"Secretary Espy worked on agricultural issues for international clients," Espy campaign spokesman Danny Blaton told Fox News.
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Mr. Espy (Alphonso Michael Espy) served as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President Clinton.
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Were McDaniel to make the runoff with Espy, polls indicate that Espy would have a real chance of winning.
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He won a 1993 special election to succeed Espy in the House after then-President Bill Clinton chose Espy as agriculture secretary.
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"If Espy were to pull out the upset, I still think it would be because of turnout differentials rather than Republicans defecting to Espy," he said.
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As Vox's Dylan Scott noted, Hyde-Smith appears to have an edge over Espy in two-way race polling, but Espy could potentially pull off an upset.
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An August poll conducted for the Espy campaign found Hyde-Smith ahead with 29 percent support, followed by Espy with 85033 percent support and McDaniel with 17 percent.
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Thad CochranWilliam (Thad) Thad CochranEspy wins Mississippi Senate Democratic primary Bottom Line Mike Espy announces Mississippi Senate bid MORE's (R) term, which Espy lost by about 8 points.
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Minutes later, Mr. Espy has told associates, his phone rang: It was the former president, who launched into a monologue advising Mr. Espy on campaign strategy and pledging to deliver fund-raising help.
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Democratic former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy and incumbent Republican Sen.
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Mike Espy in a runoff election to keep the job.
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It's official: Tracy Morgan will host the 2019 ESPY Awards.
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Espy, decided in 1997 during the presidency of Bill Clinton.
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Leslie Lee is the kind of voter Mr. Espy needs.
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Mr. Espy carried just 15 percent of whites on Nov.
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Espy received support from several prominent Democrats, with U.S. Sens.
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Democrats are optimistic that their base voters will turn out heavily for Espy, and they've focused on the state's African American voters, who could propel Espy to victory like they did for Jones in Alabama.
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Lines of attack are emerging as Hyde-Smith seeks to repeatedly paint Espy as "too liberal" for the state, while Espy continues to hit the point about his "independence," promising to put the state first.
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Democratic former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy aims to upset Republican Sen.
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Representatives John Lewis (GA), Mike Espy (MI), William Jefferson (LA), and
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Espy has said he "probably" would not have supported Kavanaugh's confirmation.
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Initially, Democrats had hoped that Espy might face a different Republican.
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But, there is still a possibility that Espy could emerge victorious.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith will face Democrat Mike Espy on November 27.
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A little headway in those counties would bode well for Espy.
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Will Espy build a winning coalition for another Deep South upset?
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Espy supported one of the largest tax increases in American history.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy in Mississippi -- is today.
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One big difference between him and Cochran: Espy is a Democrat.
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Neither is Espy guaranteed strong African-American support and voter turnout.
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Booker's plans to campaign for Espy were first reported by Politico.
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E.T. Espy closes debate with "public hanging" attack 8:85003 p.m.
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Espy promotes bipartisanship in his closing remarks, including saluting former Sen.
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Espy is facing a runoff election against incumbent freshman Republican Sen.
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Espy was acquitted and is currently running for Senate in Mississippi.
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In July, she was awarded the ESPY for best female athlete.
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It's ESPY time -- which means AWESOME fashion and TERRIBLE fashion collide!!!
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Hood ran nearly 6,20163 votes behind Espy in Jackson's Hinds County.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democratic challenger Mike Espy in an election runoff.
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Russell Westbrook has won best male athlete at the 2017 ESPY Awards.
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Still, Hyde-Smith won her runoff against Democrat Mike Espy on Tuesday.
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Mississippi Senate candidate Mike Espy (D) said Tuesday that his opponent, Sen.
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The Espy campaign slammed Hyde-Smith for imposing limits on the debate.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) in a runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy.
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Mike Espy in a runoff for Mississippi's Senate seat on November 27.
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Put another way, Espy needs to break the mold in some way.
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"My sister is the reason why everything gets done," Espy Thomas said.
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Hyde-Smith would be a heavy favorite in a runoff against Espy.
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The game was nominated for "Best Finish" in that summer's ESPY awards.
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They could help Espy in mobilizing voters and in fundraising, everybody agreed.
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Greg Espy earns $000 an hour working security for the school district.
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Mike Espy (D), who was an Agriculture secretary during the Clinton administration.
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Espy now works as a private lawyer, according to the Clarion-Ledger.
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Espy won support from about 80 percent of black voters that day.
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Ms Hyde-Smith is a white Republican, Mr Espy an African-American Democrat.
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Hyde-Smith garnered 41.4 percent of the vote, while Espy won 40.7 percent.
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The bigger problems for Espy start when GOP support consolidates behind the incumbent.
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Hyde-Smith has slammed Espy as too liberal for the red-leaning state.
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Espy has also heavily criticized the Trump administration's mounting trade war with China.
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The ESPY Awards recognize excellence in sports and are put on by ESPN.
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Hyde-Smith narrowly beat Espy in the first round of voting on Nov.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces a heated runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy.
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McDaniel faces Hyde-Smith and Espy in a special election to replace Sen.
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The ESPY Awards air live July 18 on ABC at 8 p.m. EST.
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There is even a narrow path to victory for Mike Espy in Mississippi.
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Hyde-Smith is in a runoff on Nov 27th against Mike Espy. pic.twitter.
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" Espy said his opponent "rejuvenated old stereotypes" and gave Mississippi "a black eye.
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Mississippi Senate candidate Mike Espy (D) on Monday condemned his GOP opponent, Sen.
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Instead, Espy said, he would focus on education, gender equity and health care.
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But if Espy is victorious, it would send reverberations throughout the political system.
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Booker's appearance comes less than two weeks before Espy takes on GOP Sen.
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Hyde-Smith is in a runoff on Nov 2628th against Mike Espy. pic.twitter.
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Hyde-Smith is facing Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff on Nov. 27.
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Mike Espy leads both Republican challengers in the race to replace retiring Sen.
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Espy is vying to become the first black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction.
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" Of Mr. Espy, the president wondered: "How does he fit in with Mississippi?
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Mike Espy easily won the Democratic primary for US Senate to face Sen.
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Hyde-Smith is in a runoff on Nov 53th against Mike Espy. pic.twitter.
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Ray also investigated Mike Espy, who served as Secretary of Agriculture under Clinton.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic opponent, former Clinton cabinet secretary Mike Espy.
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Zaevion received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards Wednesday night.
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Democratic chances rest upon another Republican (Chris McDaniel) reaching the runoff against Espy.
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If McDaniel and Espy go to a runoff, Democrats have a real chance.
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She attended the ESPY Awards in L.A., where she met Chance the Rapper.
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Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and Mississippi with Democratic Senate candidate Mike Espy.
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Mr Espy has a path to victory, but it is a fearsomely narrow one.
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It was an energizing smell, like I was getting ready to accept an ESPY.
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The WWE Raw Women's champion was in the house for the 2019 ESPY Awards.
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" Trump also asked voters at a rally, "How does [Espy] fit in with Mississippi?
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There&aposs a case, the Espy (ph) case, closest one that you can find.
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Some key differences between Moore and Hyde-Smith kept Espy from replicating Jones' success.
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Democrat Mike Espy, who is facing Hyde-Smith in a runoff election on Nov.
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Hyde-Smith and Espy are set to face off in a runoff on Nov.
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The news comes ahead of next Tuesday's runoff election against Democratic challenger Mike Espy.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith won Mississippi's US Senate runoff election, defeating Democratic challenger Mike Espy.
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Perhaps many voters took note of neighboring Senator Doug Jones, who campaigned for Espy.
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Mike Espy (D) able to clear the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid one.
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Espy called Hyde-Smith's comments "awful," but stopped short of describing them as racist.
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" Espy hit back: "Nobody twisted your comments because they came out from your mouth.
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"I would hope to be the kind of senator that he was," Espy said.
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Mike Espy in a runoff election on November 27 for the Mississippi Senate seat.
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"They are hurtful to millions of Mississippians who are people of goodwill," Espy said.
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Mike Espy (D-Miss.) has also announced that he'll run in the special election.
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Espy looks likely to lock up one of the spots for the runoff election.
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" The comment, Mr. Espy said, "just rejuvenated old stereotypes that we don't need anymore.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and Republican Chris McDaniel are facing off against Democrat Mike Espy.
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Espy in the runoff with Cindy Hyde-Smith, it's a race he can't win.
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Espy said he called Hyde-Smith to concede the race and wish her well.
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Espy comes with some baggage after being acquitted of bribery charges in the 1990s.
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As the top two winners, Hyde-Smith and Espy will head to a Nov.
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Espy, it should be noted, said kind words about Cochran as he announced his candidacy, and the Clarion-Ledger wrote that Espy has long been considered the model for the kind of black candidate who could win crossover white voters in Mississippi.
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The 2018 ESPY Awards will air live on Wednesday, July 18, at 8 p.m. EST.
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Espy appears to have a better chance if McDaniel finds his way into a runoff.
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Mississippi has a history of lynching African-Americans and Hyde-Smith's opponent, Espy, is black.
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On Monday, Trump tried to cast Espy as a bad fit to represent the state.
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Failing that, the top two vote-getters — Espy and Hyde-Smith — proceeded to a runoff.
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Katelyn Ohashi sure did stand out on the 2019 ESPY Awards red carpet on Wednesday.
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Another was when she and David went to the ESPY Awards together [in 2008, below].
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Kevin Durant Didn&apost Love Peyton Manning&aposs ESPY Awards Monologue Jokes -- See His Reaction!
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Espy was acquitted of bribery charges in the 1990s, and that could still dog him.
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In fact, Devon and Leah got an ESPY in 2015 -- the Jimmy V Perseverance Award.
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VICE asked Espy why he was more poised than Abrams or Gillum to actually win.
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Still, Espy has portrayed such comments as evidence that Hyde-Smith is embarrassing the state.
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It's worth noting that the Espy ruling wasn't reviewed by the justices at the time.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat challenger Mike Espy will square off again in a runoff.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith has defeated Democrat Mike Espy in the Mississippi special Senate runoff election.
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The campaigns of Hyde-Smith and Espy did not immediately return a request for comment.
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Espy called for criminal justice reform, saying that many nonviolent offenders "shouldn't be" in prison.
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USA Today: Espy seeks to prove a black Democrat can win in the deep South.
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Hyde-Smith is facing Democrat Mike Espy in a run-off election Tuesday in Mississippi.
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Espy worked in the Clinton administration, serving as the country's first African-American Agriculture secretary.
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That potentially leaves Mr. Espy the lead vote-getter heading into a runoff on Nov.
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"We know who elected him," Mr. Espy said to a room of mostly black Democrats.
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Hyde-Smith and Espy are vying to finish Cochran's current term, which ends in 2020.
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Did you know extremists like Cory Booker are campaigning for Mike Espy here in MS?
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Espy would be the first black senator from Mississippi since shortly after the Civil War.
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The Kardashians roll deep, and the 2015 ESPY Awards ceremony honoring Caitlyn Jenner was no exception.
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Hyde-Smith in the campaign attacked Espy for ethical questions during his time as agriculture secretary.
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"It's true that Espy says grand jury subpoenas have to meet a higher standard," Vladeck said.
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Pence joined Trump for the Biloxi rally, declaring Espy too liberal for the state of Mississippi.
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She asked fellow Mississippi voters to reject Hyde-Smith in a statement that barely mentioned Espy.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith on November 26, the day before her runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy.
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To gin up enthusiasm, Espy has gotten some star power on the campaign trail from Sens.
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In 1994, Espy left his job as Agriculture secretary amid claims that he improperly received gifts.
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On Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden announced his endorsement of Espy, while others, like Sen.
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" She has since apologized for the comment, while Espy has denounced it as "harmful" and "hurtful.
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Espy has had his own star power on the campaign trail thanks to visits from Sens.
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"Even though it's challenging working with my parents every day, I like it," Espy Thomas said.
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Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy, as the top two candidates, will advance to a Nov.
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Sure, Espy had shaved ten points off President Trump's winning margin in the state in 2016.
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"Vote for Mike Espy this Tuesday," the actor tweeted, referring to Hyde-Smith's Democratic runoff challenger.
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Espy called the allegations "unfair" and noted that he was acquitted by a jury in 2900.
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The ads attack Espy for being "too extreme" for Mississippi because of his support for abortion.
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ESPY hosts have the tough gig of inducing laughs from athletes, a notoriously close-lipped population.
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Mike Espy, a former House member and President Bill Clinton's agriculture secretary, is one of them.
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In today's puzzle, "Play award?" has to do with sports plays, and the answer is ESPY.
