Title
2010 1st Mississippi District Congressional Debate
Document Type
Video
Publication Date
10-12-2010
Disciplines
American Politics
Abstract
The only debate scheduled in the campaign for the 1st Congressional District seat, the contest gathered momentum and attracted national attention as one of the close races that helped determine the majority party in the 2011 Congress. The two major candidates, Democratic Congressman Travis Childers, the incumbent, and his Republican challenger, state Senator Alan Nunnelee, agreed to make a rare joint appearance to take questions from a panel of North Mississippi journalists from the district. Moderated by Curtis Wilkie.
Relational Format
video recording
Extent
1:14:42
Recommended Citation
Nunnelee, Alan; Childers, Travis; and Wilkie, Curtis, "2010 1st Mississippi District Congressional Debate" (2010). Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. 40.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/overby/40
Comments
The only debate scheduled in the campaign for the 1st Congressional District seat, the contest gathered momentum and attracted national attention as one of the close races that helped determine the majority party in the 2011 Congress. The two major candidates, Democratic Congressman Travis Childers, the incumbent, and his Republican challenger, state Senator Alan Nunnelee, agreed to make a rare joint appearance to take questions from a panel of North Mississippi journalists from the district. Moderated by Curtis Wilkie.