Richard "Dick" Molpus (D) was Secretary of State for Mississippi from 1984 to 1996. In 1988, after having been reelected as Secretary of State the preceding fall, he ran for the United States Senate seat vacated by Democrat John Stennis, losing in the Democratic primary to Congressman Wayne Dowdy, who eventually lost in the general election to Trent Lott. In 1995, he was the Democratic nominee for Governor, but lost to the Republican incumbent, Kirk Fordice. Wikipedia
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