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Polls In The State Of Mississippi Leading Upto The November 6, 2012 General Election

Mississippi -  Presidential

Barack Obama  
Mitt Romney
[Latest polls pending]

Mississippi U.S. Senate

Roger Wicker [R]
Albert Gore [D]
[No polls available at this time]

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United States
Senators of the State of Mississippi
Thad Cochran (R)
Roger Wicker (R)

United States Representatives of the State of Mississippi
Total number of U S Representatives: 4
Republican Party (3)
Democratic Party (1)
Governor of the State of Mississippi
Haley Barbour (R)

State Senate of the State of Mississippi
Total number of Senators: 52
Republican Party: 27
Democratic Party: 24
Vacant: 1

State House of the State of Mississippi
Total number of Representatives: 122
Democratic Party: 68
Republican Party: 54

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND STATE POLITICS

State of Mississippi is a safe republican state and is often referred to as a Red state.

Presidential Election 2012

The number of electoral votes in the Electoral College is set at 538 and a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the Presidency.
Mississippi is allotted six (6) electoral votes and being a winner-takes-all state, the winning candidate will receive all 6 electoral votes.
In Presidential Election 2008 Senator McCain won Mississippi receiving 56.18% of the vote to Senator Obama's 43.00%.
[References:U.S. Electoral College, 2012: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2011]

U.S. Senate Election in Mississippi, 2012

When the then incumbent U.S. Senator of Mississippi Trent Lott retired at the end of 2007, former U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker was appointed for the seat by Governor Haley Barbour and a special election was held in 2008 to elect a U.S. Senator to serve the remainder of Mr. Lott's term. Mr. Wicker defeated former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrave who ran as an Independent.

The primary election, 2012 was held on March 13, and the following candidates are on the ballot for the November 2012 general election.

|Candidates

Roger Wicker [R] Incumbent U.S. Senator
Albert N. Gore Jr. [D]
Thomas Cramer [Constitution]
Shawn O'Hara [Reform Party]

Democratic party nominee Albert N. Gore Jr. is the Chairman of Oktibbeha County Democratic party.

U.S. House of Representatives Election in Mississippi, 2012

The State of Mississippi did not gain or lose any congressional seats on account of the 2010 United States census.
The Mississippi legislators were unable to settle on a redistricting map. Consequently, Federal Judges had to draw the map for the 4 congressional districts.
The Primary elections were held on March 13, 2012 and  following are the candidates for the November 6, 2012 general election:

DISTRICT 1

Alan Nunnelee [R] Incumbent U.S. Rep.
Brad Morris [D]
Jim R. Bourland [Constitution Party]
Danny Bedwell [Libertarian]
Chris Potts [Reform]

DISTRICT 2

Bennie Thompson [D] Incumbent U.S. rep.
Bill Murray [R]
Cobby Williams [Non-partisan candidate]
Lajena Williams [Reform Party]

DISTRICT 3

Greg Harper [R] Incumbent U.S. Rep.
Crystal C. Biggs [D]
John Luke Pannell [Reform Party]

DISTRICT 4

Steven Palazzo [R] Incumbent U.S. Rep.
Michael Herrington [D]
Ron Williams [Libertarian]
Robert W. Claunch [Reform Party]

[References: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

POLITICAL NEWS
IN BRIEF

Gov. Bryant Denies Benefits to Dreamers

By presidential-politics.com
August 27, 2012

Gov. Phil Bryant has issued an Executive Order that prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits.

This is in response to President Obama's announcement last June that his Administration will allow young illegal immigrants commonly  known as "Dreamers" to apply for temporary legal status and work permits. This action brings immediate relief to as many as 800,000 young people who can meet some basic requirements.

"Dreamers" are those young people who were brought in to the country illegally or overstayed their visas as children.
References: Mississippi Governor's Office, 08-23-2012]

'Personhood' Amendment  Defeated

[Mississippi Wednesday 2011-11-09]
The Mississippi  amendment that would have changed the definition of a person to include "every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof" was defeated in the election on 11-08-2011. This amendment would have imposed the nation's tightest laws yet on abortion and birth control. [Reference: Maddow Rachel MSNBC TV(2011-11-08) Retrieved 2011-11-08]