SH - South Mississippians eye statewide positions
With Gov. Haley Barbour leaving office in 2012 because of term limits and other statewide elected officials possibly seeking higher office in 2011 elections, as many as four South Mississippians might run for vacant posts.
But in recent decades, only two Coastians have won Mississippi-wide races — former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott and former Attorney Gen. Mike Moore. Many think that’s partly because, for many years, South Mississippi was considered relatively cut off from the rest of the state and also culturally different from more upland areas.
The true reason few Coastians have won may be that since 1987, Moore and Lott, besides being the only Coast candidates to be elected in statewide races, are also the only South Mississippians who sought open seats.
Sun Herald
Nov. 28, 2009
Posted November 30, 2009 - 8:52 am
Friday, September 3, 2010
I’m sure both guys have a good chance. Hewes is probably even the favorite in his race.
I suspect Dennis being from Alabama will hinder him in his, though. If he was the only credible conservative running (such as Fordice in ‘91), I believe people would get past it. But since he won’t be, I think that alone costs him a few votes. From memory, Bryant got more votes than any other Pub running statewide in ‘07; so, he has to be considered the front-runner.