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later, Fordice approached Molpus after a televised appearance and told him, "This 61-year-old man will take you to the woodshed and I'll whip your ass". Molpus hoped to leverage the incident to his advantage by appealing to more women voters, presenting himself as a gentleman acting in defense of his wife's honor. A poll conducted by Mason-Dixon
Political/Media Research in late October showed the margins of support between the two candidates narrowing, with Molpus having picked up additional support from women.
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November 7, earning 455,261 votes (55.6 percent) to Molpus' 364,210 votes (44.4 percent). Molpus received about 25,000 more votes than Democrat Mabus had in 1991. He garnered less than 20 percent of the white vote while Fordice won fifty-one of the fifty-eight majority white counties,
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America." He finished his remarks by saying, "Never apologize! Never look back! Forward together!" Molpus responded by referring to his 1989
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Mississippi Burning murders. Molpus' supporters accused Fordice of prevailing due to the use of racist
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on food from 7 percent to 3.5 percent with a corresponding cut of 1.5 percent in overall government expenditures, saying that such a scale-back would encourage legislators to maximize government efficiency. Fordice, who favored an income tax reduction, accused Molpus of
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One Mississippi, Two Mississippi: Methodists, Murder, and the Struggle for Racial Justice in Neshoba County
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in doing so while running for another state office. Molpus refused, calling the solicitation "ridiculous".
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McEntee, Christopher (August 31, 1995). "Trends in the Region: Mississippi Bonds Will Endure Campaign".
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Sack, Kevin (November 4, 1995). "An Underdog Democrat Is Gaining in Mississippi".
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Harp, Lonnie (October 25, 1995). "Governor's race in Miss. pivots on education".
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Results of the 1995 Mississippi gubernatorial election by county
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won the Republican primary, defeating two minor candidates.
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Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2008
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1994:House of Representatives elections
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3135:"Molpus refuses to resign post"
3776:Southern Politics in the 1990s
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2935:The Clarksdale Press Register
3748:George, Carol V. R. (2015).
3430:1995 United States elections
2980:"MS Governor R Primary 1995"
2958:"MS Governor D Primary 1995"
3229:(city ed.). p. 2.
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3804:(second ed.).
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2779: Molpus—80-90%
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3742:Works cited
3700:Mississippi
3612:Raleigh, NC
3587:Houston, TX
3547:Chicago, IL
3494:Mississippi
3450:California
3383:December 2,
3361:December 2,
3316:George 2015
3013:George 2015
3001:George 2015
2986:December 2,
2964:December 2,
2876:Dick Molpus
2730:bond issues
2713:blue collar
2537:Dick Molpus
2496:Dick Molpus
2381:Hattiesburg
2102:Amendment 1
1120:At-large sp
1108:At-large sp
626:U.S. Senate
131:Percentage
95:Dick Molpus
3827:Categories
3660:California
3632:Tucson, AZ
3562:Durham, NC
3557:Dallas, TX
3443:U.S. House
3304:Lamis 1999
3278:CQ Almanac
3052:Lamis 1999
2917:References
2906:Republican
2871:Democratic
2843:Republican
2828:Candidate
2675:Republican
2657:Republican
2629:Republican
2614:Candidate
2557:Democratic
2530:Democratic
2515:Candidate
1049:U.S. House
253:Republican
238:Republican
112:Democratic
107:Republican
3730:Wisconsin
3685:Louisiana
3513:Virginia
3489:Louisiana
3476:Governors
3460:Illinois
3428:)
3110:407402383
2721:sales tax
2490:In 1993,
2392:elections
2331:elections
2270:elections
2259:Southaven
2209:elections
2143:elections
2119:Measure 3
1066:(Terr sp)
3725:Virginia
3690:Maryland
3680:Kentucky
3670:Illinois
3665:Colorado
3484:Kentucky
3432: (
3337:Archived
3201:Archived
3143:Archived
3106:ProQuest
2940:Archived
2892:819,471
2880:364,210
2857:455,261
2694:125,782
2643:117,907
2576:514,649
2564:117,833
2543:396,816
2198:Gulfport
158:Fordice:
126:364,210
84:Nominee
3675:Indiana
3655:Arizona
3454:15th sp
3284:June 3,
3207:June 2,
3149:June 5,
2897:100.00
2883:44.44%
2862:55.56%
2815:Results
2699:100.00
2601:Results
2581:100.00
2502:Results
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2329:Mayoral
2268:Mayoral
2207:Mayoral
2141:Mayoral
1025:2018 sp
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895:1947 sp
880:1941 sp
825:1910 sp
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2320:Biloxi
1524:1st sp
1499:1st sp
1452:5th sp
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1402:3rd sp
1200:5th sp
135:55.56%
103:Party
3720:Texas
3517:House
3504:State
2685:2.35
2667:3.91
1520:2015
1448:1989
1418:1981
1196:1858
1062:1802
3810:ISBN
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3209:2022
3151:2022
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