REPUBLICAN LOSING STREAK CONTINUES….Mississippi’s 1st congressional district may be a longtime Republican stronghold, but as usual this year, that didn’t matter:
Travis Childers, a conservative Democrat who serves as Prentiss County chancery clerk, defeated Southaven Mayor Greg Davis by 54 percent to 46 percent in the race to represent Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District, which both parties considered a potential bellwether for the fall elections.
….House Democrats now hold a 236 to 199 majority, up from 203 seats they controlled two years ago.
….Democrats begin the march into the fall elections with an enormous cash advantage: $44 million for the DCCC to $7 million for its GOP counterpart as of March 31. And 25 other Republican incumbents have decided against running for reelection, providing Democrats with more opportunities to make gains.
That’s an 8-point victory in a solidly Republican district. The GOP even brought in Dick Cheney to campaign and tried to tar Childers as an Obama lover. But nothing worked. Even in Mississippi, they just don’t want anything to do with Republicans anymore. It’s going to be a ver-r-r-r-y long summer and fall for the GOP leadership.
