{"id":1531761,"date":"2022-06-28T22:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T02:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531761"},"modified":"2022-06-28T22:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T02:04:22","slug":"incumbent-fends-off-upstart-in-mississippi-gop-primary-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incumbent-fends-off-upstart-in-mississippi-gop-primary-runoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Incumbent Fends Off Upstart in Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fincumbent-fends-off-upstart-in-mississippi-gop-primary-runoff%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) on June 28 won the GOP primary runoff election for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mississippi\">Mississippi<\/a>\u2019s 3rd Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>With 84 percent of the ballots reported at 9:36 p.m., Guest drew more than 67 percent of the votes, defeating challenger Michael Cassidy.<\/p>\n<p>Guest will face Democrat Shuwaski Young in the Nov. 8 general election. Young won the June 7 Democratic primary in Mississippi\u2019s 3rd district.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy narrowly defeated Guest in the first round of the primary on June 7, earning 47.5 percent of the vote to Guest\u2019s 46.9 percent\u2014a result in line with voter dissatisfaction over incumbents in many other races across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The June 28 result ends a contentious primary season in the district.<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a national super PAC backed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), injected over $600,000 in outside spending to oppose Cassidy.<\/p>\n<p>One CLF attack ad against Cassidy accused the US Navy veteran and current reservist of pushing an \u201cextreme socialist agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They drew that conclusion from a Mississippi Today analysis of spending proposals previously on Cassidy\u2019s campaign website.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy described the ad\u2019s characterization of his views as a \u201ccomplete lie and misrepresentation\u201d in a June 24 interview with The Epoch Times. He claimed he was merely brainstorming possibilities on his website.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy has also been labeled a \u201ccarpetbagger\u201d by the Guest campaign because he was not born in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>In June 27 comments to The Epoch Times, Cassidy said that line of attack was a \u201cslur against service members who move at the behest of the military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy, in turn, has stressed Guest\u2019s previous support for a commission to examine the events of Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy has also attacked Neshoba County Republican Chair David Carter, a Guest ally, for allegedly encouraging Democrats to vote for Guest over Cassidy in the runoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) on June 28 won the GOP primary runoff election for Mississippi\u2019s 3rd Congressional District. With 84 percent of the ballots reported at 9:36 p.m., Guest drew more than 67 percent of the votes, defeating challenger Michael Cassidy. Guest will face Democrat Shuwaski Young in the Nov. 8 general election. 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