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We Need to FIGHT Against "The South Shall Rise Again!": Key Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi Races

The post presents Jones’s campaign as a possible challenge to Hill and highlights his affordability and accountability platform.

We Need to FIGHT Against "The South Shall Rise Again!": Key Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi Races
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The author urges support for Democratic candidates in Alabama’s 2nd District, Arkansas’s 2nd District and Mississippi’s Senate race, framing the contests as a response to redistricting and threats to Black political representation. The post praises Shomari Figures, Chris Jones and Scott Colom while sharply criticizing Republican candidates and officeholders.

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Democratic House candidate challenging French Hill

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Democratic Senate candidate challenging Cindy Hyde-Smith

Colom's version of this story ↗

Republican House candidate challenging Shomari Figures

Marques's version of this story ↗

Alabama representative seeking reelection in a redrawn district

Figures's version of this story ↗

Republican candidate mentioned in connection with a challenge to Marques

Tommy Tuberville
R · AL · SEN

Alabama senator mentioned in a comparison with Doug Jones

Democratic Party figure who interviewed Colom

Cindy Hyde-Smith
R · MS · SEN

Mississippi senator and Colom’s opponent

Former attorney general whose administration employed Figures

Mississippi representative credited with initially recommending Colom for a federal judgeship

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President discussed in connection with federal policy and the political environment

Arkansas representative and Jones’s opponent

Former president who nominated Colom to a federal judgeship

Ty Pinkins
I · MS

Independent candidate in the Mississippi Senate race

Republican primary challenger to Hyde-Smith who criticized her campaign spending

John Lewis
Former U.S. Representative (D-GA)

Former representative named in the title of voting-rights legislation

Doug Jones
Former U.S. Senator (D-AL)

Former Alabama senator mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate

Former transportation secretary who endorsed and campaigned for Jones

Thad Cochran
Former U.S. Senator (R-MS)

Former Mississippi senator mentioned as a friend of Colom’s family

Roger F. Wicker
R · MS · SEN

Mississippi senator mentioned in connection with Colom’s earlier judicial nomination and a previous Senate race

ALSO MENTIONED  Asa Hutchinson, Former Arkansas governor who appointed Jones to a state board; Haley Barbour, Former Mississippi governor cited as a supporter of Colom’s judicial nomination; Justin Jones, Tennessee state representative quoted about Democratic Party neglect of Black communities; Kay Ivey, Alabama governor cited as a supporter of the Rebuild Alabama Act; Phil Bryant, Former Mississippi governor cited as a supporter of Colom’s judicial nomination; Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas governor and Jones’s opponent in the 2022 gubernatorial election; Yolanda Renee King, Activist quoted criticizing Democrats for failing to pass voting-rights legislation

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