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01-05-2008, 02:54 AM
It's official. He's running for Lott's seat.
OXFORD -- Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday he will run for the U.S. Senate.
Musgrove plans to hold a series of news conferences Monday in Tupelo, Jackson, Hattiesburg and Gulfport.
"I'll be announcing, yes," Musgrove told the AP in a telephone interview from his law office in Madison County.
Musgrove, a Democrat, will run in a special election against Republican Roger Wicker, who was appointed this week to fill the job left vacant by the retirement of the GOP's Trent Lott.
The date of the special election is in dispute. Republican Gov. Haley Barbour has set the election for Nov. 4, but Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood said he believes state law requires the election to be held within 100 days of when Lott resigned.
OXFORD -- Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday he will run for the U.S. Senate.
Musgrove plans to hold a series of news conferences Monday in Tupelo, Jackson, Hattiesburg and Gulfport.
"I'll be announcing, yes," Musgrove told the AP in a telephone interview from his law office in Madison County.
Musgrove, a Democrat, will run in a special election against Republican Roger Wicker, who was appointed this week to fill the job left vacant by the retirement of the GOP's Trent Lott.
The date of the special election is in dispute. Republican Gov. Haley Barbour has set the election for Nov. 4, but Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood said he believes state law requires the election to be held within 100 days of when Lott resigned.