Hillary will be in Mississippi tomorrow night!

[Maddy McCall]

She's going to speak at the annual Jefferson Jackson Hamer Democratic dinner in Canton, Mississippi. So she's not giving up on the state, contrary to what some may think. Bill's planning to visit the state Friday.

I know that Obama has opened an office in Jackson, MS. I've seen a few Obama bumper stickers and Clinton bumper stickers, too! Don't know which way it'll go, but it feels good to see Mississippi matter in a Democratic primary.

Edited to add this info:

Sen. Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the Mississippi Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Hamer Day Dinner, according to senior adviser Burns Strider.

“There is no other place she'd rather be,” Strider said in a statement to the media.

The event is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Canton Multipurpose & Equine Center.

The Clinton campaign announced earlier today that Bill Clinton will be in Hattiesburg, Meridian and Tupelo on Friday to campaign for his wife.

Hillary Clinton, a U.S. Senator from New York, won key primaries Tuesday night in Ohio and Texas. She is locked in a tight race with Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

Mississippi’s Republican and Democratic presidential primaries are Tuesday. Sen. John McCain of Arizona won the Republican nomination Tuesday night.

McCain and Obama visited Mississippi last year. Sen. Clinton has not campaigned in the state.

A spokesman for Obama said he will not attend the state Democratic Party's 26th Annual Jefferson Jackson Hamer Day Dinner Thursday in Canton.

He and Sen. Clinton were both invited to attend.

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