Three days after Mississippi Republican Rep. Roger Wicker was appointed to the Senate, the scramble is on to succeed him in the House.

Wicker, appointed to temporarily replace Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., who resigned Dec. 18, is already running hard in the Nov. 4 special election to fill out the remaining five years of Lott’s term.

Meanwhile, though no date has been set for the House special election in the 1st District, candidates are announcing their intentions to run.

Republican Southaven Mayor Greg Davis told CQ Politics that he has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and in Mississippi to run for the 1st District seat, and news reports indicate that he already faces primary competition from Republican former Tupelo Mayor Glenn McCullough.

The 1st, which takes in the cities of Tupelo, Southaven and Columbus, was once a stronghold for Democrats, who represented the area for more than a century until 1994. Much like the state of Mississippi and the South in general, the 1st has trended Republican in recent years.

Still, Democrats are eager to get in on the open seat race. Lawyer Brian Neely told CQ Politics he plans to run for the Democratic nomination and focus on tax reform.

Travis Childers, Democratic Prentiss County chancery clerk, has also indicated he will run for the seat.

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