Black Caucus backs Baria in Dem primary runoff for US Senate
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus is endorsing a candidate in the Democratic primary runoff for a U.S. Senate seat.
The caucus chairwoman, Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes, says Thursday that the 49-member group is supporting state Rep. David Baria of Bay St. Louis.
Baria is an attorney and third-term state lawmaker. He faces venture capitalist Howard Sherman of Meridian in the June 26 primary runoff.
The Democratic nominee faces Republican Sen. Roger Wicker and two other candidates Nov. 6.
Williams-Barnes says Baria has voted for issues the caucus supports, such as education funding.
One caucus member, state Rep. Omeria Scott of Laurel, placed third in the six-person Democratic Senate primary, and later endorsed Sherman. Scott tells The Associated Press that nobody asked her about participating in the caucus endorsement of Baria.
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