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Taylor Touts DoD Work In Close Reelection Financed Partly By Industry

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Friday, October 22nd, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford As Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) faces one of his toughest reelection battles during his 21 years in Congress, he is receiving ample financial support from the defense industry and touting his military-related work to voters. Taylor, the chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittee, is ahead of his Republican opponent, Mississippi state representative Steven Palazzo, in polls, some of which reportedly show only a slim lead. Taylor said two of his campaign's internal…

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