FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
April 1, 2007
Contact: Brad Morris
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Travis Childers Wins Runoff Election With 57%, Showing District-Wide Strength
Mississippi Hot With Democratic Intensity

Booneville, Miss.-- Prentiss County Chancery Clerk and businessman Travis Childers tonight became the Democratic nominee for Congress in Mississippi's 1st Congressional District with a victory that demonstrated district-wide support. Childers won with 57 percent to State Representative Steve Holland's 43 percent. "I want to congratulate Steve Holland on an excellent campaign," Childers said tonight. "Now, we will unify the Democratic Party and set our sights on victory in the special general election and then in November. I will continue my focus on the tough times being faced by families here in North Mississippi and tell them that with Travis Childers in Congress help will be on the way." For the second time in three weeks, Travis Childers received more votes than any candidate on the ballot - Democrat or Republican. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Childers had 20,642 votes and Holland had 15,372. The Republican nominee had only 16,816 votes. "I feel we are seeing history unfold before our eyes in Mississippi," Childers said. "There is a strong sense that the time has come for change and that we need to have a new focus on the challenges faced by working people and small businesses in the halls of Congress." "I have a simple message for the people of North Mississippi: With Travis Childers in Congress, help is on the way," Childers said. "I believe the time has come for us to attack the very real problems that Mississippi families face every day. Gas prices are eating families and businesses alive. The cost of food, shelter, health care and medicine are escalating even as jobs are being shipped overseas." Childers won with a relentless focus on economic issues and by connecting to the views and values of the people of the 1st District. Childers carried almost every county in the district including 91 percent of the vote in Prentiss County where he makes his home. Childers also won 83 percent of the vote in Alcorn County, 67 percent of the vote in Chickasaw County, and more than 80 percent of the vote in Panola County. Childers also ran up impressive victories in DeSoto, Marshall and Union Counties. "I pledge to the people of North Mississippi that I will take their concerns onto the floor of the United States Congress every day. I will work with Republicans and Democrats to get things done for the people of North Mississippi," Childers said.

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