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''The Clarion-Ledger'' declared prematurely that "the handwriting is plain for all to see -- the Magnolia State wants nothing to do with the two-party system."<ref>''Jackson Clarion-Ledger'', November 7, 1963</ref> Ungracious in victory, Adam telegraphed Yerger that since the GOP had been "electrocuted, will you please advise the date and place you will deliver the funeral oration?"<ref>''Hattiesburg American'', November 6, 1963</ref> Phillips in defeat said his new party had "lost a battle ... we have not lost the war. We now know that we have a strong two-party system."<ref>''Hattiesburg American,'' November 6, 1963; ''[[U.S. News and World Report]],'' November 18, 1963, p. 46</ref> Years later, chairman Wirt Yerger said that Phillips might have run stronger had he endorsed legalized liquor sales. A 1963 poll found that 75 percent of Mississippi voters wanted to end statewide [[prohibition]], something not achieved until 1966. Mississippi was the last state with prohibition. Yerger said that the validity of the survey was unclear.<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," p. 257.</ref>​

''The Clarion-Ledger'' declared prematurely that "the handwriting is plain for all to see -- the Magnolia State wants nothing to do with the two-party system."<ref>''Jackson Clarion-Ledger'', November 7, 1963</ref> Ungracious in victory, Adam telegraphed Yerger that since the GOP had been "electrocuted, will you please advise the date and place you will deliver the funeral oration?"<ref>''Hattiesburg American'', November 6, 1963</ref> Phillips in defeat said his new party had "lost a battle ... we have not lost the war. We now know that we have a strong two-party system."<ref>''Hattiesburg American,'' November 6, 1963; ''[[U.S. News and World Report]],'' November 18, 1963, p. 46</ref> Years later, chairman Wirt Yerger said that Phillips might have run stronger had he endorsed legalized liquor sales. A 1963 poll found that 75 percent of Mississippi voters wanted to end statewide [[prohibition]], something not achieved until 1966. Mississippi was the last state with prohibition. Yerger said that the validity of the survey was unclear.<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," p. 257.</ref>​

Three Republicans were elected to full legislative terms in 1963 to the state legislature: Representatives Lewis Leslie McAllister, Jr., a businessman from Meridian who had first won a [[special election]] in 1962, and attorney Charles K. Pringle of Biloxi, and State Senator [[Seelig Wise]]<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," p. 242, 262.</ref> of Clarksdale, who represented Coahoma, Tunica and Quitman counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressregister.com/article_b087cf45-a5b0-5c9e-b798-4dd9cf620d9f.html|title=Seelig Bartel "Bushie" Wise, September 7, 2004|publisher=''The Clarksdale Press Register''|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref>

Three Republicans were elected to full legislative terms in 1963 to the state legislature: Representatives [[Lewis McAllister|Lewis Leslie McAllister, Jr.]], a businessman from Meridian who had first won a [[special election]] in 1962, and attorney Charles K. Pringle of Biloxi, and State Senator [[Seelig Wise]]<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," p. 242, 262.</ref> of Clarksdale, who represented Coahoma, Tunica and Quitman counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressregister.com/article_b087cf45-a5b0-5c9e-b798-4dd9cf620d9f.html|title=Seelig Bartel "Bushie" Wise, September 7, 2004|publisher=''The Clarksdale Press Register''|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref>

The ''Greenville Delta Democrat-Times'' urged Republicans to run candidates in all future elections. "Within the next decade, the Republicans ... will be on par with the Democrats. When that day arrives, the GOP will look back on this election as the real starting point."<ref>''Greenville Delta Democrat-Times'', November 4, 1963</ref> The paper claimed that Phillips faced the opposition of "virtually every Democratic officeholder as well as the crushing weight of the state's one-party tradition. In the face of these odds, the showing was even more amazing."<ref>''The Greenville Delta Democrat-Times,'' November 6, 1963.</ref>

The ''Greenville Delta Democrat-Times'' urged Republicans to run candidates in all future elections. "Within the next decade, the Republicans ... will be on par with the Democrats. When that day arrives, the GOP will look back on this election as the real starting point."<ref>''Greenville Delta Democrat-Times'', November 4, 1963</ref> The paper claimed that Phillips faced the opposition of "virtually every Democratic officeholder as well as the crushing weight of the state's one-party tradition. In the face of these odds, the showing was even more amazing."<ref>''The Greenville Delta Democrat-Times,'' November 6, 1963.</ref>