Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, is not scheduled to speak at the fair and has not accepted Pinkins' debate invitation.
Democrat Ty Pinkins challenges Republican Sen. Wicker to Neshoba County Fair debate by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today July 12, 2024 Ty Pinkins, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has challenged his Republican opponent, incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, to a debate during the upcoming Neshoba County Fair.
doing the job Mississippians have elected him to do.” Wicker, a Tupelo resident, has represented the Magnolia State in the U.S. Senate since 2007. Before the Senate, he served several terms in the U.S. House and in the Mississippi Legislature. Pinkins, an attorney, has spent some of the last several years aiding Black farmer workers in the Delta who were being paid less money for their work than white visa workers from South Africa doing the same jobs.
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