Although six states are holding presidential contests this Tuesday, March 10 (principally primaries plus caucuses in a single state, North Dakota), only one, Mississippi, will maintain its congressional primaries concurrently.
There, three Democrats are vying for the prospect to problem Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was first appointed to fill the retiring Thad Cochran’s seat in 2018 and who subsequently gained a special election for the seat later that yr.
Former Mississippi Rep. Mike Espy, former naval intelligence officer Tobey Bartee, and Jensen Bohren (who says he has labored quite a lot of odd jobs and in 2018 launched a quixotic progressive problem to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker) are all running for the Democratic nomination on Tuesday.
Polls shut at 7 pm Central, eight pm Japanese. Vox shall be protecting the outcomes of the Mississippi Democratic Senate main reside, in partnership with Decision Desk.
Each Espy and Bartee ran towards Hyde-Smith in the 2018 special election; whereas Bartee claimed only one.5 p.c of the vote, Espy got here inside half of a proportion level of Hyde-Smith and compelled the race right into a runoff, although he ultimately misplaced by almost 8 points.
In the most recent round of Federal Election Commission filings, Espy outraised Hyde-Smith by greater than $40,000, and his path to the Democratic nomination over his challengers needs to be easy.
If Espy wins out over the Democratic subject, although, he’ll face an uphill wrestle to unseat Hyde-Smith in November: The Cook Political Report rates Hyde-Smith’s Mississippi Senate seat as “Possible Republican” in 2020.
There are additionally a handful of primaries for Home seats taking place on Tuesday. Notably, Mississippi’s sole Democratic member of Congress, Rep. Bennie Thompson, is going through a challenger. Nevertheless, Thompson, who chairs the Home Homeland Safety Committee, is well-positioned to win reelection.