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Polling indicates Hyde-Smith, however, as the most likely person to face Espy in the runoff.
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Rodgers and Patrick, who met at the 2012 ESPY Awards, confirmed their relationship in January 2018.
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Hyde-Smith, who is white, is in a runoff with Democrat Mike Espy, who is black.
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Espy and incumbent Hyde-Smith are running for a seat previously left vacant by Republican Sen.
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" Espy shot back, "No one twisted your comments, because the comments came out of your mouth.
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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) defeated Democrat Mike Espy in Tuesday's Mississippi special Senate election.
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Espy, 64, served as Agriculture secretary during the Clinton administration and represented Mississippi in the U.S. House.
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"No one twisted your comments because the comments came out of your mouth," Espy told Hyde-Smith.
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With Nelson's concession Sunday, Mississippi's battle between Hyde-Smith and Espy remains the only undecided Senate race.
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When Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman showed up to last summer's ESPY Awards, he wore a harness.
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Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers made their red carpet debut at the 2018 ESPY Awards on Wednesday.
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Hyde-Smith, who is running against Democratic challenger Mike Espy to complete the term of retired Sen.
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The senator apologized for her comments during a debate with Espy, saying she meant no ill will.
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Since Hyde-Smith's contentious comments, Espy has worked to win over black voters and progressive white voters.
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A petition to have him honored in the ESPY sports achievement awards has more than 75,000 signatures.
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Though Mr. Espy campaigned for months, the contest drew substantial national attention only in its closing weeks.
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At Tuesday's debate, Espy called the claims "unfair" and noted his acquittal of all charges in 1998.
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On Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden announced his endorsement of Espy, while others, like Massachusetts Sen.
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None of this means that Mike Espy should be considered a likely victor in Tuesday's Mississippi runoff.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy in the last Senate race to be decided in 2018.
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CNN projected on Tuesday night that Hyde-Smith defeated her opponent, Mike Espy, in the runoff election.
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It will be Booker's second trip to the state to campaign for Espy, following a July visit.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) and Mike Espy (D) are battling in a runoff scheduled for Nov. 27.
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Espy, in his closing statements, said he wished Cochran well, calling him a "thoughtful" and "efficient" senator.
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And Hyde-Smith's campaign has been relentless with political attack ads against Espy for three solid weeks.
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Cillizza: Espy avoided highlighting some of Hyde-Smith's potential negatives -- the public hanging comment, segregated schools etc.
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Instead, Espy gained about 5 points in the runoff relative to his primary vote share of 41%.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) will face former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D) in a runoff next month.
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Now, Espy can't imagine not being a part of the business and shaping it for the future.
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Hyde-Smith will face off against Democrat Mike Espy, a former U.S. Agriculture secretary, in the Nov.
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Democrat Mike Espy appears to be gunning for a rematch in his bid for Senate in Mississippi.
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She then added that Espy had an anti-gun voting rights record when he was in Congress.
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In her response, Hyde-Smith said that there "have been a lot of shadows" cast over Espy.
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The ad casts Espy as the "liberal choice" and a "Clinton ally" who won't support Trump's agenda.
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They all, however, have Espy and Hyde-Smith finishing either first or second with McDaniel in third.
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Last year Brees took home the ESPY award for 'Best Record-Breaking Performance' for the second time.
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You can learn more about her legendary career by watching this clip from the 2012 ESPY awards.
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Espy talks about calming the partisan chaos in D.C. and keeping the focus on his home state.
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Everybody presumed that Hyde-Smith was going to beat the Democrat, African-American former Congressman Mike Espy.
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Considering who's lining up behind Espy—Clinton, Soros, Schumer, Pelosi, Warren, Feinstein, Harris—it's not a surprise.
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Mike Espy is the top Democrat running, but will likely split votes with Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton.
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Espy, 64, campaigned as a moderate who would work with Trump and Republicans to benefit the state.
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In Mississippi, Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Mike Espy will compete in a Nov.
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But like other Democratic Senate candidates, Espy accused Hyde-Smith of being deceitful in touting her support for people with pre-existing conditions, saying that she voted against legislation in the Senate that would have prevented insurers from selling what Espy described as "junk insurance" plans to patients.
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Both Espy and Bartee ran against Hyde-Smith in the 2018 special election; while Bartee claimed only 1.5 percent of the vote, Espy came within half of a percentage point of Hyde-Smith and forced the race into a run-off, though he eventually lost by almost 8 points.
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"Laugh, cry, think," Morgan says as we settle in for our interview, referencing Jim Valvano's 1993 ESPY speech.
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Espy has aimed to cast himself as an independent voice who will not consider party when making decisions.
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Espy, 64, has campaigned as a moderate who would work with Trump and Republicans to benefit the state.
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Espy has called himself an independent-minded Democrat who will vote for Mississippi's interests rather than his party's.
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On top of his nuptials, he received his Masters Trophy on Friday, as well and an ESPY award.
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Dwyane Wade and wife Gabrielle Union, 46, hit the red carpet at the 993 ESPY Awards on Wednesday.
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Thad Cochran earlier this year, was nine points ahead of Espy in an October NBC News/Marist Poll.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Mike Espy will advance to a runoff for Senate, NBC News projects.
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"Congratulations @CaitlynJenner on your ESPY award," wrote Thompson in a separate Instagram post commending Caitlyn after her speech.
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Find out if Jones' tips helped Cena as he hosts the 2016 ESPY Awards tonight at 8 p.m.
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Republicans have sought to move past the gaffes and to attack Espy as an out-of-touch liberal.
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Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy announced his candidacy for the Senate next year, setting up a rematch with Sen.
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Espy, who would be Mississippi's first black senator since Reconstruction, faces an uphill battle in defeating Hyde-Smith.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) prevailed in the Mississippi Senate runoff, fending off former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D).
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" Espy went on the attack, saying that "nobody twisted your comments because they came out from your mouth.
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Democrats and Espy supporters seemed more shocked at the way she handled it than what she actually said.
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Hyde-Smith and Espy obtained enough of the vote to qualify for the runoff, while McDaniel did not.
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Hyde-Smith will compete against Democratic challenger Mike Espy since no candidate received 50% of the vote total.
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She later apologized during a debate with Espy, but said her words had been twisted for political gain.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) will face off Democratc challenger Mike Espy (D) in a runoff on Nov. 6900.
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The mounting controversies have contributed to the impression that Espy might have a shot at a monumental upset.
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For most of the campaign, the polls pointed towards Hyde-Smith making the runoff against Democrat Mike Espy.
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If Espy and McDaniel make that runoff, we might not know who controls the Senate until late November.
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And other groups, including the Black Voters Matter Fund, are mobilizing in the state to help Mr. Espy.
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She defeated the Democratic candidate, Mike Espy, who hoped to become the state's first black senator since Reconstruction.
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On Tuesday, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith won a hard-fought runoff election over her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy.
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Her polling advantage dwindled, companies withdrew their contributions to her and liberal money flooded in for Mr. Espy.
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Then Espy must pick up a respectable (for Mississippi) number of white voters, somewhere north of 22014 percent.
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"The first time Mississippi gave me a chance, I brought people together," Espy says directly into the camera.
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"Secretary Espy worked on agricultural issues for international clients," Danny Blanton, Espy's campaign communications director, told Fox News.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) and former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D) to head to a late November runoff.
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Right now, it is highly likely that Hyde-Smith and Espy advance to a runoff in late November.
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Mike Espy, who also served in the Clinton administration as the country's first African-American secretary of Agriculture.
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Mike Espy (D-Miss.) on Monday declared his intention to run for the Senate seat held by Sen.
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Despite the odd parallels between Alabama and Mississippi, there is one significant difference between Jones and Espy: Espy is black, making his path to victory more fraught in a state where 38 percent of the population is black but the Confederate stars and bars still feature prominently on the state flag.
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"She's just a friend," he said during an interview with Entertainment Tonight at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night.
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Laverne Cox continues to support Caitlyn Jenner, commending the reality star for her moving words at the ESPY Awards.
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Nastia Liukin and boyfriend Sam Martin were red carpet ready at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night in California.
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Kelly will receive the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the 2018 ESPY Awards on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
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In Mississippi, Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger, Mike Espy, will contest a runoff on Nov.
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She garners 2511 percent of support among likely voters while Espy gets 36 percent and 13 percent are undecided.
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On Tuesday, Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican, is facing off against Mike Espy, a Democrat, in Mississippi's runoff election.
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Espy, meanwhile, was forced to resign as Bill Clinton's agriculture secretary after a very long list of corruption indictments.
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Cover image: This combination photo shows Mike Espy, left, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, on Oct.
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"We do not need a senator who embarrasses our state," Espy told reporters after a Sunday rally in Meridian.
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Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California have campaigned for Espy in Mississippi in recent days.
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Neither Hyde-Smith nor Espy won over 22019 percent of the vote, which is necessary to avoid a runoff.
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In Mississippi, Espy will likely need major financial backing from the national party, which it has not yet committed.
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Hyde-Smith faces Espy, an African American former congressman and agriculture secretary, in a runoff election on November 27.
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Hyde-Smith faces Democratic opponent Mike Espy, who would be the first black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 1881.
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And quite honestly, Espy hasn't really done anything that would convince a lot of people to switch to him.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith is seeking to hold off Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff set for the next day.
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Hyde-Smith defeated former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D) to serve out the remaining two years of former Sen.
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Following Tuesday's results, Espy touted Democrats' "historic campaign" in Mississippi and focus on growing the state's grass-roots organization.
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But the contest between Hyde-Smith and Espy, an African-American, has reopened old racial wounds in the state.
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Pre-existing conditions have again become an issue in the debate, with Espy attacking Hyde-Smith over the issue.
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In that contest, Hyde-Smith took 42 percent, Espy took 41 percent and Republican Chris McDaniel took 17 percent.
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Espy said on CNN's "New Day" Monday morning that the comments were "disappointing" and reflected poorly on the state.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) a day before her runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy, a former U.S. Agriculture secretary.
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The final tally from the first vote was Hyde-Smith 42 percent, Espy 41 percent and McDaniel 17 percent.
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Host Danica Patrick appears at the ESPY Awards at Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Los Angeles.
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The major vote getters in the primary look to be Democrat Mike Espy, Republican Chris McDaniel and Republican Sen.
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The bad news for Espy is that none of the polls have him close to a majority on Tuesday.
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Mike Espy, who also ran for Senate in Mississippi's 2018 special election, as the winner of the Democratic primary.
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Mississippi's first black congressman since Reconstruction, Mr. Espy has deep ties to both Democrats and Republicans in the state.
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She defeated the Democratic nominee, Mike Espy, who was trying to become the state's first black senator since Reconstruction.
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Neither Ms. Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to fill Senator Thad Cochran's seat, nor Mr. Espy broke that bar.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith, the Republican nominee, seemed set for an easy victory against Mike Espy, an African-American Democrat.
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Mike Espy won the Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi on Tuesday, setting up a rematch from 2018 with Sen.
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Espy and Hyde-Smith faced off in a runoff election in 85033 to fill the remainder of former Sen.
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She is competing in a runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy, an African-American former congressman and agriculture secretary.
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Hyde-Smith is the state's first female senator, and Espy would be its first African American senator since Reconstruction.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy will take place for this seat formerly held by Republican Thad Cochran.
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The Esplanade Hotel, affectionately known as the Espy, has lived through all the eras of its neighborhood, St Kilda.
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Still, in a state that is one-third black, Espy, who is African-American, has some built-in advantages.
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Espy has used the Jones race as a template, focusing on issues like rural healthcare, equal pay and education.
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Hyde-Smith and Espy, who nearly deadlocked at about 41 percent, met in their only debate on Tuesday night.
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Then they all flew across country in time to make it to the ESPY Awards Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith hopes to fend off an upset from Democratic former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy in the red state.
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" An Espy campaign ad that targets Hyde-Smith's comments also says that "we can't afford a senator who embarrasses us.
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Michelle Obama honored late Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver on Wednesday at the 2017 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles.
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Like with the ESPY awards, I'll come in and recall the snapshot from last year and start building from there.
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Hyde-Smith is facing a stiff challenge from Democrat Mike Espy in what has become a high-profile national election.
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Simone Biles and Brooks Koepka are up for an ESPY Award at the 2019 awards show, ESPN announced on Wednesday.
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Espy independent counsel Donald Smaltz told me he hadn't yet read the Trump lawyers' letter and could not immediately comment.
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Kris Jenner was not supportive of Kim Kardashian West styling her ex Caitlyn Jenner for the ESPY Awards this year.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks to her supporters as she celebrates her runoff win over Democrat Mike Espy in Jackson, Miss.
