Mississippi Business Journal » debate http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Congressional candidates show great divide during debate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/26/congressional-candidates-show-great-divide-during-debate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressional-candidates-show-great-divide-during-debate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/26/congressional-candidates-show-great-divide-during-debate/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:58:32 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64311 OXFORD — Candidates in a North Mississippi congressional debate last night presented competing visions of “government the despoiler” versus “government the helper.” Republican first-term incumbent Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo and Democratic challenger Brad Morris of Oxford debated for an hour at the University of Mississippi. Nunnelee, the leading fundraiser, continues to focus on what he [...]

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