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  12 former Southern senators join letter calling on current Senate to defend democracy

  Southerners are part of a group of 44 former senators who penned an open letter in the Washington Post ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor WASHINGTON…

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  Republican Mark Harris will support new vote in North Carolina’s 9th U.S. District if fraud affected outcome

  Harris, who has a 905-vote lead in unofficial results, insists he was “absolutely unaware” of wrongdoing ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor CHARLOTTE (CFP) — Mark…

• U.S. Senator John Kennedy won’t run for Louisiana governor in 2019

  Kennedy would have been formidable obstacle to re-election of Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor WASHINGTON (CFP) — U.S. Senator John…

• Decision ’18: Fraud allegations swirl around North Carolina 9th District U.S. House race

  State elections board refuses to certify Republican Mark Harris’s win, launches investigation RALEIGH (CFP) — The North Carolina State Board of Elections has refused to…

• Insight: Midterms show why going left in the South leaves Democrats in a hole

  Democrats’ short-term problem isn’t rallying their base; it’s getting buried in small towns and rural areas ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor Heading into the midterm…

• Decision ’18: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith wins special election runoff in Mississippi

  Hyde-Smith, appointed to the seat in April, defeats Democrat Mike Espy JACKSON, Mississippi (CFP) — After a racially charged three-week runoff campaign, Republican U.S. Senator…

• RACE CALLED: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith re-elected in Mississippi; REP HOLD

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  POLLS CLOSE: Mississippi U.S. Senate special election runoff