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Cheikh A. Taylor (born December 12, 1973) is an American politician serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 38th district. Elected in 2016, he assumed office in 2017. Taylor was elected Chair of the Mississippi Democratic Party July 6, 2023 in an emergency meeting. [1]
At the national convention the integrated Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) claimed the seats for delegates for Mississippi, on the grounds that the official Mississippi delegation had been elected in violation of the party's rules because blacks had been systematically excluded from voting in the primaries, and participating in the precinct and county caucuses and the state ...
The Mississippi Democratic Party holds none of the eight statewide offices and is in the minority in both houses of the legislature. Mississippi Democrats hold one of the state's four U.S. House seats and none of the state's U.S. Senate seats and have not since 1989 when John C. Stennis left office.
Mississippi Democratic Party Interim Chairman Cheikh Taylor won by a landslide against Columbus attorney Wilbur Colom Saturday during the party's election, earning the position for four years.
Wilbur Colom told Democratic Party members that he plans to run for party chairman against Cheikh Taylor. The election is Saturday. Could MS Democratic Party have third leader in 11 months?
“As chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party, it gives me great pleasure to endorse Kamala Harris who is a fellow alumni of Howard University," Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor said in the ...
By the end of August 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party had gained so much attention nationally that its delegates had 80,000 members belonging to their racially integrated party. In time, some activists from the Northeast, including some of the Freedom Riders, would come to dominate the administration of the new party.
The former chair of Mississippi's Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit seeking to reinstate himself as its leader, arguing that he was improperly ousted in July. Tyree Irving, a former appellate ...