 
Huge Turnout For Wicker Fund
Raiser At Coast Coliseum Dinner By any account, a major fund raiser dinner for Republican Senator Roger Wicker was a success Thursday evening at the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. The event drew nearly 500 major contributors including many of the Coast's most significant business leaders to the $100 a plate, $1,000 a table dinner to hear Wicker speak. On hand for the introductions were
Governor Haley Barbour as well as the rest of the State's top Republican
Wicker was gracious and thanked the governor and others who have supported him over the past year, praising the consideration that people across the state have shown. Wicker noted that national democrats are pumping more than $5 million dollars into Mississippi, beyond what the candidates have raised individually, in support of Musgrove, which he considered evidence of the importance they see regarding the race in this state. (GCN photo right: Sen. Roger Wicker and his wife Gayle) There were numerous local officials at the dinner. They included Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway, D'Iberville Mayor Rusty Quave, Pass Christian Mayor Chipper McDermott, Harrison County Supervisors Connie Rockco and Kim Savant. Senator Roger F. Wicker was appointed to the United States Senate on December 31, 2007 by Governor Haley Barbour. Prior to his Senate tenure, Wicker served seven terms in the United States Congress, having been re-elected in 2006 with more than sixty percent of the vote. Wicker is a U.S. Air Force veteran and became involved in politics in 1980 as counsel to then-Congressman Trent Lott on the House Rules Committee.
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leadership including Lt. Governor Phil Bryant, Secretary of State Delbert
Hoseman, state Treasurer Tate Reeves, and state Insurance Commissioner
Mike Chaney.
The
governor praise Wicker for the commitment of service Wicker has
demonstrated both before Barbour nominated him to serve after the
retirement of Sen. Trent Lott, while Wicker was Congressman, and
especially since his appointment. Barbour said the race between Wicker in
his Democratic Party opponent, former Governor Ronnie Musgrove, is among
the most important in the nation in the upcoming elections and a
Republican victory in Mississippi for
Wicker would be critical for conservatives in Washington.