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The 2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Trent Lott won re-election to a fourth term.


Democratic primary


Candidates

* Bill Bowlin, business consultant and Republican nominee for MS-01 in 1990 * Erik R. Fleming,
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* James O'Keefe, businessman * Catherine Starr, activist


Results


General election


Candidates

* Erik R. Fleming (D), State Representative * Trent Lott (R), incumbent U.S. Senator * Harold Taylor (L)


Campaign

Lott ran for re-election without facing any opposition in his party's
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. While it had been speculated that Lott might retire after his home was destroyed in
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, he instead chose to run for re-election. Fleming is an African American, which represents 37% of the state's population. However, no African American has ever been elected to statewide office. The last black U.S. Senator was
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, who was appointed and took office in 1870. Fleming got little help from the DSCC, which only donated $15,000 to his campaign.FOXNews.com - Fleming runs low-budget Miss. challenge of Cochran - Politics , Republican Party , Democratic Party , Political Spectrum
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Predictions


Results


See also

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References


Election Results


Further reading

* Orey, Byron D'Andra. "Racial Threat, Republicanism, and the Rebel Flag: Trent Lott and the 2006 Mississippi Senate Race," ''National Political Science Review'' July 2009, Vol. 12, pp. 83-96 {{United States elections, 2006 Mississippi
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