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Subject: Dems win 3rd straught special election (in Mississippi, this time) ....

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Ed Tracey

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Date Posted: Tue, May 13, 2008 8:05:51

May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Travis Childers won a U.S. House seat in Mississippi, marking the third time this year that the party has triumphed in a Republican stronghold and signaling it may be poised for big gains in the November elections.

Childers got 52 percent to 48 percent for Republican Greg Davis with 83 percent of the vote, according to the Associated Press. Childers will replace Republican Roger Wicker in northern Mississippi's 1st District. Wicker was appointed to the Senate last year to replace Republican Trent Lott, who resigned to become a lobbyist. Childers will serve out Wicker's term and will likely face Davis again in November.

In March, Illinois Democrat Bill Foster was elected to replace former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and Democrat Dan Cazayoux won the race May 4 to replace Louisiana Republican Richard Baker, who resigned to take a lobbying job.

The northern Mississippi House district had been reliably Republican since Wicker won the seat in 1994. Wicker won House re-election six times with at least 63 percent of the vote, and the district gave President George W. Bush 62 percent of its vote in 2004.

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