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In March 2018, Espy announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Thad Cochran. Espy placed second in the November 6 nonpartisan special election before facing Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in a November 27 runoff .
In his second bid in two years to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, Mike Espy has erased a 25-point deficit to make the race a dead heat.
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Sep 24, 2020 · Mike Espy, age 66, is vying to be the first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi. In 1986, Espy, a Democrat, became the first Black Mississippian elected to the U.S. House since Reconstruction.
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Nov 3, 2020 · Mike Espy ( Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Mississippi. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020. Espy was a 2018 Democratic candidate for the same seat. Espy lost the general runoff election on November 27, 2018 .
Nov 3, 2020 · Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican, defeated Mike Espy, a Democrat, in a special election runoff in 2018. The incumbent is again facing off against Mr. Espy, a former congressman and the...
Oct 9, 2020 · Mike Espy is running against Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi. Only 10 Black Americans have served in the U.S. Senate since this nation’s founding. In Mississippi, the last Black senator...
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