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Second, the two primary privilege cases that would guide any court reviewing a Mueller subpoena -- Espy and United States v.
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In her debate with Espy, Hyde-Smith said she would "certainly apologize" to anyone who was offended by her remark.
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But according to a FARA Supplemental Statement filed with the Department of Justice that year, Espy collected the entire amount.
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ESPN on Wednesday honored hundreds of sexual abuse survivors of former Olympic doctor Larry Nassar with the ESPY Courage Award.
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Maybe. Mr. Espy is well-known in the state and has run as a moderate, "Mississippi First" kind of candidate.
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And with Democratic turnout up all around the country, that could put Espy on the map in a real way.
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If McDaniel were to win and face Espy in a one-on-one runoff, things start to get really interesting.
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Ms. Hyde-Smith offered a limited apology for the "public hanging" remarks during a debate with Mr. Espy last month.
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Espy served in the House from 85033 to 1993, when he left to become former President Clinton's secretary of Agriculture.
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Espy, who was drawn into a runoff with the senator after neither earned 50 percent of the vote on Nov.
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If Espy had won, he would have been the first black senator from Mississippi since shortly after the Civil War.
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In Mississippi, Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Mike Espy will compete in a runoff election on Nov.
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The 2018 ESPY Awards have arrived — and there's nothing like an awards ceremony to liven up the middle of the week.
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Mr Espy worked in the family business, graduated from Howard University, and practised law in Mississippi before going into public service.
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The senator has tried to put Espy on his heels by tying him to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.
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Hyde-Smith, whom President Trump supported, is projected to win in a runoff election against Democratic opponent Mike Espy on Tuesday.
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Espy, a U.S. Agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton, gives Democrats one of their only Senate seat pickup opportunities this year.
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At no time On Wednesday, Atlanta police spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy said the department is not aware of any recent terror attacks.
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According to the Post's Republican polling sources, Hyde-Smith's lead over Democratic challenger Mike Espy has narrowed significantly in recent days.
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In May, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce poll showed that Hyde-Smith is significantly ahead of McDaniel and Democrat Mike Espy.
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The GOP senator will defeat Democratic former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy in the special election runoff, the final 2018 congressional race.
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Reigns, 34, won the 2019 ESPY Award for best WWE moment on Wednesday night, and posed with his trophy in California.
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At last night's ESPY Awards (basically the Oscars of sports), the best athletes from around the world rocked the red carpet.
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The major candidates are two Republicans — the appointed incumbent, Cindy Hyde-Smith, and conservative Chris McDaniel — and one Democrat, Mike Espy.
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While at the ESPY Awards last year, she pulled off a smart red Cristiano Burani suit that exposed just enough décolletage.
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Espy was under scrutiny from an independent counsel, Donald Smaltz, for allegedly accepting gifts from organizations with business before his department.
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Espy must also pick up a respectable (for Mississippi) number of white voters: I was told somewhere north of 20 percent.
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Hyde-Smith only narrowly beat Espy in the midterm elections, earning 42 percent of the vote to the Democrat's 40 percent.
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Her race against Espy advanced to a runoff earlier this month after neither candidate earned 50 percent in the preliminary vote.
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In Mississippi, black former congressman Mike Espy (a more Obama-style progressive) has a real shot of winning his Senate race.
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The runoff election was triggered when neither she nor Espy received more than 50% of the vote total on November 6.
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" "She's still the front-runner, but she's giving Espy an opportunity to use that to motivate the base for voter turnout.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) emerges victorious in her runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy, a former congressman and agriculture secretary.
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If Hyde-Smith holds onto her lead over McDaniel, she has to be considered the favorite against Espy in the runoff.
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And Espy is quick to say he isn't running against President Trump, though he did vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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On the Democratic side, Mr. Espy, a former congressman and Agriculture secretary, is hoping to push Mr. McDaniel into a runoff.
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Mr. Espy beat all the charges, but he lost his job and some of the luster of a rising Democratic star.
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"There are some who chose to go to a rally somewhere else tonight," Mr. Espy said at a church in Jackson.
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Hyde-Smith ran slightly ahead of Espy in Tuesday's jungle primary, which allows all candidates to run regardless of party affiliation.
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Bryce Harper won an ESPY award for "Best MLB Player"on Wednesday night, but his hair is the real MVP here.
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The 2016 ESPY Awards opened with a powerful speech by basketball stars LeBron James, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony and Dwayne Wade.
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"For anyone that was offended by my comments, I certainly apologize," Hyde-Smith said during a debate with Espy in Jackson, Mississippi.
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She was recently seen at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, where she honored the late Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
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Political experts in the state have said Espy likely needs Democrats to turn out in significantly larger numbers than Republicans to win.
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Even as Trump defended Hyde-Smith, he also used the rallies to attack Espy, who was Agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton.
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In 2012, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama and the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards.
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Espy is a former member of the US House of Representatives and served as the secretary of agriculture under President Bill Clinton.
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The team then flew to Los Angeles, where they were presented with an award for Best Team at the 2019 ESPY Awards.
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In fact, the ESPY Awards hold a special place in their romance, as they first met at the same soirée in 2012.
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Chloe Kim took home the ESPY for Best Female Athlete, Alex Ovechkin nabbed Best Male ... and the Houston Astros won Best Team.
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Because neither Hyde-Smith nor Espy snagged a majority of the vote on Election Day, state rules demand a redo of sorts.
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Drew Brees' three young sons are clearly fans of Zion Williamson, just look at what trio wore to the 2019 ESPY Awards!
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For Michael Phelps, the ESPY Awards are much more than just a night to honor the swimmer's incredible achievements in the pool.
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Wambach recalls receiving the ESPY icon award in 2016, alongside the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant and the Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning.
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But according to Eggleston, the lawyer who litigated the case for the Clinton White House, Trump's legal team is "misreading" Espy precedent.
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For this year's Espy Awards, Caitlyn Jenner opted for another all white ensemble, going short and showing some skin this time around.
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Most recently, the singer hit the red carpet at the 2018 ESPY awards with a gorgeous, super-long ponytail that demanded attention.
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Deadspin streamed the whole thing on Facebook Live, a kind of mock-ESPY Awards with multiple camera angles and crowd reaction shots.
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Long tweeted Thursday that someone stole her belongings after ESPN's 2019 ESPY Awards (where the team took home the Best Team title).
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Espy, the former Agriculture secretary, will try to pull off a massive upset that would give Democrats more leverage in the Senate.
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Espy, who's black, sought to increase turnout among black voters, who were essential to Democrat Doug Jones' victory over Moore in Alabama.
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But Hyde-Smith beat Espy with a lead of just 8 points, far lower than Trump's lead in the state in 2016.
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We couldn't have been the only ones who took a double take when Miles Teller took the stage at the ESPY Awards.
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Espy also brings baggage of his own, having stepped down as Agriculture secretary in 1994 amid claims that he improperly received gifts.
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Trump's lawyers invoked what's known as the Espy ruling, which refers to a 1997 decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Her Democratic opponent Mike Espy is reviewing the "terms and conditions" before they make a decision on participation, according to his campaign.
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Former President Obama recorded a robocall that was released Monday to help boost Mike Espy in his underdog campaign to defeat Sen.
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She added that she supports law enforcement "2023 percent of the time" and accused Espy of being "too liberal" for law enforcement.
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Espy served in the House from 1987 to 85033 and then was tapped to be secretary of Agriculture in the Clinton administration.
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It could get even more competitive if Espy runs a strong campaign or if the national environment becomes even worse for Republicans.
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"My election would be historic by all bounds and criteria, and I would be a symbol of a new Mississippi," Espy said.
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But party elders are dubious that Mr. Espy can stitch together a state still rived by cultural, political, economic — and racial — divides.
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"Espy has a chance," Dallas Breen, executive director of the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University, told me.
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Hyde-Smith and Espy were the top two finishers in last week's Senate race, but neither topped 50 percent, forcing a Nov.
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The Espy decision also laid out a legal test that lawyers on both sides could use when a president faces an inquiry.
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"I see black excellence when I see a Stacey Abrams, a Mike Espy, an Andrew Gillum," she said in a telephone interview.
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Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Carmello Anthony, and Chris Paul opened the ESPY Awards Wednesday evening with a powerful Black Lives Matter speech.
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Espy, 216.5, is a heavy underdog in the Deep South state, which has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 26.
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At a weekend breakfast in Jackson, Espy told black women leaders that Jones was elected because women turned out to support him.
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Mixed in the crowd of athletes and celebrities at the 2019 ESPY Awards on Wednesday was one unusual face: Sister Mary Jo Sobieck!
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Meryl Streep's mantel may be lined with Oscars, but don't expect the star to be adding an ESPY to her hardware anytime soon.
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Espy, who served as Agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton, has also tried to highlight trade issues during his bid for an upset.
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Shrader said Espy had done a good job of walking the fine line of appealing to Republicans while still generating enthusiasm among Democrats.
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The 36-year-old race car driver will be the host of the next ESPY Awards -- and the first woman to do so.
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Ciara and Russell Wilson made their first red carpet appearance as a married couple at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
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After picking up her ESPY award as the "Fighter of the Year", Rousey's speech referenced Mayweather Jr.'s domestic violence charge from 2010.
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Given a standing ovation, Del Toro accepted the award for his dedication to service and sports at Wednesday evening's 25th Annual ESPY Awards.
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Her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy, a former congressman and agriculture secretary, is vying to become the state's first African-American senator since Reconstruction.
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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Democratic challenger Mike Espy are scheduled to hold their one and only debate on Tuesday night.
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" Espy added that the comment, which was made earlier this month, is "hurtful to the millions of Mississippians who are people of goodwill.
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" In a classy concession speech, Espy extended his prayers to Hyde-Smith "as she goes to Washington to unite a fully divided Mississippi.
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Hyde-Smith is running a heated campaign against Democrat Mike Espy, who would be the first black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 85033.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the Mississippi Senate seat after Thad Cochran's (R) resignation earlier this year, and Democrat Mike Espy.
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That may explain why Hyde-Smith finally decided to apologize for her comments in a debate against Espy on Tuesday night—sort of.
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The surprising competitiveness of this Senate election wasn't just the result of the GOP nominating a clown to run against the classy Espy.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) across the finish line against Democrat Mike Espy in the final Senate contest of the 2018 midterm election cycle.
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She alluded to a Fox News report that Espy was paid $220006,2202 from a lobbying contract with former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.
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While Democrats rally behind Mike Espy, a black former congressman and presidential Cabinet member, Republicans face a bitter contest between appointed incumbent Sen.
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The polling isn't entirely clear, but it seems plausible that Espy will finish first because the Republican candidates will split the Republican vote.
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Espy certainly starts with some challenges: He could have lost his skills in retail politics, he might not be adept at fundraising, etc.
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Phil Bryant in March to replace Thad Cochran, who resigned for health reasons, is facing Mike Espy, a Democrat, in Tuesday's runoff election.
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Espy is a bit of a deficit hawk, for a Democrat, and says he probably would have voted for the GOP tax law.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) for the state's Senate seat again in 2020 after Espy announced his campaign plans Tuesday, per ABC News.
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Meanwhile, in the Republican stronghold of Mississippi, another African-American candidate, former congressman and US Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, is on the Nov.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy will face off in what is sure to be a close runoff election later this month.
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In trying to prevail in Mississippi — which Trump won by about 18 percentage points in 2016 — Espy has cast himself as an independent voice.
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His ambition led him to ESPN's 2019 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, when he accepted the award for his perseverance on and off the field.
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A Senate special election in red Mississippi could head to a runoff in late November as Democrat Mike Espy pushes to upset Republican Sen.
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"Our farmers know I will always put Mississippi first, no matter what a political party or person says," Espy said in a statement Wednesday.
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St. Louis Blues' center Ryan O'Reilly looked happy to accept the ESPY on behalf of his team at the annual awards show on Wednesday.
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Then it was on to the awards, with Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell kicking things off with an ESPY win for Best Breakthrough Athlete.
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The president's lawyers are relying on the D.C. Circuit's Espy precedent in the special counsel's investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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Previous ESPY Awards hosts over the last few years have included sports personalities and celebrities, including Peyton Manning, John Cena, Drake and Jon Hamm.
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Simone Biles has been named the best female athlete at the 2017 ESPY Awards, besting some of sports' fiercest competitors to nab the title.
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The ESPY Awards already held a special place in the pair's romance before Wednesday, as they first met at the same soirée in 2012.
