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Republicans are doughy, but don't underestimate the force with which they can hit the ground.

Democrats picked up a northern Mississippi House seat in one of the most conservative-minded districts in the country tonight -- an upset victory that will carry significant ramifications into the November elections.

With 370 of 462 precincts reporting, the Democratic nominee, Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers, leads Republican Greg Davis, 51 to 49 percent. The Associated Press has called the race for Childers.

A GOP House leadership aide told the Politico last week that “if we don’t win in Mississippi, I think you are going to see a lot of people running around here looking for windows to jump out of.”

The $1.27 million that the NRCC spent in this heavily Republican district amounted to nearly 20 percent of their entire cash-on-hand. The committee has now spent over $3 million to defend three conservative House seats, losing all three of them, and are ill-equipped financially to fully compete in an ever-widening playing field of House seats.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0508/Childers_wins_Miss_special_election.html