Nov. 05, 2024 00:04 AM EST
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi is trying to extend his 30-year career on Capitol Hill as he faces Democrat Ty Pinkins, a challenger who received little financial support from his own party in a heavily Republican state.
Wicker, now 73, was first...
Oct. 31, 2024 17:32 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Ty Pinkins has jogged along highways and past cotton fields to try to draw attention to his effort to unseat Mississippi's senior Republican U.S. senator, Roger Wicker.
Pinkins acknowledges it's a tough campaign. Republican-dominated Mississippi...
Oct. 25, 2024 07:03 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Mississippi will cast their ballots on Nov. 5 in the race for the White House, U.S. Senate and U.S. House.
In the presidential race, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump will compete for the state’s six...
Sep. 11, 2024 13:21 PM EDT
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A jury has cleared a Mississippi man on a charge of threatening to kill Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker during a confrontation with one of Wicker's relatives.
Six women and six men deliberated about an hour and a half Tuesday before unanimously finding...