Jere Nash Interview with Steve Guyton

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Steve Guyton in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Guyton campaigned and worked as a state staff member for several Mississippi congressmen. Topics covered include family background in politics; working as a youth for John Bell Williams\u27 campaign in 1967; student guide for Charlie Griffin\u27s congressional campaign in 1968; student coordinator for Charlie Sullivan\u27s campaign for Lieutenant Governor; Bill Waller; highway legislation and working for the Highway Department; working for Governor Cliff Finch; district director of the Census in 1980; Cliff Finch; William F. Winter; Jamie Whitten issues, working methods, staff; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway; Whitten\u27s 1962 race against Frank Smith; Whitten\u27s appropriations for Mississippi universities; Cliff Finch\u27s 1975 campaign race for governor; 1976 Democratic National Convention; George Wallace; Jimmy Carter; working for Mike Parker, Chip Pickering, and Roger Wicker; Ed Cole and his 1988 campaign for chair of the Democratic Party; Roger Wicker\u27s 1994 congressional race; Mike Parker changing parties; Maurice Dantin; Mike Moore; Haley Barbour; unification of the Democratic Party in Mississippi