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Mr. Espy, a former House member and President Bill Clinton's agriculture secretary, will try once more to become Mississippi's first black senator since Reconstruction.
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When Velazquez won the 210 ESPY Award for best jockey, the invitation to the ceremony from the sports network ESPN never got to him.
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Hyde-Smith will defeat Democratic challenger Mike Espy, a former congressman and agriculture secretary, in the last Senate race to be decided in 2018.
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" Espy, who is vying to become the state's first black senator since Reconstruction, ripped Hyde-Smith for the comment, calling it "reprehensible" and "hurtful.
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The apology she made during her debate with Mike Espy was a non-apology directed at "anyone who was offended" by her racist comments.
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According to the Fox News report last week, Espy took a contract with the Ivory Coast's government-controlled Cocoa and Coffee Board in 6900.
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Espy will need to win over a significantly larger percentage of white voters than he did in round one, even if turnout patterns change.
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Remember her Republican opponent in round one was the even more conservative Chris McDaniel, whose voters would not be inclined to vote for Espy.
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In the November 6 election, none of the candidates -- Hyde-Smith, Democrat Mike Espy or Republican Chris McDaniel -- received a majority of the vote.
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An internal Republican poll found that Hyde-Smith's lead over Espy "had narrowed to just five percentage points," according to The New York Times.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) is set to face off against Democrat Mike Espy in their only debate before the Mississippi runoff election on Nov.
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Her opponent, Espy, is a former official under President Clinton who is seeking to become the first black senator from the state since Reconstruction.
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"My campaign is the campaign that tries to reach across the racial chasm, reach across the party chasm and bring us together," Espy said.
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Hyde-Smith's race against Espy advanced to a runoff after neither candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in the special election.
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"The world knows what she said, the world knows that those comments were harmful and hurtful," Mr. Espy said afterward, sounding not entirely convinced.
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"There are very few who would not consider me because I am black," Mr. Espy, 64, said as he strolled through Indianola after lunch.
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The Democrat she defeated in a November 22018 special election, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, said weeks ago that he is running again.
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He is outspoken on social issues, joining LeBron James and other stars in a moving protest against police shootings at the 2016 ESPY Awards.
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It would be interesting though if Democrats do win all the seats they lead in, Nevada, and McDaniel and Espy advance to a runoff.
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Neither Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the Senate this year to replace retiring incumbent Thad Cochran, nor Espy managed to clear 50 percent.
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Senators Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, who are both African-American and potential 2020 presidential contenders, campaigned with Espy.
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A recent NBC/Marist poll showed Hyde-Smith with 38 percent support of likely voters, Espy with 29 percent and McDaniel at 15 percent.
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In one of Mississippi's U.S. Senate races, Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger, Mike Espy, will contest a runoff on Nov.
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On July 13th, Stewart spoke out for equality in sports when she received the "Best Female Athlete" award at the ESPY 's in Los Angeles.
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Long was in L.A. for the ESPY Awards just hours after receiving the key to New York City from the city's Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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" On Tuesday night, in a debate with Espy, Hyde-Smith said, "This comment was twisted, was turned into a weapon to be used against me.
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Ultimately, Winburn expects Espy to make the race closer than was expected even a few weeks ago — even if he falls short in conservative Mississippi.
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Espy, a former congressman and U.S. agriculture secretary, gained new momentum from the furor in a state where 38 percent of residents are African-American.
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"Our farmers know I will always put Mississippi first, no matter what a political party or person says," Espy said in a statement last week.
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She won a contest in which she joked at one campaign event about attending a "public hanging" amid a race against Espy, a black man.
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It would be a huge upset, however, if Democrat Mike Espy pulled out a victory, especially following Democrat Doug Jones' win in Alabama last year.
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Some Republicans worry a McDaniel versus Espy runoff could mean a repeat of what happened in Alabama, handing a safe Republican seat to a Democrat.
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On Tuesday, she won the seat in her own right, beating Democrat Mike Espy, a former congressman and secretary of agriculture in the Clinton administration.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith retained a Senate seat in Mississippi for the Republicans, beating Mike Espy, a Democrat, in a run-off by 54% to 46%.
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In the Espy case, he said, independent counsel Smaltz was after documents showing what the president's advisers thought about allegations against the onetime cabinet officer.
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The week after the victory, the team made an appearance at the 2019 ESPY Awards, accepting the trophy for best team from actress Sandra Bullock.
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A California football coach who was born without arms or legs was honored for his tenacity and determination at the 2019 ESPY Awards on Wednesday.
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, 30, and singer Ciara, 33, hit the red carpet together in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the 2019 ESPY Awards.
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As of Wednesday morning, she led Espy by 8 points — a relatively slim margin for a Republican in deep-red Mississippi, as Scott points out.
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Many Espy supporters argue a Smith victory would cement in people's minds that Mississippi is stuck in the past, and the millennial exodus would continue.
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Hyde-Smith will square off against former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D), who's vying to become the first black senator in the state since Reconstruction.
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To win, Espy also needs to lure voters such as Shelby Sandifer, a white, 27-year-old behavioral therapist who describes her politics as libertarian.
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What the Hyde-Smith-Espy run-off reveals is that Mississippi's politicians need to confront our state's past rather than denying or ignoring its existence.
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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) and her Democratic challenger, Mike Espy, faced off in their only debate ahead of the Mississippi runoff election on Nov.
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On Tuesday, Mississippi voters will decide between Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy, who, if elected, would be the state's first black senator since Reconstruction.
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Espy getting to 45% would be a strong showing, though it would likely point more toward Hyde-Smith's weakness as a candidate than his strength.
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Voters in Mississippi head to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether Hyde-Smith or her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy, will finish out Cochran's term.
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Republicans Hyde-Smith and Chris McDaniel combined for 953% of the vote in the jungle primary, while Democrats Tobey Bartee and Espy combined for 295%.
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According to the 2018 exit poll, Bartee and Espy combined won only 16% of the white vote in the first round of the special election.
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Anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List is jumping into the Mississippi Senate race with a five-figure digital ad campaign targeting Democrat Mike Espy.
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What makes establishment-aligned Republicans even more nervous is the prospect that former Representative Mike Espy could emerge as the other candidate in the runoff.
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Mike Espy, a former Democratic congressman and agriculture secretary in the Clinton administration, said late Monday that he would consider running for Mr. Cochran's seat.
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But no matter how down-the-middle and competently Espy runs his campaign, the race will likely hinge on what happens among the Republicans. Gov.
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After falling into disrepair, the Esplanade (called "the Espy" for short) underwent an 18-month renovation and reopened in November to play music once again.
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It's candidates from both major parties competing directly against each other: Ms. Hyde-Smith and Mr. McDaniel, and the Democrats Mike Espy and Tobey Bartee.
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Mr. Espy attended a parochial school through his first two years of high school, then it closed and he enrolled at Yazoo City High School.
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" The first African-American in Mississippi elected to Congress since Reconstruction, Mr. Espy said Ms. Hyde-Smith's remark had "given our state another black eye.
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On Wednesday morning, with 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Ms. Hyde-Smith had 54 percent of the votes, to 19803 percent for Mr. Espy.
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Mr. Espy, 64, has told donors in private events that he views himself as a "Mississippi first" candidate rather than as a partisan national Democrat.
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It was McMahon's second homer of the season and it came just hours after he worked with hitting coach Duane Espy in the batting cage.
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When Kris Jenkins attended the ESPY Awards in July, the former N.B.A. sharpshooter Robert Horry made a point of coming over to share a moment.
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James, along with fellow NBA stars Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade, opened ESPN's ESPY awards this year with a discussion about gun violence.
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So it's heartening to see the Espy undergo a major renovation, by the Melbourne hospitality group Sand Hill Road, but retain its live music room.
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Hyde-Smith would be the first woman ever elected to represent Mississippi in Congress, while Espy would be the state's first black senator since Reconstruction.
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Even though Espy could perform better than Democrats typically do in statewide elections there, Hyde-Smith is the favorite two weeks before the election, he added.
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Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith becomes the first woman elected to Congress in Mississippi after defeating Democrat Mike Espy in a competitive and racially-charged Senate race.
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He's a big fan of Mike Espy, a peer of his whom he saw in September, who's running in the Mississippi special election for US Senate.
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But on Thursday, Long tweeted that after the ESPY show, someone stole her wedding ring, cash, and "key to my favorite city" from her hotel room.
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Patrick will become the first woman to host the ESPY Awards when she takes the stage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
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ESPN recently reported that the 2011 ESPY "Best Fighter of the Year" trophy that was awarded to Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao is up for auction.
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The Republican candidate, who was appointed to take over retiring Thad Cochran's Senate term earlier this year, defeated Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff election Tuesday.
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Because no candidate got 22014 percent, the two candidates receiving the most votes — Espy and Hyde-Smith — now square off in the November 281 special election.
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If you just looked at the top of the November 6 results, you would see a close race: Hyde-Smith 42 percent, Mike Espy 40 percent.
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The new couple hit the orange carpet just one night after making their event debut as a pair at the 2018 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles.
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Republicans have seized on that past to ramp up their attacks against Espy, linking the Democrat to the Clintons and the swirling controversies from that administration.
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Federal investigators had sought to obtain a report compiled by the White House counsel's office for a corruption investigation into then-Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy.
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Espy has garnered a lot more attention because of Hyde-Smith's screw-ups, but I don't think it is anywhere near enough for him to win.
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You hear plenty of talk about voting against Hyde-Smith for various reasons, but you hear very little about voters inspired to go vote for Espy.
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After proportionally allocating undecideds, Espy is averaging only around 16% to 17% of the white vote in polling for the runoff over the last few months.
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Anthony said he had heard from high-profile friends: LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade, who were to appear at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday.
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The poll was conducted prior to Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton (D) jumping into the race on Tuesday, which will likely take away some support from Espy.
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His mother has become a leader in the fight against gun violence -- and says she hopes the ESPY will inspire others to take action as well.
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Republicans are believed to have an edge in Tuesday's balloting, but Mr. Espy has mounted one of the strongest Democratic campaigns in Mississippi in recent decades.
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And had Mr. Espy won in Mississippi, he would have been the first African-American to represent his state in the Senate in nearly 150 years.
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" Mr. Espy said he resigned his contract and contacted the Central Intelligence Agency when he found out the leader, Laurent Gbagbo, "was a really bad guy.
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Mr. Espy, a former cabinet secretary under President Bill Clinton, was running a strong underdog campaign but appeared highly unlikely to overcome Mississippi's strongly conservative inclination.
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Because no candidate got 50 percent, the two candidates receiving the most votes — Espy and Hyde-Smith — now square off in the November 27 special election.
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Instead, Espy honed in on Democrats' No. 1 issue in the midterms — health care — and portrayed Hyde-Smith as a fierce partisan when Washington needs compromise.
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If you just looked at the top of the November 6 results, you would see a close race: Hyde-Smith 20113 percent, Mike Espy 40 percent.
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Khloe was also there for Caitlyn when she accepted her ESPY award and the two have been nothing but pleasant at family holiday parties and birthdays.
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Espy, if elected, would be the first black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, the period after the Civil War that ended with the defeat of the Confederacy.
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The voting bloc may need to make up even a larger portion of Tuesday's pool, 40 percent, for Espy to have a chance, the wire service reported.
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Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the Senate this year to replace retiring incumbent Thad Cochran, is facing Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff on November 27.
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Hyde-Smith's internal polling from this week, per a source who has seen the poll, found her functionally tied with Espy and leading McDaniel by 10 points.
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NBA superstars LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade all made public pleas to stop the violence at the opening of this years' ESPY awards.
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Patrick confirmed the relationship to the Associated Press last month, adding that the new couple had known each other for years after meeting at 2012 ESPY Awards.
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Espy could make it competitive with Hyde-Smith — one poll showed him trailing her by just 22018 points — and he would actually be the favorite against McDaniel.
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AND FINALLY ... No laughing matter NBA superstars, including reigning champ LeBron James, called for action to end gun violence and racial injustice during last night's ESPY Awards.
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"Black voters take special pride in being able to vote for viable African-American candidates," said former congressman Mike Espy, who plans to run for the Senate.
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Either Heritage Auctions (which appears to be a somewhat legitimate site of business) is knowingly selling a fraudulent ESPY trophy, or has been hoodwinked by its consignor.
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Hyde-Smith is the heavy favorite in deep-red Mississippi against Democrat Mike Espy, an African-American former congressman and secretary of Agriculture in the Clinton administration.
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Democrat Mike Espy would the first black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction if he wins a long-shot bid on Tuesday in the Mississippi Senate runoff election.
