Something as rare as a blue moon happened not once, but twice, on Tuesday night: Mississippi congressional incumbents lost their seats.
In the 1st District, Republican Alan Nunnelee unseated Democratic U.S. Rep. Travis Childers. In the 4th, Democratic U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis lost to Republican state lawmaker Steven Palazzo of Biloxi in a race that was too close to call Tuesday night.
Childers and Taylor are conservative Blue Dogs. Childers had all the right endorsements, includi
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