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October 10, 2008

Senate Candidates On Education

Musgrove's Record On Education Is Hands-Down Outstanding

By Ward Schaefer, Jackson Free Press
October 8, 2008

Ronnie Musgrove
Musgrove has made education a central issue in his Senate campaign, and his record bears it out. As a state senator, he chaired the Education Committee. As lieutenant governor, Musgrove pushed for the passage of the landmark Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which reformed state education funding so that poorer school districts spent as much per pupil as richer ones. MAEP was first fully funded under his gubernatorial administration. Also while governor, Musgrove wrangled passage of a significant teacher pay raise and called a special legislative session to eliminate a clause that would have made the pay raise dependent on 5 percent annual economic growth. The Mississippi Association of Educators has endorsed Musgrove.

"His record on education is hands-down outstanding," MAE president Kevin Gilbert says.

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September 29, 2008

Musgrove Focusing On Energy, Cuts In Spending

By Timothy Woerner, The McComb Enterprise-Journal
September 28th, 2008

Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, who is campaigning against incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker in the November congressional election, stopped Friday in McComb as he campaigned across southwest Mississippi, telling reporters he is intent on cutting federal spending and developing a cohesive national energy policy.

Musgrove, who also focused on what he called "mismanaged private Wall Street institutions," said Wicker, a longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has already had 14 years in Washington to fix a number of problems that have impacted Mississippi. And he accused Wicker of representing corporate interests ahead of Mississippians.

He said Wicker had toed the Republican party line and said those criticizing Democratic policy alternatives are ignoring the results of Republican rule, blasting "utter incompetence in Washington, which gave the special interests anything and everything they asked for."

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