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The "Me, Myself & I" rapper, 29, responded to rumors of a romance with "Tell Me You Love Me" singer, 25, at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night.
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She had been forced into the runoff with Mr. Espy after no candidate in a four-person race received a majority of the vote earlier in November.
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Hyde-Smith faces former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D), who's vying to become Mississippi's first black senator since Reconstruction in the last remaining race this campaign cycle.
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That still leaves open the question of whether Mississippi will see a unified Republican Party or whether McDaniel supporters will stay home — or even consider backing Espy.
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Espy and Hyde-Smith are facing off in a runoff election on Tuesday after neither candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in the Nov.
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Given that Espy would be the first African-American senator from the state since Reconstruction, the second half of that requirement does not seem like mission impossible.
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The items were placed the day before a runoff election between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and former Democratic congressman Mike Espy for a US Senate seat.
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Neither Hyde-Smith nor Espy garnered more than 85033 percent of the vote on Election Day, so the two are headed to a runoff on Nov. 27.
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Every step Ms. Jenner took last spring resulted in a ratings bonanza, including an ABC interview with Diane Sawyer and an appearance at ESPN's ESPY award ceremony.
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In the Mississippi special Senate election, Democrats would need for Democrat Mike Espy and Republican Chris McDaniel to advance to a runoff after the contest's jungle primary.
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Second, the courts reaffirmed, for both Clinton and Espy, that the limited privilege against answering questions can be overcome with a showing of a legitimate evidentiary need.
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WEDNESDAY • ESPN's annual ESPY Awards will honor Aaron Feis, Scott Beigel and Chris Hixon, the Parkland, Florida, coaches who died in February protecting their students from gunfire.
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And keep in mind that if we project every other state correctly and it's a Espy-McDaniel runoff, said runoff will be for control of the Senate.
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The special election for the Mississippi Senate advanced to a runoff between Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican, and Mike Espy, a Democrat, according to The Associated Press.
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He anticipates a Senate runoff election in Mississippi in late November, and he will urge postcard writing for the Democrat, Mike Espy, if he makes it through.
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Mr. Espy needed a substantial turnout among black Mississippians, who made up more than a third of the voting-age population and historically sided with Democratic candidates.
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Like Mr. Jones in the Alabama Senate race, Mr. Espy has tried to focus his campaign on health care policy and securing federal funds for the state.
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Whether or not they show up and vote for the Republican is the difference between a close race Espy could maybe win and a Hyde-Smith blowout.
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Hyde-Smith has emerged as a loyal foot soldier for the Republican Party and will enter her race against Espy with the full backing of the GOP.
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When it opened in 92923 it was a grande dame of seaside luxury; over the years, as St Kilda slid into disrepair, the Espy went with it.
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His grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Huddleston, the son of slaves, started a newspaper, built a chain of 36 funeral homes and opened a hospital where Mr Espy was born.
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On Wednesday, Espy held an event with Mississippi farmers critical of the tariffs, one of whom his campaign highlighted as a Republican who plans to support the Democrat.
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The talk show host presented the Primetime Emmy Awards twice—once in 2012 and this September—in addition to hosting the American Music Awards and the ESPY Awards.
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In a state where 93 percent of Republican likely voters approve of Trump, according to the NBC/Marist survey, winning over GOP voters may prove difficult for Espy.
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Espy has also attacked the GOP over Trump's tariff policy, which has affected farmers in the U.S. due to the effect retaliatory duties have had on crop prices.
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Last night at the 2018 ESPY Awards, 140 survivors of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse took the stage and joined hands to receive with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
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At the 2016 ESPY Awards two weeks ago, Anthony took the stage alongside Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James to deliver a powerful Black Lives Matter speech.
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Until then, the star will make her first post-transition red carpet appearance at the ESPY Awards on July 15, where she'll receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
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If the special counsel attempts to subpoena the president's testimony, it's a good bet that the president's lawyers will cite Espy in an attempt to squelch the subpoena.
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The U.S. women's national soccer team star poked fun at herself on Monday, sharing a throwback photo from after the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month.
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Mississippi: Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy Mississippi's US Senate race was never going to be decided on Election Day because of the state's "jungle primary" election system.
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Mr. Espy, a Democrat, lost a special election runoff last year to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who apologized during the campaign for a reference to a public hanging.
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In an email to reporters Monday, Republican National Committee (RNC) spokesman Mike Reed insisted that Espy was "stumbling to the finish" amid questions about his past lobbying work.
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Her "public hanging" comments earned a sharp rebuke from Espy, who said they are "harmful" to the state and reinforce stereotypes that Mississippi has worked hard to overcome.
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To improve on those numbers, Espy will likely need to boost support from the Delta, which makes up a large part of the state's only majority-black district.
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CNN's Harry Enten estimates that Espy will need to pull more than 23% of the white vote and see record African-American turnout to pull out a win.
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Espy says he's modeling his campaign after Democratic Senator Doug Jones, who upset a Republican last year in a special election in Alabama, a demographically similar Southern state.
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And he's continuing to help 2018 Democrats on the campaign trail, most recently endorsing Mike Espy, a former congressman and Agriculture secretary running in Mississippi's special Senate election.
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A victory for Espy would mean that there are certain lines that can't be crossed and that voters are in play in the red parts of this country.
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Hyde-Smith, a Republican, faces Mike Espy, a Democratic former congressman and agriculture secretary, in Tuesday's runoff in Mississippi -- the final Senate race to be decided in 2018.
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Hyde-Smith, a Republican, faces Mike Espy, a Democratic former congressman and agriculture secretary, in Tuesday's runoff in Mississippi -- the final Senate race to be decided in 19303.
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Perdue, if he is confirmed, would be the first from a southern state since Mike Espy, who was from Mississippi and served from January 1993 to December 1994.
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Hyde-Smith also continues to pivot to pre-existing conditions as she seeks to reassure that she supports the policy, while trying to fend off attacks from Espy.
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She also vowed to protect the conservative values shared by many Mississippi voters, citing several hot-button issues while attacking Espy as being "too liberal" for the state.
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Democrats believe Espy, who served in the Clinton administration as the country's first African-American secretary of Agriculture, could mount a competitive run in the deep-red state.
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" In a Monday interview on CNN, Espy said the comments are "harmful because they tend to reinforce the stereotypes that have held back our state for so long.
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Anthony also joined LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade at the ESPY Awards in June to advocate gun-violence awareness and make a plea for greater unity.
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Assuming that margin holds on Tuesday, Mr. Espy would have to win 30 percent or more of white votes, says The A.P. That's a tough bar in Mississippi.
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The Notre Dame guard has made buzzer-beaters when they mattered most, participated on "Dancing With the Stars" and won the ESPY Award for play of the year.
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Further, Mr. Espy is a moderate by inclination and, his advisers privately concede, does not want to trigger a backlash by being too confrontational with Ms. Hyde-Smith.
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Inside the List Back in 2016, the soccer legend Abby Wambach was honored at the ESPY Awards with two other newly retired athletes, Kobe Bryant and Peyton Manning.
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On the Democratic side, former US Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, who ran against Hyde-Smith in the 2018 special, won the Democratic nomination to face Hyde-Smith again.
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A private Republican poll last week found Ms. Hyde-Smith's lead over Mr. Espy had narrowed to just five percentage points, three people briefed on the data said.
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On social media and in advertisements, Republicans have tried to tie the moderate Mr. Espy to liberals, including the billionaire donor George Soros and former President Barack Obama.
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There's also the case related to the investigation of Mike Espy, Clinton's first agriculture secretary, who resigned in 1994 amid an ethics scandal and independent investigation involving gifts.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democrat Mike Espy in a Senate runoff election Tuesday that reopened old wounds from the state's past battles with race and civil rights. on.wsj.
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A surge in black voters last year made Democrat Mike Espy competitive in a special Senate election; turnout in majority black counties this year fell by 8 percent.
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She apologized for the remarks for the first time during a debate on Tuesday, but said Espy had twisted her words for political gain - a charge he denied.
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Democrat Mike Espy, a former congressman and agriculture secretary in the Clinton administration, is in second place and drawing enough support to possibly make it into a runoff.
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During the debate, the only scheduled encounter between the two candidates, Espy said her statement was "a black eye" for the state and had resurrected old stereotypes about Mississippi.
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To win, Espy would likely need to create a turnout differential between Democrats and Republicans — which the furor over Hyde-Smith's hanging remarks could help to drive, Winburn said.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democratic challenger Mike Espy in the year's final Senate election, a runoff that gives Democrats one last sliver of hope for a shocking 2018 upset.
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Earlier this year, Patrick, 35, confirmed the relationship to the Associated Press, adding that the new couple had known each other for years after meeting at 2012 ESPY Awards.
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Watch: Who really won the midterms Espy, who served as a U.S. representative from Mississippi and Agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton, failed to overcome the state's conservative leanings.
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Law professor Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas said the Trump team had picked the right precedent in Espy, but seemed to be overreading the D.C. Circuit's holding.
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Brandon Finnegan, who runs Decision Desk HQ, pointed to two counties — Harrison and Rankin — as good indicators of whether Espy is eroding the Republican advantage in these suburban areas.
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" In a new ad released Tuesday, Espy warned Mississippi voters -- much as he did during their debate -- that electing Hyde-Smith would reinforce "the stereotypes that hurt our state.
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Some Democrats believe Espy is now within striking distance of flipping a Senate seat in a state that President Donald Trump won by nearly 20 percentage points in 2016.
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"You can't put me in a box," said Espy, who highlights his "sometimes conservative" record as a congressman 25 years ago along with more progressive leanings on many issues.
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Political analysts give Espy a realistic, but difficult, shot to win Mississippi - and it's the kind of upset the party needs to take control of the Senate from Republicans.
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Espy, a 64-year-old former congressman and agriculture secretary, now hopes Hyde-Smith's comments will similarly turbocharge turnout and tilt voters in the November 27 runoff against her.
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"For a state like Mississippi, where voting rights were obtained through sweat and blood, everyone should appreciate that this is not a laughing matter," Espy spokesman Danny Blanton said.
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But Espy said he forfeited a contract extension after he realized "how bad the guy was," referring to Gbagbo, and that he passed his knowledge on to intelligence services.
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Elle dissected her work with Ellen DeGeneres's fashion adviser, Kellen Richards, as she considered a Saint Laurent sweatshirt top with cutoff sleeves for an appearance at the ESPY Awards.
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Bill Nelson (lead has narrowed since election night, votes are now being recounted) Mississippi: Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith will face Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff later this month.
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Jennifer Garner, front, embraces gymnast Aly Raisman after presenting the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, at the ESPY Awards at Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 18 in Los Angeles.
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But to win Mr. Espy must also capture about a quarter of the white vote — a tall order given his performance in the first round of voting on Nov.
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This Senate election was supposed to represent continued progress with the election of either Mississippi's first female senator or its first black senator since Reconstruction, the Democrat Mike Espy.
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Along with Mr. Espy, in Florida, three other contenders — Andrew Gillum in Florida, Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Ben Jealous in Maryland — fell shy of winning the governor's mansions.
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I was driving two hours to Cleveland, Mississippi, to speak on a panel with former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, currently running for US Senate, on progressive, intergenerational leadership.
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But this year, Democrat Mike Espy may have a real shot at victory in Tuesday's runoff election, as a host of allegations of racism plague his opponent, Republican Sen.
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When Caitlyn Jenner celebrated her historic ESPY Awards on Wednesday night, one of her biggest fellow transgender supporters Candis Cayne was among the special few invited to the after party.
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While attending the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night, Caitlyn Jenner was reminded of her 2015 speech at the awards show — which also marked her first major public appearance since transitioning.
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Hyde-Smith, who faces a runoff election against Democratic challenger Mike Espy on Tuesday, has been under fire for weeks because of several remarks she made in the past month.
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Espy, a former representative from Mississippi and Agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton, hopes to become the first black man to serve as a senator from his state since Reconstruction.
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In Mississippi's Senate special election, Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy are headed to a runoff later this month after both candidates failed to reach the 50% threshold.
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Mississippi is about 35% Black according to Vox, and if this segment of the population turns out in record numbers to vote on Tuesday, Espy could pull off a win.
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The 2019 ESPY Awards — short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award — celebrated the best performance and performers in sports on Wednesday night, with a wide-ranging collection of winners.
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Fernandez recalls a recent conversation he had with Duane Espy, the 45-year baseball veteran who serves as Colorado's minor league hitting coordinator and the final arbiter on players' swings.
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Garner presented the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2018 ESPY Awards to over 100 women who were sexually abused by former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
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While preparing for the ceremony, Kim took a quick break from helping style Caitlyn for the ESPY Awards in order to get in some quality Snapchat time with her fans.
