Mike Espy is polling better in his race against GOP U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi than Amy McGrath is against Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.
Dems have donated $47.3 million to McGrath.
They've given $1.35 million to Espy.
He'd be MS's first Black senator since 1881.
People always, always write off Mississippi. It's cross partisan and it's across all sorts of topics—from weather to political campaigns. The soft bigotry of low expectations, indeed.
In 2018, during a special election, Mike Espy came closer to winning a Mississippi US Senate seat campaigning against Cindy Hyde-Smith than any Democrat since 1982—when segregationist Dixiecrat Sen. John Stennis last ran for re-election.
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2018/nov/…
Mike Espy became Mississippi's first Black congressman since the 1800s in 1986. He would also be the first Black senator since the 1880s if elected.
His top issue: Health care. Issues matter. Read his interview with @nickjudin: jacksonfreepress.com/news/2020/aug/…
CORRECTION: ActBlue did not list the top 10 candidates to donate to. This is the top 10 recipients of the prior month.
Amy McGrath, who's behind by 12 points in KY, tops the list.
Mike Espy, who came within 8 pts of winning a MS US Senate seat in 2018, isn't even on the list.
UPDATE: Mike Espy has raised at least $100,000 in the hours since Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death, a source says.
*Ginsburg
UPDATE: Mike Espy has raised at least $200,000 in the hours since Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, a source says.
That's up from $100,000 this morning.
UPDATE: In Mississippi, Democratic US Senate candidate Mike Espy's 24-hr haul since Justice Ginsburg's death has now surpassed $212,000.
That's more in 24 hrs than his GOP opponent, US Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, raised in all of Q2 from April 1 to June 30.
Average donation? $30.
UPDATE: Democratic Mississippi US Senate candidate Mike Espy raised more in one day than any candidate in state history after Justice Ginsburg's death.
His $500,000 weekend haul is more than triple what the GOP incumbent raised over a three month period. mississippifreepress.org/5880/mike-espy…
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