Lampton contends, though, that he can cut into the Democrats' usual overwhelming advantage among African-Americans. I've made a conscious effort to make sure that my office reflects the racial makeup of the district. I've tried to be fair and straight down the line. Republican officials argue that voter enthusiasm for their White House nominee, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, will push a much higher turnout of conservative voters than in the 1998 mid-term election, when just a third of the district's registered voters showed up. But Mississippi political experts are not persuaded that interest in the presidential election would be enough to unseat the incumbent.
People appreciate that fact.
I've heard people say that he goes up there, does his business, then comes home to get more marching orders. University of Mississippi Assistant Professor of Political Science Denise von Herrmann said that the Bush factor would do little to harm Shows, based on her perception that this will be an incumbent-friendly year in the state. Nonetheless, Lampton has been playing up his Republican Party ties and contending that Shows is trying to hide his Democratic label. Yet it is incumbent Shows who has a significant advantage in personal campaign fundraising, Federal Election Commission reports indicate. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.