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Hyde-Smith stumbled through several racially-charged controversies in the contest against Espy, who was seeking to become the first African-American elected to the Senate in Mississippi since Reconstruction.
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Nationally known Democrats -- aware that the state holds an early primary that could be key in the Democratic presidential nominating process -- are also flocking to Mississippi to campaign with Espy.
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Espy, who was vying to become the state's first black senator since Reconstruction, decried the "public hanging" comments as "harmful," arguing that Mississippi has worked hard to overcome past stereotypes.
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PLEADING FOR PEACE LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade opened the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles with a plea to address racial profiling and end gun violence.
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Espy denied taking improper improper gifts from the private sector while serving as agriculture secretary, responding to a moderator question about allegations that he faced more than two decades ago.
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With visions of Kim Kardashian West's Paris robbery still relatively fresh, a new season finds her incurring the wrath of Kris after helping Caitlyn get ready for the ESPY Awards.
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" In a statement posted to Twitter on Sunday, Espy, who would become the first black senator to represent Mississippi since the Reconstruction era if he wins, called the comments "reprehensible.
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Mike Espy in a run-off election on November 27, is facing public outcry after jokingly invoking "hanging" while campaigning in a state where lynching was once a common occurrence.
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Mr. Espy, who is African-American and from a prominent Delta family, could be a formidable candidate in a state where black voters make up much of the Democratic Party.
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Mr. Espy, who would be Mississippi's first black senator since Reconstruction, is hardly a newcomer to Washington, and Republicans sought to turn his record in the capital into a cudgel.
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Read: What Democrats can learn from Doug Jones's win Democrats, for their part, have united behind Mike Espy, a former congressman who's leaning hard into the "Doug Jones 2.0" narrative.
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Election analysts from Real Clear Politics and FiveThirtyEight have concluded that Espy has a real chance; a series of early polls show him running competitively as the race kicks off.
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And Mr. Espy is contending with baggage of his own, notably a roughly 30-count indictment accusing him of receiving improper favors while serving as agriculture secretary in the 1990s.
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That is part of the educational history of the defeated Democratic candidate in the race for the Senate in Mississippi, Mike Espy, who integrated Yazoo City High School in 1969.
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But in areas with greater numbers of college-educated white voters, such as the Memphis suburbs, she did less well, allowing Mr. Espy to draw closer than Democrats ordinarily do.
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" Garcia also wrote that Aquilina's subsequent statements about the case on social media and appearance at the ESPY Awards "do not constitute impermissible bias nor are they evidence of impartiality.
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Asked to perform a tribute to Muhammad Ali at the ESPY awards in July, Chance refused to rehash an old track, instead penning a powerful new song for the occasion.
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However, an Espy shocker would give Republicans one fewer vote in a chamber that has seen its share of razor-thin votes since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.
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Two months after confirming their relationship, the athletes walked the red carpet together at the 2019 ESPY Awards in July, marking each star's first time at the annual sports awards show.
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Jenner has since become the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2015 ESPY Awards as well as one of Glamour's "Women of the Year" (albeit, not without controversy).
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The pair walked the red carpet at the 2018 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday, officially attending their first big public event together since they confirmed their relationship in January.
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Espy was ultimately acquitted on charges of illegally accepting gratuities but his 20-year-old case is suddenly back in the news because of President Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Espy has also faced his own hurdles, with GOP attacks over a past lobbying contract with a West African despot and previous bribery allegations, though he's been acquitted of all charges.
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Jackson, Mississippi (CNN)To have a shot at another stunner in a Senate race in the Deep South, Democrats knew their candidate, Mike Espy, needed something dramatic to shift the landscape.
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Too, the Alabama [Senate] race scared a lot of people, and Republicans here feared a repeat of that race if McDaniel was in a runoff against a credible Democrat like Espy.
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Espy and Hyde-Smith clashed over coverage for pre-existing conditions, with the Democrat arguing that his opponent would vote against requirements on insurance companies to raise prices on such patients.
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Thad Cochran (R) earlier this year, drew prompt criticism for her comments, which surfaced over the weekend after she advanced to a runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy, who is black.
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In the most recent round of Federal Election Commission filings, Espy outraised Hyde-Smith by more than $40,000, and his path to the Democratic nomination over his challengers should be straightforward.
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In the Jackson suburbs and other white pockets across the state, Mr. Espy promotes an economic development bill from the late 1980s as a model for work across the political aisle.
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Espy, a black former Democratic Congress member and agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton, could run a similar playbook in Mississippi, where 35 percent of the potential electorate is African American.
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The Senate Leadership Fund, the leading GOP PAC for Senate races, is spending $1 million on its own radio and TV spots that link Espy to the Clinton scandals of yore.
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This year, Mike Espy, Mr. Clinton's former agriculture secretary who is running for Senate in Mississippi, told a fellow cabinet alumnus, Rodney Slater, that he was hoping to reach Mr. Clinton.
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Espy joined Democratic candidates this year in arguing the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will jeopardize the law's popular protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions.
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Espy, a black former Democratic Congress member and agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton, hoped to run a similar playbook in Mississippi, where 35 percent of the potential electorate is African American.
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Caitlyn Jenner continued her streak of stylish outings at the Del Mar Racetrack Opening Day celebration on Thursday, a day after she made her first major public appearance at the ESPY Awards.
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Still, an Espy victory would narrow the party's margin for error in the chamber as it tries to confirm federal judges and potentially pass more changes to tax and health care policy.
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Hyde-Smith, who initially refused to apologize for the hanging remark, said last week she was sorry "for anyone that was offended" and accused Espy of twisting her words for political gain.
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Thad Cochran earlier this year, is facing a runoff election Tuesday against Democratic nominee Mike Espy, an African-American who previously served as U.S. Agriculture secretary and as a congressman from Mississippi.
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Hyde-Smith, Espy, and former state senator Chris McDaniel, a self-styled conservative warrior, faced off in a jungle contest on Election Day as a result of the particular special election rules.
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Caitlyn Jenner delivered an emotional and powerful speech, bringing the entire crowd to its feet, as she accepted ESPN's Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
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Gronkowski, who was at UCLA for a charity basketball game and plans to attend Wednesday's ESPY Award ceremonies in Los Angeles, told TMZ Sports to not read too much into the reunion.
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Espy can't win without a large turnout of African Americans, who make up around 37 percent of the state, and also needs a significant number of white Republican voters to stay home.
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In a video announcing his 2020 run, Mr. Espy addressed pocketbook issues and other concerns but also indicated he would try to make Ms. Hyde-Smith's comment an issue again in 2020.
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Let's start with the biggest federal race left in the nation, the Mississippi senate runoff between incumbent Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and former Democratic congressman and Clinton agriculture secretary Mike Espy.
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The recent Senate campaign, which ended Tuesday night in Cindy Hyde-Smith's victory over Mike Espy, was no exception, and the movements to that delicate dance around race were at center stage.
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Hyde-Smith last week advanced to a run-off election last week in which she will face Democrat Mike Espy, who would be the first black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 1883.
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Mr. Espy recounted how racist insults were hurled at him and his twin sister, who were among the 17 black students who integrated the all-white Yazoo City High School in 1969.
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Ms. Hyde-Smith and her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy, a former United States representative and the first African-American elected to Congress in Mississippi since Reconstruction, have sparred over what she meant.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Mike Espy will face off in the year's final Senate election, a runoff that gives Democrats one last sliver of hope for a shocking 2018 upset.
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Hyde-Smith has generally pulled ahead of Espy in a two-way race, but the Democrat is polling strongly enough that he does have an outside chance to pull off the upset.
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Dwyane Wade may have been the one in the spotlight at the 2019 ESPY Awards, but the former Miami Heat star made sure wife Gabrielle Union was getting her fair share of attention.
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"Yes, Aaron and I are dating," Patrick, 35, confirmed during an interview with the Associated Press this week, adding that they had known each other for years after meeting at 2012 ESPY Awards.
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Just days before hosting the 2018 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, retired race car driver Danica Patrick is opening up about her "hot" boyfriend and fellow athlete, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
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Hyde-Smith's campaign trail comment about attending a "public hanging" while running against Espy, a black man, evoked Mississippi's history of lynchings and put her on the defensive in the campaign's final weeks.
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Bill Russell is the latest sports icon to be named the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, with the Boston Celtics legend accepting the award at the 20193 ESPY Awards in California.
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Trump appeared at two large, boisterous rallies in Biloxi and Tupelo, Mississippi, for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a close race against black Democrat Mike Espy in the deep South state.
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He served in Congress from 1987 to 1993, before he left to become Clinton's agriculture secretary, a stint that ended with Espy on trial for corruption, though he was acquitted on all charges.
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Nonetheless, Democrats are hoping that Hyde-Smith's comments will be enough to turn the race towards Espy, providing him with a similar coalition that carried Jones to the Senate from Alabama last year.
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Hyde-Smith came in first in that race with 41.5 percent of the vote, while Espy ended slightly behind with 40.6 percent, both below the 50 percent cutoff needed to avoid a runoff.
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"I don't know what's in your heart, but we all know what came out of your mouth," Espy said, before channeling the message he put out in an ad earlier in the day.
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Earlier this month, when multiple candidates in both parties were on the ballot, Hyde-Smith and conservative Chris McDaniel combined for 58% of the vote, while Espy and Democrat Tobey Bartee got 42%.
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And Mr. McHale's last two hosting gigs, the ESPY Awards in 2015 and the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in 2014, were notable for their acerbic tone and close-to-the-bone zingers.
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Sandifer, who lives in Florence, Mississippi, said her dislike for Trump might make her more likely to vote in the Senate race – and more likely to vote for Espy, to protest the administration.
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"We can't continue the change we need if we have a senator who openly laughs about public hangings," Espy, whose great-grandparents were slaves in the Magnolia State, said in his launch video.
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And in his closing statement, Espy criticized the current state of Congress and said he would "lift us above all the noise" and reach across the aisle to bring people of Mississippi together.
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But while her statements and actions may make Tuesday's special Senate election a closer affair than it might otherwise have been, make no mistake: she is a heavy favorite against Democrat Mike Espy.
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But Espy had his own baggage in the Senate race, as Republicans sought to put the spotlight on his past bribery allegations, which caused him to step down as Agriculture secretary in 1994.
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The consistent message of his campaign was an appeal—Espy is too mild-mannered to call it a "challenge"—to white voters to opt, at long last, for sanity and a brighter future.
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But Espy then pivoted to attack Hyde-Smith over her "public hanging" comments, calling it detrimental to the state, while noting Walmart had announced it would end its financial support to Hyde-Smith.
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Jessica Espy is the associate director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network a global research network focused on climate change and sustainable development where she leads programs on data and sustainable urban development.
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That means the initial vote will function as a quasi-Republican primary: The top two GOP candidates will be vying to come in first or second and earn the right to face Espy.
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But the senator's rhetorical gaffes gave Mr. Espy enough of an opening to worry Republicans and offer Democrats a dose of political hope in a state where they have not had much lately.
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Campaigning in Jackson on Sunday with Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the city's popular progressive mayor and a rising Democrat in the state, Mr. Espy rarely mentioned the comments — but the voters almost uniformly did.
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He served in Congress from 230 to 230, before he left to become Clinton's agriculture secretary, a stint that ended with Espy on trial for corruption, though he was acquitted on all charges.
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The backdrop: When Hyde-Smith and Espy first ran against each other in 2018, it brought Mississippi's turbulent history with race to the forefront after Hyde-Smith made comments about a public hanging.
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One legal theory comes from a case related to the investigation of Mike Espy, President Bill Clinton's first agriculture secretary, who resigned in 1994 amid an ethics scandal and independent investigation involving gifts.
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"If people recognize the importance of this moment, there is an opportunity for Secretary Espy to win this race," said Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the black Democratic mayor of Jackson, the state's largest city.
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It was an unimpressive win for the Republican — with the vote count nearly finished, she led Espy by 8 points, after Donald Trump won Mississippi by 18 in 2016 — but a win nonetheless.
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From overcoming tremendous obstacles, to creating environments for kids to find belonging, to turning tragedy into triumph, many of the honorees at Wednesday night's ESPY Awards brought as much heart as they did might.
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Entertainment Tonight spoke to the current Bachelorette at last night's ESPY Awards to get her take on the BiP investigation into an alleged sexual encounter between former flame DeMario Jackson and pal Corinne Olympios.
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So, when former Olympian-turned-reality star Caitlyn Jenner hit the red carpet at the 2016 ESPY Awards Wednesday evening, it was clear that Kim was responsible for her epic, off-the-shoulder dress.
