Right From Left (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
How bad was Tuesday for the Republicans? Bad, but it could have been a lot worse . Look at some of our rising stars (survivors). Rep. Paul Ryan, WI Rep. Michele Bachmann, MN Rep. John Shadegg, AZ Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, FL Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, FL Rep. Lee Terry, NE Sen. Roger Wicker, MS Sen. Saxby Chambliss, GA Sen. Norm Coleman, MN Sen. Gordon Smith, OR And, we held off Democrats vying for open...
WAFB - Local News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Republican Roger Wicker defeated Democratic former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove to fill Trent Lott's old U.S. Senate seat.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Republican Roger Wicker, appointed to replace Trent Lott in the U.S. Senate, defeated former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove Tuesday. With more than 90 percent of the votes in, Wicker led by almost 120,000 votes, the Biloxi Sun Herald reported. He had 56 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Musgrove. Wicker claimed victory late Tuesday, but Musgrove did not concede,...
Brutally Honest (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Dems will fall short of 60: NBC News projects that incumbent Republican Roger Wicker will pull out a win against former Governor Ronnie Musgrove in Mississippi. With Kentucky's McConnell, Mississippi's Wicker, and Georgia's Chambliss - who looks positioned for reelection...
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Although neither race appears to have yet been called, Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) seem virtually assured of reelection. Wicker is maintaining his 56% lead with 81% of the MS vote cast, and while Landrieu only leads 50.9%-46.9%, nearly all the outstanding LA counties are in Orleans Parish. At this point, we can say the Dem Senate margin is 56-41, with AK, OR, and MN still outstanding....
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
(CNN) – CNN projects that Republican Roger Wicker will win the Senate seat in Mississippi in a special election to replace former Sen. Trent Lott who resigned in December 2007. Wicker, a former seven-term congressman who was appointed to the seat, defeated former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat. CNN projections are based on actual results and exit [...]
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
(CNN) — CNN projects Republican Sen. Roger Wicker held on to his seat Tuesday night, winning Mississippi's special Senate election. Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's appointed successor had faced a tough fight from former Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. Party identification is not included on the ballot in Mississippi, so a projected surge in African-American and [...]
The Real Clear Politics Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
The Democrats' journey to a 60-seat Senate majority looks like it fell short as Republican incumbent Sen. Roger Wicker hangs on to defeat Democrat Ronnie Musgrove.
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
FNC again projected that Sen. Roger Wicker (R) defeated ex-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) in MS SEN. In the 10 p.m. hour, FNC called MS SEN for Wicker, but took back that call minutes later.
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
NBC News projects that incumbent Republican Roger Wicker will pull out a win against former Governor Ronnie Musgrove in Mississippi. With Kentucky's McConnell, Mississippi's Wicker, and Georgia's Chambliss - who looks positioned for reelection - Senate Democrats won't reach 60 votes, even if they gain seats in Colorado (Udall) and Alaska (Begich). The two races still very much up for grabs: Minnesota...
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Though at one point Democrats dared to hope that they could capture a Republican Senate seat in Mississippi, reality has intervened: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), who was appointed to serve out the remainder of Trent Lott's term, has won. With 98 percent of precincts reporting as of the time of this post, Wicker was beating his opponent, Democrat Ronnie Musgrove, by 12 percentage points, 56-44.
Nuke's news & views (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Fox has called the Mississippi Senatorial race between Republican Roger Wicker and former Democrat governor Ronnie Musgrove. In a close and hard fought battle, Wicker is the winner. A bright spot for the GOP in an otherwise Democrat night: this victory ensures that the Dems will not get to the filibuster-proof limit of 60 [...]
fivethirtyeight (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
It doesn't look to me like there's a big enough gap between Bruce Lunsford's vote and Obama's, or Roger Wicker's and Obama's, to give those states to the Democrats in the Senate. In Georgia, though, Jim Martin is running about 5 points ahead of Obama. Hang in there for the ATL vote.
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
FNC called MS SEN for Sen. Roger Wicker (R) at 10:01 p.m., but took back that call minutes later, rating the race too close to call. Wicker seems to be in fairly good shape in his first statewide bid. He currently leads ex-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) by 56%-44%, which is just 7% less than Sen. Thad Cochran 's (R) 63% lead. Although only 34% of the vote is in, it's roughly evenly distributed across the...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
It's a very good night for Senate Democrats, picking up several seats tonight, though 60 is not in the works as Roger Wicker has defeated Ronnie Musgrove in Mississippi. Still a chance to get to the high-50s, however. Update [2008-11-4 22:8:5 by Jonathan Singer]: For at least the second time tonight, Fox News -- which, by the way, looks like a wake -- has had to pull back a call. The Mississippi Senate...
