Jere Nash Interview with William Winter (Part 1 of 2)

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with former Mississippi Governor William Winter in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include the high number of law school students elected to the Mississippi Legislature in 1947; Soggy Sweat\u27s whisky speech; election commissioners; early Republican Party in Mississippi;Winter\u27s race for governor in 1979; Gil Carmichael; Winter on education and state government reorganization; Mississippi Democratic Party chair fight in 1980; Les McLemore; Jimmy Carter\u27s 1980 campaign; Winter\u27s administration; state revenue and deficit; Voter ID bill;and the 2004 presidential race