In the third such victory in a row, Democrats took back another conservative area House seat. The Republicans lost a seat In a district won by George Bush by 25 points four years ago. Roger Wicker who was the Incumbent Republican won reelection with 66 percent of the vote in 2006 for that seat.
The seat was made available when Wicker was appointed earlier this year to the Senate seat vacated by Trent Lott who quit his Senate seat and left public service.
Republicans tried to portray the Democratic Candidate Travis Childers in step with Barack Obama but it did not work. Childers shot back with an ad saying he had never met Barack Obama. He ran on a conservative platform and won the elction by a 54% to 46% margin.
Republicans are in a bind caused by the erosion of confidence in the leadership of President Bush. He has severely tranished the Republican brand as evidence of what happened in the 2006 mid term elections and so far this year.
