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10years ago
MS NOW

Robert Gray’s unlikely primary win in Mississippi draws suspicion, shock

Truck driver Robert Gray shocked Mississippi’s political establishment by winning the Democratic primary for governor this summer.

11years ago
MS NOW

Chris Christie mum on worldviews during UK trip

If the governor’s trip to the UK represented a chance to project a substantive worldview ahead of a presidential run, he passed up the opportunity.

11years ago
MS NOW

What Super Bowl? Chris Christie cheers on Arsenal in London

Christie’s Dallas Cowboys didn’t make it to the Super Bowl this year — but he did spend Sunday watching a different kind of football.

11years ago
MS NOW

Hagan and Tillis in all-out war for North Carolina Senate seat

The race between Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis has been an all-out air war that reflects the national landscape more than almost any other Senate race this year.

11years ago
Morning Joe

Could Colorado lose Democrats the Senate?

If Mark Udall loses his unexpectedly close race against Republican Rep. Cory Gardner, control of the Senate is all but guaranteed to flip to the GOP.

11years ago
Morning Joe

Democrats try, again, to take Scott Walker down

Chris Christie campaigned with Scott Walker, and Michelle Obama joined Democrat Mary Burke in a race that will lift — or quash — Walker’s presidential hopes.

11years ago
Morning Joe

In Kansas, Roberts fights for his seat — and the Senate

Sen. Pat Roberts is facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from independent Greg Orman. But the big question is which party Orman will back if he wins.

12years ago
Morning Joe

Top 8 quotes from 2014’s most intense race

Down in Kentucky, there’s a mad, moneyed race for the Senate underway.

13years ago
Morning Joe

Breezy Point: Street after street was just gone

It is an image that more closely resembles rapture than the Rockaways: the iconic AP photo of Robert and Laura Connolly, above, appeared on the front pages

13years ago
Morning Joe

GOP run-off in SC tonight: Where will Sanford land?

South Carolina heads to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Republican run-off in the race to replace Rep. Tim Scott. The race could potentially offer former