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The 45-year-old tells PEOPLE he's "very excited" about his upcoming gig, a departure from his previous hosting gigs at the White House Correspondent's Dinner in 2014 or the ESPY Awards in 2015.
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The racer and the Green Bay Packers star made their red carpet debut at the 2018 ESPY Awards in July, where Patrick also made history, becoming the first woman to ever host the event.
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HAPPENING LATER Republican rallies President Trump holds two campaign rallies today in Mississippi for Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, a day before a runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy for the Magnolia State's Senate seat.
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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's (R-Miss.) reelection campaign demanded that no outside audience or press be allowed to attend her scheduled Tuesday night debate against Democrat Mike Espy, according to the Jackson Free Press.
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The candidates clashed on the hot-button issue of gun control, with Hyde-Smith casting herself as a staunch supporter of the right to bear arms, while Espy vouched for certain gun control measures.
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Beyond Mr. Espy, there's Ms. Shalala, also a former president of the Clinton Foundation, and Nancy Soderberg, a former ambassador to the United Nations and a White House national security aide under Mr. Clinton.
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Espy became the first black congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction when he won in 1986, and he then became the first African-American to serve as secretary of agriculture, during Bill Clinton's first term.
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But last week, when Mr. Espy, the former House member and President Bill Clinton's agriculture secretary, returned seeking an improbable Senate seat, the town's white mayor joined him for lunch at a barbecue joint.
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She repeatedly assailed Mr. Espy on immigration, linked him to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, and invoked the $750,000 her rival made representing the one-time dictator of Ivory Coast.
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Espy needs to turn out a record number of black voters — along with the relatively small number of white Democrats — and win over enough independents and moderate Republicans to push him over the top.
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Thad CochranWilliam (Thad) Thad CochranBottom Line Mike Espy announces Mississippi Senate bid Biden has a lot at stake in first debate MORE (R-Miss.); and Susan Butler, former chief of staff to ex-Rep.
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The runoff to serve the last two years of former Republican Senator Thad Cochran's term was necessary because neither Espy nor Hyde-Smith gained more than 50 percent of the vote in a Nov.
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On the policy side of the race, Espy has slammed Hyde-Smith over GOP attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which could jeopardize the law's popular protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions.
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Patrick, 36, and the Green Bay Packers quarterback walked the red carpet at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday before the NASCAR driver took on her hosting duties at the 2018 ESPY Awards.
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He predicted that Cindy Hyde-Smith would win the Mississippi Senate runoff against Mike Espy, saying that her comment about going to a public hanging was a joke and that she "feels bad" about it.
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Now, as a journalist at ESPN, Storm anchors "SportsCenter," and has covered high-profile sporting events including the ESPY Awards, the U.S. Open, the NBA Finals and the Super Bowl, according to ESPN Media Zone.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith — who is in a runoff for her seat against Democrat Mike Espy and a huge ally of President Donald Trump — has also received glowing praise from the first daughter and presidential advisor.
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ACROSS THE NATION ESPN to honor Nassar victims at ESPY Awards | Michigan State reaches $500M settlement with Nassar victims Ten children removed from filthy California home were waterboarded, hit with crossbows and BBs, prosecutors say.
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A very powerful moment just went down at the 2018 ESPY Awards, as well over 100 sister survivors of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar joined hands on stage to receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
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If Espy is to have a shot at flipping the deep-red seat, he'll need a surge in black voters in a state where African-Americans make up about 220006 percent of the state's population.
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Espy has been out of public office and off the campaign trail for more than two decades after serving in Congress from 1987 to 1993, when he left to become former President Clinton's Agriculture secretary.
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Espy, following the lead of other successful Democrats in 2018, pledged to cut an independent figure in Washington if elected and he attacked the state's Republican leadership for turning down Medicaid expansion funding under Obamacare.
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Thad CochranWilliam (Thad) Thad CochranMike Espy announces Mississippi Senate bid Biden has a lot at stake in first debate The Hill's Morning Report — Trump turns the page back to Mueller probe MORE's (R-Miss.) term.
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Even if you assume Hyde-Smith's recent comments allow Espy to capture 98% of the black vote, he'll need to win north of 22% of the white vote to emerge victorious given traditional turnout patterns.
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Espy got that money in 85033 from then Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo's government, though the Democrat told The Hill back in 2011 that he ended the contract and only received part of that money.
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"While this is not the result we were hoping for, I am proud of the historic campaign we ran and grateful for the support we received across Mississippi," Espy said in a Tuesday night statement.
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"Mike Espy claims to oppose abortion, but his record of supporting legislation to impose abortion on demand through birth across the nation speaks louder than words," SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement.
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Republicans still believe Hyde-Smith goes into the runoff as the front-runner, but are concerned the comments help Espy mobilize his base in the likely low-turnout runoff that's held five days after Thanksgiving.
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If it's Espy and Hyde-Smith, we won't be able to call Senate control next week, but the answer to the question of who will control will be more of mere formality than anything else.
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If Espy wins out over the Democratic field, though, he'll face an uphill struggle to unseat Hyde-Smith in November: The Cook Political Report rates Hyde-Smith's Mississippi Senate seat as "Likely Republican" in 2020.
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At the 2016 ESPY awards, a sort of Oscars for sports, James went onstage with some of the NBA's other biggest stars — Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade — with a message of social consciousness.
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A survey by Associated Press found that one-third of Mississippi's voters are black, and 80% of them support Mr Espy, meaning he might need to win around 30% of the white vote—a tall order.
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Asked last month about a potential head-to-head race, half of Mississippi's likely voters said they would back Hyde-Smith, while 36 percent said they would support Espy, according to an NBC News/Marist poll.
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But ex-Facebook President Sean Parker is not asking for the return of his money backing the election of Hyde-Smith to a full term over Democratic challenger Mike Espy, even as Parker condemned her comments.
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Hyde-Smith faces a runoff election against Espy, a former Mississippi congressman and U.S. Agriculture secretary, who is looking to become the first black senator from the state since the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.
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ESPN announced on Wednesday that the hundreds of sexual assault survivors that spoke out against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at this year's ESPY Awards.
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DEMAND CHANGE At the ESPY Awards on July 13, Anthony took the stage with fellow NBA stars Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James to begin the nationally televised program with a message for social change.
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The targets for the Espy campaign are moderate and business-minded Republicans and independents who might be turned off by Hyde-Smith's embrace of President Trump and news stories associating her with the Confederacy and segregation.
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The viral comments hit a nerve among civil rights activists as Hyde-Smith runs a heated campaign against Democrat Mike Espy, who would become the the first black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 1881 if elected.
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However, even if black voters, who make up nearly 40% of the state's electorate, come out in full force, Espy would still have to outperform his party's history with whites to have a chance of winning.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) defeated Democrat Mike Espy in the final Senate race of the 2018 midterm cycle on Tuesday, giving the GOP a 53-47 majority in the upper chamber next year (The Hill).
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Hyde-Smith has faced a barrage of controversies about race in recent days due to controversial statements made by the senator, who is facing Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff election for her seat on Tuesday.
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In any such litigation, the Trump team would rely heavily on a decision from the D.C. circuit court involving Clinton-era Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, who was accused of 30 corruption counts involving gifts and travel.
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In 2016, four of the N.B.A.'s biggest stars — James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade — opened the ESPY Awards by urging fellow athletes to push for change on issues of race, policing and violence.
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Here's a 22-year-old version of the San Diego Chargers quarterback rockin' a tux at the ESPY Awards -- Brees was nominated for the 'Best College Football Player' award -- in Las Vegas back in 2001 (left).
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Espy was eventually acquitted on all charges, but it more or less ended his career in politics; he has been out of public office for nearly 25 years, spending the past decade as a private attorney.
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It was not until the closing moments of the debate that Mr. Espy flashed emotion about Ms. Hyde-Smith's gaffes, alluding also to another video in which she joked about ensuring that some people don't vote.
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While the results next week won't affect the balance of power in the Senate, if Mr. Espy were to pull off the upset, it would limit Senate Republican gains to just a single seat this year.
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We need to look only as far as the recently concluded Senate race in Faulkner's home state of Mississippi, where the execrable Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Mike Espy, her African-American challenger, by nearly eight points.
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The white former state lawmaker, who was appointed to the Senate in April, overcame a controversy over her comment on public hangings to defeat Democrat Mike Espy in the last contest of the 2018 election cycle.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith, whom the state's governor appointed to the seat when Thad Cochran resigned in April, faces off against Mike Espy, who represented the state's second district in Congress before serving as Bill Clinton's agriculture secretary.
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But on Wednesday night, these brave women gave us another powerful image as over 140 of them came together on stage in Los Angeles at ESPN's ESPY awards to accept the network's Arthur Ashe Award for Courage.
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Kim Kardashian West is known for her daring and glamorous red carpet looks, so when it came time for Jenner to attend the ESPY awards, she called on Kardashian West to help her find the perfect dress.
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If any Democrat has a chance of producing a Doug Jones-style overperformance among African-American voters, where they make up more of the electorate than they do the population, it's Espy, one national Democratic operative said.
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More substantively, the memorandum seeks to leverage the Clinton-era case, In re Sealed Case (Espy), to argue that Mueller has not met a standard of need for President Trump's testimony that would support a valid subpoena.
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Now running for U.S. Senate, Espy calls himself a free-trader, a budget-cutter, a job-creator, a Christian, a friend of the military and an admirer of retired Republican Senator Thad Cochran, whose seat he seeks.
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On Saturday she will visit Mississippi, a state with an early primary in 2020 where the Democratic electorate is largely African-American, to campaign with Mike Espy, the party's nominee in a special Senate runoff election there.
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Former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D), who was vying to become the state's first African-American senator since Reconstruction, sought to mobilize the state's black voter bloc, but he ended losing by 2202 points to Hyde-Smith.
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The 36-year-old retired IndyCar driver was the first woman ever to host the ESPY Awards, and she chose to celebrate her accomplishment by flaunting her relationship with football star Aaron Rodgers on the red carpet.
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Democrats are hoping the enthusiasm that helped them flip nearly 40 House seats will continue today and deliver a monumental upset for Espy, who hopes to become the first African-American senator elected in Mississippi since Reconstruction.
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Mike Espy — who comes with some of his own baggage after being acquitted of bribery charges in the 1990s — has already announced that he will run for Cochran's seat with the backing of Democrats in the state.
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He added one more last week, headlining a Wednesday evening fund-raiser in New York City last week to benefit the campaign of Mike Espy, Mr. Clinton's former agriculture secretary who is running for Senate in Mississippi.
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Neither candidate was particularly agile, nor were they pressed particularly hard by the moderators or each other, but Ms. Hyde-Smith used much of the hourlong debate to recite a series of attack lines against Mr. Espy.
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But Democrats also recognized that Mr. Espy needed to win about a quarter of the white vote; to that end, some of his advertisements evoked Mississippi's long-running frustration with how it is regarded across the country.
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The targets for the Espy campaign are moderate and business-minded Republicans and independents who might be turned off by Hyde-Smith's embrace of President Trump and perhaps these stories associating her with the Confederacy and segregation.
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Hyde-Smith, a white former state lawmaker who was appointed to the Senate in April, overcame a controversy over her comment on public hangings to defeat Democrat Mike Espy in the last contest of the 2018 election cycle.
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Hyde-Smith ultimately won her run-off election Tuesday night, but thanks to an unusual constellation of circumstances, the idea that her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy, could take home a win in a blood-red state wasn't crazy.
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They were the top two finishers on November 6 in Mississippi's so-called "jungle primary"; Hyde-Smith got 241 percent, Espy earned 2100 percent, and Chris McDaniel, a former state legislator with white nationalist sympathies, received 220 percent.
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"We have to do what they did in Alabama, which is a data-centric campaign that identifies black voters that haven't voted in a while and get them registered and get them out to vote," said Espy, 64.
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To her comments about voter repression, Espy could have reminded Hyde-Smith that the standard devices for accomplishing the disenfranchisement of voters on a racial basis were invented in Mississippi and even memorialized in the state's 1890 Constitution.
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That same month, four of the N.B.A.'s biggest stars — Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade — opened the ESPY Awards by urging fellow athletes to push for change on issues of race, policing and violence.
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In 2018, other super PACs affiliated with Mr. Phillips spent more than $2 million on Mike Espy in his failed bid for Senate in Mississippi and millions more for Stacey Abrams in her losing bid for Georgia governor.
