Friday, July 11, 2014

Black Democrats look to Cochran on voting rights

Article
The Washington Post
July 5, 2014

Winning means paying more attention to a constituency that includes thousands of black voters, who across the South are calling for the renewal of the Voting Rights Act

JACKSON, Miss. - After black voters helped Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran survive an intense Republican primary runoff against an insurgent conservative challenger, some civil rights leaders in the South want him to repay the favor.

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/black-democrats-look-to-cochran-on-voting-rights/2014/07/05/7f60bce0-041b-11e4-8e9a-8f02626a2ac0_story.html

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