Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), a lawmaker who voted in favor of forming the Jan. 6 commission, has entered the final stretch before a June 28 runoff election against U.S. Navy veteran Michael Cassidy.
The congressman from Mississippi’s 3rd District actually lost the initial June 7 primary election to Cassidy, receiving just 46.9 percent of the vote to Cassidy’s 47.5 percent.
Runoffs are triggered in Mississippi primary elections if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote.
In addition to warring over Guest’s support for the Jan. 6 commission, the two candidates have sparred over Cassidy’s alleged economic views.
An attack ad against Cassidy accused him of backing an “extreme socialist agenda” that would have added $48 trillion in social spending, as reported by Mississippi Today….