Cheikh Taylor fends off challenger, wins full term as state Democratic Party chairman 

The Mississippi Democratic Party’s executive committee on Saturday voted to make state Rep. Cheikh Taylor its chairman for a full term, choosing the Oktibbeha County lawmaker over north Mississippi attorney and businessman Wil Colom, who also sought the position.Jacqueline Amos, a National Democratic Executive Committee member from Mississippi, in a statement congratulated the state party’s officers on winning the election to a four-year term and said with the regional and local par