Editor: Evan Turnage Commended for Challenging Rep. Bennie Thompson

Assistant Editor Kevin Edwards wrote that Evan Turnage should be commended for mounting a challenge to U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson despite long odds, the Mississippi Free Press reported.

Edwards argued that Turnage “succeeded, even in defeat,” according to an editor’s note posted on the Mississippi Free Press website.

The post, titled “Editor’s Note | Evan Turnage Succeeded, Even in Defeat,” urged recognition of Turnage’s campaign effort, Edwards wrote, the outlet reported.

The editor’s note appeared on the Mississippi Free Press, which published the commentary by Edwards.

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