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November 20, 2008 Senators wary of auto bailout
...in the Senate." Mississippi's four U.S. representatives have yet to make a statement on the bailout, including Democrat Travis Childers of Booneville, who spent the day in meetings discussing the pros and cons of such a package, according to his press s
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald
November 16, 2008 Obama's big day is sure to pack 'em in
US Rep. Marsha Blackburn's office reported 1005 and Travis Childers' about 500. Tickets won't be handed out until the week before the inauguration. ...
November 10, 2008 Obama's Coattails Were Long but Not Flowing
...and the succeeding two questions. In the South, the following Democrats survived stiff challenges: Reps. John Barrow (Ga.), Travis Childers (Miss.), Jim Marshall (Ga.) and John Yarmuth (Ky.). Democrats also won the open seats vacated by three House lawm
November 10, 2008 Challengers maneuvering for 2010 races
...seat in Alabama that had been held by the GOP; Larry Kissell knocked off a five-term Republican incumbent in North Carolina; and Travis Childers held a Mississippi congressional seat that Dems had captured from the GOP in a spring special election. With
Source: Palm Beach Post
November 09, 2008 Challengers maneuvering for 2010 races
By GEORGE BENNETT Ben Graber, still a little tacky to the touch after the Election Day shellacking he took from Democratic US Rep. ...
November 09, 2008 Childers has strong hold on 1st District seat
âThis puts a big burden on Travis Childers,â White said. âHeâs going to have to vote on issues that heâs never had to face before, and heâs going to have a ...
November 06, 2008 Davis returns to city he has helped build
âI cannot tell you what an honor it has been to serve you as United States representative - itâs not about me walking those halls, itâs about you taking me ...
November 06, 2008 Obama win gives Democrats renewed hope in the South
"But people are more willing to move away from the Republican Party with candidates like Rep. Travis Childers in Mississippi and Kay Hagan in North Carolina ...
November 06, 2008 Obama Coattails Prevail in N.C. and Va. Races
...cruised to easy victories Tuesday. And the parties held serve in two contested Mississippi House races, as Democratic Rep. Travis Childers who beat former Southaven Mayor Greg Davis (R) in a May special election repeated his victory over Davis Tuesday n
November 06, 2008 Some Incoming House Democrats Campaigned on Conservative Issues
...of fighting tax increases while serving in the state legislature. He defeated Republican Rep. Steve Chabot. In Mississippi, Travis Childers won the First congressional district seat, beating Republican Greg Davis. He touted balanced budgets and f
Source: CNSNews.com
November 06, 2008 Obama win gives Democrats renewed hope in the South
...with one party," he said. "But people are more willing to move away from the Republican Party with candidates like Rep. Travis Childers in Mississippi and Kay Hagan in North Carolina getting elected." Hagan defeated Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole Tuesda
Source: Hattiesburg American
November 05, 2008 ENPR: Election Results
Ronnie Musgrove (D) 55%-45%, while in Wickerâs former House district, Rep. Travis Childers (D) easily retained his seat. Both parties maintained the status ...
November 05, 2008 Wicker defeats Musgrove
Thompson is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The only House race that remained undecided was between Democrat US Rep. Travis Childers and ...
November 05, 2008 Mississippi votes for McCain, Cochran, Wicker
Three of Mississippi's Democratic US House members - Travis Childers in the northern 1st District, Bennie Thompson in the Delta's 2nd District and Gene ...
November 05, 2008 Thompson says Mississippi must adjust to new political climate
The state is returning three Democratic incumbents to the US House -- including Travis Childers in the First District -- and sending a new Republican to ...
November 05, 2008 No more women in South Carolina Senate
Rep. Travis Childers beat Greg Davis in a race for a district in northern Mississippi. Childers also defeated Davis in May in a special election for the ...
November 05, 2008 Campaign & Election News - Covering Key Races Around the Country
Good news, though, Democrat Travis Childers won reelection to a full House term. Missouri - Once again, Missouri was a battleground state as everyone ...
November 05, 2008 Childers wins state representative
Rep. Travis Childers beat opponent Greg Davis for the second time this year for a seat in the Mississippi 1st Congressional District. ...
November 05, 2008 Students rock the vote
In state races, they âelectedâ Travis Childers, US Representative, District 1; Roger Wicker for US Sentate, Special Election; Thad Cochran, US Senate; ...
November 05, 2008 State by state thoughts below the fold....
On the bright side, Travis Childers won another double-digit victory in the very conservative MS-o1 race. Missouri--The only thing worth celebrating in ...
November 05, 2008 One DeSoto race unsettled
... County supported Republican Southaven Mayor Greg Davis as the county had done in his earlier special election against Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss. ...
November 05, 2008 Republican McCain wins presidential race in Miss.
The only House race that remained undecided was between Democrat US Rep. Travis Childers and Republican Greg Davis. Harper, 52, a former Rankin County ...
November 05, 2008 Harper, Thompson, Taylor win House races
...of the House Homeland Security Committee. The only House race that remained undecided was between Democrat U.S. Rep. Travis Childers and Republican Greg Davis. Harper, 52, a former Rankin County Republican chairman and longtime GOP volunteer, was favore
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald
November 05, 2008 Wave of House Results Expected Soon
...districts held by a Democratic Member. Lampson is facing former Senate aide Pete Olson (R). In Mississippis 1st district, Rep. Travis Childers (D) is facing Southhaven Mayor Greg Davis (R). The race is a rematch of a special election held earlier this y
November 05, 2008 Thompson is re-elected in Miss. 2nd District
...who lives in Byram. The other three U.S. House races haven't been decided. One of them is a rematch between Democrat U.S. Rep. Travis Childers and Republican Greg Davis. Childers defeated Davis in a May special election to fill the 1st District seat vac
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald
November 04, 2008 Harper, Taylor, Thompson win congressional races
One other race, a rematch between Democrat US Rep. Travis Childers and Republican Greg Davis, was too close to call. Harper will represent the seat in ...
November 04, 2008 Wave of House Results Expected Soon
In Mississippiâs 1st district, Rep. Travis Childers (D) is facing Southhaven Mayor Greg Davis (R). The race is a rematch of a special election held earlier ...
November 04, 2008 As the Nation Goes One Way, Tennessee Goes the Other
... which returned the Dixiecrat Travis Childers over his Republican opponent Greg Davis in the Magnolia State's First congressional district. ...
November 04, 2008 And: Old, new, diverse faces to represent state
The new old face of 1st District Rep. Travis Childers, a Democrat, who defeated Republican Greg Davis yet again, first to fill Wicker's unexpired House seat ...
November 04, 2008 Election Day briefs from around the nation
Rep. Travis Childers beat Greg Davis in a race for a district in northern Mississippi. Childers also defeated Davis in May in a special election for the ...
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