U.S. Senator Roger Wicker speaks to media on behalf of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith after her debate against Mike Espy inside the Farm Bureau Federation auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker’s loss in his native northeast Mississippi in the Republican primary earlier this month most likely says more about the region than it does about him.