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

The author criticizes Marques’s remarks about Alabama voters and his positions on taxes and health care.

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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Republican House candidate challenging Shomari Figures

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Democratic Senate candidate challenging Cindy Hyde-Smith

Colom's version of this story ↗

Democratic House candidate challenging French Hill

Jones'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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