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United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2006

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388,399
  
213,000

Start date
  
November 7, 2006

63.6%
  
34.9%

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Winner
  
Trent Lott

The 2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Trent Lott won re-election to a fourth term.

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Candidates

  • Bill Bowlin, business consultant and Republican nominee for MS-01 in 1990
  • Erik R. Fleming, State Representative
  • James O'Keefe, businessman
  • Catherine Starr, activist

    • Candidates

  • Erik R. Fleming (D), State Representative
  • Trent Lott (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Harold Taylor (L)

    • Campaign

    Lott ran for re-election without facing any opposition in his party's primary. While it had been speculated that Lott might retire after his home was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, he instead chose to run for re-election. Fleming is an African American, which represents 37% of the state's population. However, no African American has ever been elected to statewide office. The last black U.S. Senator was Hiram Revels, who was appointed and took office in 1870. Fleming got little help from the DSCC, which only donated $15,000 to his campaign.

    References

    United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2006 Wikipedia
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