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They were the top two finishers on November 6 in Mississippi's so-called "jungle primary"; Hyde-Smith got 42 percent, Espy earned 40 percent and Chris McDaniel, a former state legislator with white nationalist sympathies, received 17 percent.
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A national media frenzy ensued: McElwain and Johnson appeared on Good Morning America, Today, and Oprah; Disney contacted the family about a possible movie; and McElwain beat out Kobe Bryant for the ESPY for best sports moment of 2006.
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According to CNN, in order for Espy to win the seat, he will not only need to get Black voters to turn out in greater numbers in his favor, but will also need to win over white moderate voters.
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But unless Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy pulls off a shocker or the recount in Florida somehow goes Nelson's way, the Republicans will have gained three seats once the dust settles, making the Senate 22016–22020 in the GOP's favor.
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Instead, the comments gave Mr. Espy and his allies an opening to argue that Ms. Hyde-Smith's rhetoric was out of step with the present-day values of a state with a brutal history of lynchings of African-Americans.
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What the last two weeks of the Espy and Hyde-Smith campaign demonstrated is that Mississippi cannot let go of a mythic vision of itself; it ignores the hard truths about its past, particularly when it comes to race.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic rival Mike Espy spent a whopping $6.6 million in the final weeks of a hard-fought Senate campaign marked by a controversy over her comments that evoked a painful chapter in state history.
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They have pointed to his lucrative lobbying work, including a stint in service of an Ivorian dictator who is now on trial before the International Criminal Court, to depict Mr. Espy as out-of-touch and lacking in judgment.
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In a strategy that could attract some white voters, Mr. Espy appealed to Mississippi's perpetual disgruntlement with how it is perceived across the country and argued that a victory by Ms. Hyde-Smith would reinforce stereotypes of the state.
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Either candidate would make history: Hyde-Smith as the first woman elected to the Senate in Mississippi, and Espy would be the first black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first black Democratic senator ever in Mississippi.
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Candidates vying to make history as the first black woman governor in the nation (Stacey Abrams of Georgia), Florida's first black governor (Andrew Gillum) and Mississippi's first black senator since Reconstruction (Mike Espy) still need white votes to win.
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He was insinuating, as he did when he falsely suggested Barack Obama was not born in America, that Mr Espy was in the wrong place—that as a black man, he was not supposed to represent Mississippi in the Senate.
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Mr Espy needed Mr McDaniel's voters to stay home (they were not going to switch; Mr McDaniel is farther to the right than Ms Hyde-Smith), African-Americans to turn out in force and a few white moderates to switch.
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The athlete took the stage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday to receive the 2017 ESPY Award for Best Record-Breaking Performance, an accolade he earned for "exceeding the record for Olympic gold medals," according to Us Weekly.
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With Espy as the only Democrat in the race, the safe bet is that this is heading to a runoff between him and the top Republican finisher, and some Republicans see the battle for that spot as effectively the Republican primary.
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In one of the most powerful and emotional moments in the ESPY Awards' history, more than 100 survivors of the disgraced doctor Larry Nassar, were honored for their courage in making their stories heard — even when no one would listen.
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Wade speaks out on violence Wade has been an outspoken critic of rampant gun violence and took the stage at this year's ESPY Awards with fellow NBA superstars LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul to speak about the issue.
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"I'm not saying you have to vote for Mike Espy, but I am saying that if you love our state and want to see it represented as best as it can, you should not vote for Cindy Hyde-Smith," it concluded.
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Espy, a former congressman who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during the Clinton administration, is running as a moderate in the race, something that is widely considered necessary to have a shot at winning in such a conservative stronghold.
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Fresh off a thrilling World Cup win in June, the midfielder flew to Los Angeles for the ESPY Awards where she took home the trophy for Best Team with fellow soccer stars Megan Rapinoe, Julie Ertz and Alex Morgan, among others.
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Hyde-Smith spent more than $1.7 million on the way to beating Espy in last month's runoff and saving her seat -- more than she had spent during any other period in the campaign, a new filing with federal election regulators shows.
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Phil Bredesen (D) for Tennessee Senate; Brian Kemp (R) and Stacey Abrams (D) are tied in race for Alabama governor; Democrat Mike Espy is positioned to finish ahead of Republican Chris McDaniel and advance to a runoff election against Sen.
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Political strategists who are being honest with themselves (you know who you are!) will admit that no one knows exactly what's going to happen in Tuesday's election between Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican, and former Representative Mike Espy, a Democrat.
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VoteCast, a wide-ranging survey of the electorate conducted by The Associated Press, showed that Mr. Espy won support from about 80 percent of black voters in the first round of voting, compared to about 20 percent of white voters.
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A new poll conducted for Y'all Politics, a well-read conservative news site in the state, showed McDaniel significantly behind Hyde-Smith — and found Hyde-Smith leading the top Democrat in the race, former congressman Mike Espy, by just six points.
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Contrary to many Democrats around the country who are running to the left and presenting a sharp ideological contrast with their Republican opponents, Espy is a moderate — "admittedly a Democrat," as he put it in a recent interview with VICE News.
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" Hosting ESPN's Espy Awards one month after he was fired, he congratulated Charles Woodson on winning the Heisman Trophy: "That is something that no one can ever take away from you," he said, "unless you kill your wife and a waiter.
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But as she arrived for dinner at an upscale Italian restaurant one night last week, Ms. Lee, 56, said that even though Mr. Espy appeared to have the moderate intentions, he would empower a party that is just too far left.
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National party groups and super PACs have swarmed into the race, and two prominent African-American Democrats who are likely to run for president, Senators Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, have volunteered to help Mr. Espy.
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As the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported, Espy did receive payments from the nation's government while it was under Laurent Gbagbo's leadership and, according to federal records accessed by Fox News, for a longer time than the Democratic candidate initially admitted.
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"We're realizing how much power we have, how people listened to us," Booker said, pointing as an example to a joint statement issued at the beginning of last year's ESPY awards show by four N.B.A. stars, including James, about police violence.
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But Hyde-Smith triumphed by depicting Espy as too liberal for Mississippi, which last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 1982, and by touting her support for President Donald Trump, who won the state by 18 percentage points in 2016.
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The New York Times reported Tuesday that a private Republican poll had found that Hyde-Smith holds just a 5-percentage point lead over Espy, a former U.S. Agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton and three-term representative from Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District.
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The report notes that conservative ESPN staffers have been "frustrated" by the network's politics, which include everything from standing by Hill and selecting Caitlyn Jenner for its prestigious "ESPY" award for courage to constant on-air debates over the NFL's national anthem controversy.
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The New York Times reported Tuesday that a private Republican poll had found that Hyde-Smith holds just a 5-percentage point lead over Espy, a former U.S. Agriculture Secretary under President Bill Clinton and three-term congressman from Mississippi's 2nd Congressional district.
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The pair have not been shy about professing their feelings on social media since making their red carpet debut as a couple in July at the 2018 ESPY Awards, where Patrick made history by becoming the first woman to ever host the event.
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Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white former state lawmaker who was appointed to the seat in April, is still favored over black Democrat Mike Espy in the reliably Republican state, which has not sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1982.
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The couple have not been shy about professing their feelings on social media since making their red carpet debut as a couple in July at the 2018 ESPY Awards, where Patrick made history by becoming the first woman to ever host the event.
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Republicans are spending a lot of money to link Espy, an ex-Congress member and agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton, to his past with the Clintons and a 19873-count corruption indictment in the 1990s (he ended up acquitted on all charges).
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The tournament winner also receives six months of private coaching by World Series of Poker Champion Jamie Gold and a seat at the Main Event of the World Series Poker, a VIP experience at the 2017 ESPY Awards and the 2017 Masters.
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Mike Espy, a Mississippi Democrat whose unsuccessful runoff race with Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith drew national attention last year, announced on Tuesday that he would seek to challenge her again in 2020, setting up a potential rematch of the 2018 special election.
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Overall, Espy will likely need to win at least 2202 percent of nonwhite voters as well as about 2628 percent of white voters, strategists said, stitching together a coalition similar to the one that brought Jones to the Senate from Alabama last year.
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New York magazine's Vulture blog categorized the ESPY appearance as "very, very, controversial" (Bill Cosby was one of the targets), and The Washington Post called the correspondents' show "brutal" and said Mr. McHale was "out for blood" (especially when it came to Gov.
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With little chance of converting hard-core Republicans, Espy needs to capture moderate and independent white voters in a state that voted heavily for Donald Trump in 2016 – while at the same time energizing Mississippi's large and typically liberal African-American vote.
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The photo and the caption referencing Mississippi's period in the Confederacy is another flashpoint for Hyde-Smith in the weeks leading up to her runoff election against Espy, who is black and would be the first African-American senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction.
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The best-case scenario for Democrats -- and, to be clear, this is NOT likely -- is a net gain of a single seat; that would mean Nelson somehow comes from behind in Florida and Espy wins the runoff in an overwhelmingly Republican state.
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He's pleased the team just won a few ESPY awards, including the one for play of the year (in any sport!) for the Rodgers-thrown, Jared Cook–caught pass that pushed the Pack into a thrilling fourth quarter playoff victory against the Cowboys.
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Controversies have ignited this week over a photo of high school students flashing what appears to be a Nazi salute, and a joke by Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white United States senator from Mississippi who ran against Mike Espy, who is black.
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Ms. Hyde-Smith received a last-minute boost from President Trump, who appeared at two rallies with her on Monday and cautioned Mississippians that a victory for Mr. Espy would also be one for Democratic leaders like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.
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Strategists in both parties believe Ms. Hyde-Smith remains the favorite: She was the top vote-getter in the first round, slightly outpacing Mr. Espy even though there was another Republican — Chris McDaniel, a divisive, strongly conservative state senator — on the ballot.
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As he knocked on doors Sunday in Jackson, Mr. Espy, who is from nearby Yazoo City, ran into residents who had attended his same church, as well as the wife of his former barber, and a few who didn't recognize him on sight.
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Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Mississippi Republican who had to apologize for a cavalier reference to a public hanging, won a special runoff election on Tuesday, defeating the Democratic nominee, Mike Espy, who was trying become the state's first black senator since Reconstruction.
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His performance in the playoffs earned him the 2019 Conn Smythe award as the most valuable player, and the Blues the best comeback ESPY, for going from the worst team in the NHL at one point during the season to the year's top team.
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" After Hyde-Smith refused to properly apologize for her statements (she claimed that her words were misconstrued, and said sorry to "anyone who was offended"), Espy, a moderate Democrat and former U.S. secretary of agriculture, said Mississippi "can't afford a senator who embarrasses us.
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There's the brave [survivors of Larry Nassar sexual abuse] honored at the [ESPY awards], the women who came forward in the first Ronan Farrow article, the ones who have spoken out about these pillars of people in television who have [abused] their position of power.
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"There's a case, the [Mike] Espy case, closest one you can find, he was a Cabinet officer and they said he can only be subpoenaed, in essence taken away from his duties, if there was no other way to get the information," Giuliani said.
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Hyde-Smith had long been seen as the overwhelming favorite in her race against former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D) in Tuesday's runoff, but the widespread backlash over her "public hanging" comment is forcing Republicans to lock down a race that's starting to tighten.
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Hyde-Smith, who is facing off against Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff election for Mississippi's Senate seat on Tuesday, has faced criticism for saying earlier this month that she would be in the "front row" of a "public hanging" if invited by a supporter.
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Espy, a moderate African-American who has devoted a good deal of his campaign trying to engage the state's business community and white suburban voters who don't like to see Mississippi's image tarnished, is hoping to put together the same kind of coalition as Jones.
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The Trump team can legitimately demand a list of areas for such an interview in advance under a decision of the D.C. circuit court involving former Agricultural Secretary Michael Espy, who was accused of 30 corruption counts involving gifts and travel under the Clinton administration.
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When James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul used measured tones at the 2016 ESPY Awards to decry violence against African-Americans as well as against the police, Roberts said she was among the last people to hear it was going to happen.
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But almost three weeks after Ms. Hyde-Smith, a Republican, defeated the Democrat, Mike Espy, in a runoff election, it appears that only one of the donors has received any of the more than $50,000 in total that the senator has been asked to return.
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Jordan Russell, Ms. Hyde-Smith's campaign manager, predicted voters would reward Ms. Hyde-Smith for backing the White House and, signaling an attack likely to be leveled in the debate, rebuked Mr. Espy for having lobbied for Ivory Coast while Laurent Gbagbo was president.
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The U.S. Senate race between appointed Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy, a black former congressman and U.S. agriculture secretary, will test the power of the black vote and the viability of Democrats in a region where Republicans have dominated for decades.
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