MISSISSIPPI POLITICS; THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER, 1976-2006.

Nash, Jere and Andy Taggart. John Grisham (Foreword).

ISBN 10: 1578069076 / ISBN 13: 9781578069071

Published by Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2006., 2006

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First edition (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page). xviii, 403 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; some bumping at top edges; small surface scuffing at front panel's center left adjacent to spine. Beige cloth spine with black stamping; white boards. Past owner's ink gift inscription on front pastedown partially hidden underneath dj's front flap; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. {MS-Shelf#3} ISBN 1578069076.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MISSISSIPPI POLITICS; THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER, 1976-2006.
• Publisher: Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578069076
• ISBN 13: 9781578069071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana-Mississippi

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Synopsis

In 1890, white Democrats consolidated their political power in Mississippi. For more than seventy years, the state was a Democratic stronghold in which Republicans and African Americans had little political clout. The elections of 1976, however, marked the last time Mississippi would cast its presidential electoral votes for a Democrat. That year, the state's Democratic lineup included the governor, both United States senators and three representatives, and all but five seats in the state legislature.

Thirty years later, Republican Haley Barbour is the state governor, four of the seven statewide elected officials are Republicans, both United States Senators are Republicans, and the GOP boasts 69 of the 174 members in the state legislature.

Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006 charts the political shift in Mississippi over the last thirty years, covering political campaigns and the struggle for power within the state legislature. Fierce debates about the tobacco industry, casinos, tort reform, education, and highways are all examined. Authors Jere Nash and Andy Taggart--political activists from different parties--examine forty years of reapportionment litigation and profile many of the personalities who changed the Mississippi political landscape. The book features interviews with more than 140 public officials, candidates, lobbyists, legislators, and others who reveal the public and backroom pressures that shaped history. A sharply detailed account of a major transition with national implications, Mississippi Politics describes how the state has evolved politically and where it may possibly be headed.

About the Author

Jere Nash is a consultant whose positions have included executive director of Mississippi First, deputy state auditor, and director of policy and chief of staff for Governor Ray Mabus. Andy Taggart has his own law firm and has served as executive director of the Mississippi Republican Party, chief of staff for Governor Kirk Fordice, and president/CEO of the Mississippi Technology Alliance.