Mississippi Business Journal » Second Congressional District 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 Q&A: Heather Hudson — Mayor of Greenville; Candidate, Second Congressional District http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/24/qa-heather-hudson-%e2%80%94-mayor-of-greenville-candidate-second-congressional-district/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-heather-hudson-%25e2%2580%2594-mayor-of-greenville-candidate-second-congressional-district http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/24/qa-heather-hudson-%e2%80%94-mayor-of-greenville-candidate-second-congressional-district/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:00:11 +0000 Amy McCullough http://msbusiness.com/?p=40239 Working for a better Delta Hudson takes on Thompson for congressional seat Greenville Mayor Heather McTeer Hudson is running for Congress in Mississippi’s 2nd District, a seat that has been held since 1993 by Bennie Thompson. A Greenville native, Hudson attended Spelman College in Atlanta and Tulane University Law School before returning to her home [...]

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