Dianne Dodson Black, the first Black woman to ever run for Congress in Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District, secured the Democratic nomination on Tuesday night in a victory against opponent Hunter Avery, the Associated Press reported.
Mark Strauss is a candidate in the Republican Party primary for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District on June 7, 2022.
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