Truck driver wins Dem nomination for Miss. governor
http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article29924908.html
Truck driver Robert Gray won the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor on Tuesday, although he reported spending no money on his campaign and said he didn't vote in the primary because he was too busy.
Gray toppled Vicki Slater, a trial lawyer who was backed by many party leaders, and Dr. Valerie Adream Smartt Short, an obstetrician-gynecologist and military veteran. Gray will face first-term Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and the Reform Party's Shawn O'Hara in the Nov. 3 general election. Bryant easily defeated Mitch Young of Sumrall, a Navy veteran who ran a low-budget campaign....
Gray, making his first run for public office, told The Associated Press in a phone interview late Tuesday that he was busy all day and did not vote. "I was in Jackson and had to do a lot of stuff and just lost track of time, to tell you the truth," said Gray, who was in south Mississippi by election night. Gray said he made only a few campaign appearances and was at a loss to explain his strong showing. He said some might have voted for him because he has a common name. "They didn't know me from anybody else," Gray said of Democratic primary voters.
Slater said from her home late Tuesday that Gray was "sort of a mystery guy" who showed up at very few campaign events. "I did everything I could to win this," Slater said. Slater campaigned on expanding Medicaid and fully funding an education budget formula that has been largely ignored since it was put into law in 1997...
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