Democrats say 'now is time' to seize 8th District

Monday, January 28, 2013

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Democratic hopefuls Sunday said the resignation of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson last week presents the best chance their party's had in years of ending the GOP's 32-year reign over the state's 8th Congressional District.

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