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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The latest news of a second round of special elections in the US Senate in Mississippi (all local times):
11:15
A spokeswoman for Walmart confirmed that the company was asking US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to return her contribution to the $ 2,000 campaign after a video showed the Mississippi Republican praising someone in trouble. saying that she would attend a "public hanging" if he had one.
Walmart spokeswoman LeMia Jenkins announced Tuesday that the company had donated Nov. 8 – two days after Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy moved from a group of four candidates to a second round November 27, but three days before the broadcast of the video showing Hyde-Smith making the comment suspended.
Jenkins said Hyde-Smith's recent comments clearly did not reflect the values of our company and its associates. As a result, we withdraw our support and request reimbursement of all donations from the campaign.
A spokeswoman for the Hyde-Smith campaign did not immediately respond to a call Tuesday.
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11:13
The candidates for the last unresolved US Senate election are ready for their only debate in Mississippi.
It's a contest that has drawn national attention amidst remarks made by a white Republican senator reflecting the persistent division about the history of racial violence in Mississippi.
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith was appointed to the Senate in April to temporarily replace Senator Thad Cochran, who has long retired due to health problems. She is challenged by Democrat Mike Espy, former Congressman and former US Secretary of Agriculture, who is seeking to become the first African-American Senator in Mississippi since Reconstruction.
Hyde-Smith and Espy are ready for an hourly televised debate Tuesday night in Jackson.
Mississippi has not elected a Democrat in the US Senate since 1982, and Republicans occupy all positions, with the exception of one. Espy is always looking for a long-term victory.
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