I never in my worst dreams ever thought we'd be still campaigning," Thomas said.
On that, both candidates can agree.
"There's no doubt that this whole thing's caused my family and friends some heart-aches," incumbent White said.
The candidates, whose election was thrown out after irregularities were discovered in some precincts, have spent the past few weeks canvassing neighborhoods, collecting money and printing campaign literature all over again.
Thomas was initially certified the winner by a slim margin.
In addition to pushing their platforms, the candidates also have had to launch an awareness campaign to let voters in the district know there is an election.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Melissa Boykin said she's voting for White because he did a favor for a friend who had "some problems with their sewage backing up and they called him," said Boykin, 35, who runs a drafting, design and consulting business.
Lacey Baker, 72, a retired public school teacher, plans to cast another vote for Thomas, whom she calls a "fine Christian man."
His election, she said, has him caught in a "big political mess."
"I think he's caught in something that's not at all his doing." |
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