Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who serves as the junior United States Senator from Mississippi, in office since 2007., Travis Wayne Childers (born March 29, 1958) is an American, Southern populist politician who served as the U.S. Representative for from 2008 to 2011. The district included much of the northern portion of the state including New Albany, Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. A member of the Democratic Party, Childers previously served as Chancery Clerk of Prentiss County from 1992 until his election to Congress. On March 1, 2014, Childers announced that he was running for the United States Senate. He won his party's nomination for the Senate seat in the Democratic primary on June 3. He lost the general election to incumbent Thad Cochran., Daniel Steven Holland ( born November 5 , 1955 , in Tupelo , Mississippi ) is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives , representing the 16th district since 1985 . He was also a contender for the Democratic nomination in Mississippi 's 1st congressional district special election , 2008 but he lost the primary runoff to Travis Childers . He is of Dutch , Italian , and Native American descent . Holland is the son of Judge Sadie Holland , who was allegedly targeted in the 2013 ricin letters incident . James Everett Dutschke , a suspect in the case , unsuccessfully ran against Holland in 2007 . In 2012 , Holland submitted a Bill to the Mississippi Legislature to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico - for all official uses within the state - to the `` Gulf of America '' ., The 2008 Mississippi 1st congressional district special election was a special election in the state of Mississippi to determine who would serve the remainder of former Representative Roger Wicker's term. After an April 22, 2008 ballot resulted in no candidate receiving a majority, Democratic Party candidate Travis Childers defeated Republican candidate Greg Davis in a runoff election on May 13, 2008., Subject: steve holland , Relation: member_of_political_party, Options: (A) democratic party (B) republican party
Output (English): democratic party