DownWithTyranny!: DOES CHENEY STILL HAVE THAT MAGIC TOUCH?
Childers had already been endorsed by the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and the Commercial Dispatch. Today Davis has Cheney in the district trying to salvage his campaign which has, up to now, just been basically about Reverend Jeremiah Wright, ... Bush carried DeSoto County in 2004 with a whopping 72 percent of the vote. A lot has happened since then, though. More soldiers have died in Iraq. Gas prices have shot up. And the economy has taken a turn for the worse. ...

GOP sets sights on conservative 'Blue Dog' Democrats | 89.3 KPCC
The National Republican Congressional Committee has targeted Bright's race, along with those of his fellow Blue Dog freshmen Parker Griffith, also of Alabama; Walt Minnick in Idaho, Travis Childers in Mississippi; Frank Kratovil Jr. in Maryland; ... in the economy, which Franklin predicts will be the driving issue next year. Back in Dale County, Walker says Bright's work and name recognition will serve him well - even as a Democrat in a district dominated by Republicans. ...

A Jacksonian Republican sweep? | Washington Examiner
Arkansas 2 is not the most anti-Obama district in the Jacksonian belt; John McCain won it by a 54%-44% margin, and Obama carried Pulaski County which includes Little Rock and its close-in suburbs. ... Mississippi 1, Travis Childers, 2008, 62. Mississippi 4, Gene Taylor, 1989, 67. Missouri 4, Ike Skelton, 1976, 61. New Mexico 2, Harry Teague, 2008, 50. North Carolina 2, Bob Etheridge, 1996, 47. North Carolina 7, Mike McIntyre, 1996, 52 .... Economy ...

StateStreetPosts.com: Mississippi's votes on U.S. House's ...
Mississippi's votes on U.S. House's "Affordable Health Care for America Act" (H R 3962) Final Vote Results for Roll Call 887. Thompson (D) - Aye Taylor (D) - No Childers (D) - No Harper (R) - No. Posted by Tom Wright/blogtw4 at 10:21. Mississippi's votes on U.S. House's "Affordable Health Care for America Act" (H R 3962). 2009-11-09T10:21:00-06:00. Tom Wright/blogtw4. Older Post Home ... Rankin County/Metro via Google Reader. Loading... Biz/Economy ...

Mississippi's Childers named to House Agriculture Committee
But Mississippi's - and the nation's - newest member of Congress believes agriculture still has an important role to play in the economy of the First Congressional District, which covers 24 counties in northeast and central Mississippi. Travis Childers, a realtor, nursing home owner and former chancery clerk in Prentiss County, won a hard-fought race to fill the seat vacated by Roger Wicker, a Republican. (Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Wicker to fill the un-expired term of ...

Mississippi First Congressional District Blog: Frontline Childers
DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said in a statement on Monday that Childers "has hit the ground running to serve the people of North Mississippi concerned about rising gas prices and the struggling economy. ... But Childers' media consultant in that race, Fletcher Rowley Chao Riddle Inc., has also received credit for the former Prentiss County Chancery Clerk's win over Southaven Mayor Greg Davis (R) in a district that strongly supported President Bush in 2004. ...

Travis Childers for US Congress | Campaign News
Jan 25, 2008 ... 10.27.08: Congressman Travis Childers "Goes to Work" for Lowndes County Childers Begins "Work Week" for North ... 10.23.08: Yellow, Blue Dogs Visit At Journal, Calhoun County Journal ... 10.13.08: Childers Talking Economy, WCBI ... Former governor says Mississippi needs Travis Childers in Washington ...

Prentiss County << Biz Buzz
Washington, DC - Congressman Travis Childers (D-MS) today voted for the Omnibus ... In an economy when company cutbacks and shutdowns have become prevalent, ... As of today, the 2008 campaign has raised $2145489, an increase from last ... Lowndes County , Monroe County , Northeast Mississippi , Prentiss County ...

Organizing for America | John S. Quarterman's Blog
It seems likely the Valdosta, Lowndes County, Campaign for Change office had something ... Travis Childers won in Mississippi. Don Cazayoux won in Louisiana. ... actually care about: economy, a sane energy policy, getting out of Iraq, ...

MS-01: DEMOCRAT TRAVIS CHILDERS WINS | DCCC
May 13, 2008 ... The Stakeholder - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Weblog ... Travis's victory proves that a Democrat who puts the economy, health care, ... Travis Childers earned the votes of the people of Mississippi's First Congressional ... IN-09: Clark County Dems; KS-04: Todd Tiahrt's Folly ...