In 2010, Mississippi's House delegation flipped from three quarters Democratic to three quarters Republican when Republicans unseated conservative Democratic Reps. Travis Childers (MS-01) and Gene Taylor (MS-04). Now, the delegation seems pretty well settled. With GOP Sen. Thad Cochran running for reelection, it looks likely all four of Mississippi's House members will stay put in 2014.MS-01: Alan Nunnelee (R) - Northeast: Tupelo, Southaven, ColumbusSolid Republican. After handily unseating Democratic Rep. Travis Childers in 2010, Nunnelee's only concern was winning renomination against Tea Party-aligned Europa Mayor Henry Ross in 2012. But Nunnelee, who once chaired the state senate appropriations committee, badly outspent Ross, taking the primary 57 percent to 29 percent. In the general, he beat former Childers staffer Brad Morris 60 percent to 37 percent. Nunnelee is safe in 2014.MS-02: Bennie Thompson (D) - Mississippi Delta: Jackson, GreenvilleSolid Democratic. A fixture in the state's only African-American majority district for 20 years, Thompson has never been truly threatened in a general election but occasionally attracts an interesting primary challenger. In 2006, he defeated state Rep. Chuck Espy (nephew of former Rep.
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