Off To the Races • Elections 2018 Courtesy Richard Boyanton
Instructions to Voter:
Senate Showdown Courtesy Roger Wicker
precinct 02 official Ballot Ballot Style 2D State of Mississippi Hinds County 2018 Democratic Primary Election Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Official Ballot Democratic
Fill in the oval to the left of the name of your choice. You must blacken the oval completely, and do not make any marks outside of the oval. you do not have to vote in ever race. DO NOT CROSS OUT - If you change your mind, exchange your ballot for a new one. If you tear, soil, deface or erroneously mark this ballot, return it to obtain another.
For United States Senate Vote for ONE
For U.S. House of Representatives 2nd Congressional District Vote for ONE
{{ David Baria
{{ Bennie G. Thompson
{{ Jensen Bohren
{{ _____________________
{{ Jerone Garland {{ Victor G. Maurice Jr. {{ Omeria Scott {{ Howard Sherman {{ _____________________
This is a recreated District 2 Democratic sample ballot for the June 5 election from the Hinds County Election Commission.
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Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Richard Boyanton
Sen. Roger Wicker arguably dodged the biggest bullet in his campaign when Sen. Chris McDaniel announced he would not challenge Wicker, instead opting to run for Cochran’s seat. Wicker had already ramped up his campaign presence, spending more than $2.8 million in the 2017-2018 election cycle on advertisements and other campaign expenditures. Without McDaniel in the race, Wicker faces Richard Boyanton, a Gulf Coast candidate who is running on a platform of limiting federal spending as well as imposing term limits, a restriction that at this point would have kept Wicker from running again. On the Democratic side of the Senate election, several candidates threw their names in the race to challenge Wicker or Boyanton in November. Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, is a longtime state lawmaker who announced his candidacy first, followed by Rep. Omeria Scott, D-Laurel, another veteran lawmaker in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Scott, a vocal member of the House, is pushing her experience as a lawmaker on the campaign trail. Baria has raised $120,644, FEC fillings showed at press time (this number likely does not reflect the most recent campaign finance filings, but the FEC website can take several days to refresh its numbers). Baria, an attorney by trade, has
focused his campaign on change in Washington D.C. including equal pay and transparency. The unlikely challenger, Howard Sherman, has raised more in campaign finances than Baria, with $628,215 in contributions. A large part ($500,000)of that total is from loans from Sherman himself, but he has netted well over $100,000 in campaign donations, mainly from donors who pay his campaign through ActBlue, making them anonymous on FEC campaign finance filings. Sherman, a venture capitalist and investor, is married to Meridian-native actress Sela Ward and has focused his campaign on job creation and using his private sector. The Clarion-Ledger reported that Sherman donated to Roger Wicker in previous years, prompting questions about his Democratic affiliation, which he has since defended. Jensen Bohren, who is running a grassroots progressive campaign, has almost $2,000 in campaign finances, FEC filings show. He is running on legalizing marijuana, Medicare-for-all and major election reforms. (Baria recently came out in support of legalizing medical marijuana.) Jerone Garland, a Kosciusko native who is running on criminal-justice reform, has raised $600 in campaign funds, FEC records show. Victor Maurice as well as Scott do not have any campaign-finance reports filed with the FEC.
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