Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Evan Turnage, a Jackson lawyer and ex-senate aide, is challenging Rep. Bennie Thompson in Mississippi's 2nd District Democratic primary.
Turnage, 33, a Yale Law and Murrah High alumnus, formerly advised U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. He launched his campaign after returning home and hearing voters' frustration over the district's stagnant economy under Thompson's long tenure, he said.
"I've talked to so many people and it's clear that there's an appetite for new leadership, an appetite for a fighter from Mississippi," Turnage said in an interview.
It's time someone fought for Mississippi.
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