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Oblivious to the ongoing stump speeches in the pavilion, background, life continues for others at the Neshoba County Fair Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Barbara Day, right, of Little Rock, Ark., sits in Founders Square with her sons, from left, George, 2, and Richard, 4, with a friend's daughter Edie Agostinelli, 19 months. As for listening to the speeches — "Not at all," Day said. "We just wanted to bring them out to play."

Local kids enjoy the attractions at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 28, 2022.

The business of life at the Neshoba County Fair continues in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

A healthy competition of cheering for their candidates erupts in the pavilion at Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair Wednesday, July 31, 2019. The fair, which started in 1889, has extra energy and excitement during an election year.

Trying to stay cool and politics go hand in hand at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

A Ferris wheel is seen on the midway at the 2011 Neshoba County Fair.

Neshoba County Fair runs through Friday in Philadelphia.

A small group of protesters from south Mississippi were among a sea of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran supporters at the Neshoba County Fair. Outside of minor heckling at the start of Cochran's speech, the protest was low key.

Neshoba Central Big Blue Band members, from left, Zach Brown, 15, and Lindsey Beckham, 16, keep the beat with other drum-line members as the Big Blue Band entertains fairgoers in Founders Square Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at the Neshoba County Fair.

People show their support for Terry Rogers for agriculture commissioner during speeches in the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Bobbie Witcher, of Philadelphia, joins others gathering at the Pavillion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair to hear what the political candidates have to say. "This is a tradition, coming to the fair," Witcher says. But it's the first time for Witcher to listen to the candidates. "I'm curious — more concerned. I'm a farmer. I want to know what they're going to do for the working people."

People enjoy the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Neshoba County Fair Day 2

Neshoba County Fair Day 2

Neshoba County Fair Day 2

Neshoba County Fair Day 2

People show support for Republican candidate Lynn Fitch, Republican candidate for attorney general, as she addresses the crowd in the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Neshoba Central Big Blue Band member Zavibien Welch, 16, and the Big Blue Band entertain fairgoers in Founders Square Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 at the Neshoba County Fair.

As political speeches continue in the pavilion, life goes on in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Both fair flags and American flags grace the cabins in Founders Square at the 2019 Neshoba County Fair. Thursday, July 25, 2019

Family relaxes at the Pair cabin at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss. Wednesday, July 26, 2026.

The 2019 Neshoba County Fair has kicked off. Thursday, July 25, 2019.

The Neshoba County Fair, a political forum since the late 1800s, comes alive Thursday, July 26 as people prepare for opening day in 2019.

Gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves' supporters sit on the pavilion floor to get up front and close during his speech at the Neshoba County Fair Thursday.

Addi Claire Bailey, 10, left, and her aunt Jo Ellen Bailey, both of Bruce, work on a homemade, giant Kerplunk game in front of their family cabin on Founder's Square at the Neshoba County Fair Thursday, July 25, 2019. Addi Claire has been coming to the fair her entire life and Jo Ellen Bailey has been coming for three decades. Both agree that it's time spent with family that makes the fair so special. The Neshoba County Fair runs through August 2. Thursday, July 25, 2019

The business of life at the Neshoba County Fair continues in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Local kids enjoy the attractions at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Ralph Mitchell of Slidell, Louisiana helps work the attractions at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Supporters of the Republican ticket crowd the fencing around the Trump campaign cabin waiting for Donald Trump Jr. at the Neshoba County Fair on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

A stop in the shade of the U.S. Post Office for lemonade was a welcome break from the heat for (from left) Sarah and Ray Counce and Anna and Jodi Foster at the Neshoba County Fair on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

The 2019 Neshoba County Fair has kicked off. Thursday, July 25, 2019.

Supporters of Chris McDaniel await his speech at the Neshoba County Fair in Founders Square. Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018.

Huge fans help keep Vicky Hanson of West Point, Miss., cool in the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Johnny Pair of Dickenson, Texas, adjusts his Neshoba County Fair flag at the family cabin at the fair Wednesday, July 26, 2026. Pair's family bought the cabin for 51 years ago, the year he and his wife married.

Rides go strong at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2026.

People gather behind the pavilion in Founders Square after the completion of the speeches at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

The crowd shows support for Greta Kemp Martin, Democratic candidate for attorney general, as she addresses the crowd in the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

The 2019 Neshoba County Fair has kicked off. Thursday, July 25, 2019.

A family cabin at the 2019 Neshoba County Fair displays a banner asking to finish the Yazoo basin pumps project. A major topic of political point at the legendary political stump after months of flooding have inundated the south delta region of Mississippi. Thursday Aug. 1, 2019.

A flautist from Neshoba Central High School's Big Blue Marching Band performs at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Harley Fletcher, left, and Kamdyd Fields, right, both of Collinsville, Miss., take a shortcut when going from one cabin to another at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia Wednesday, July 26, 2023. It's Fields' first time at the fair. "It's beautiful...(theres') nothing like it," Fields said.

The crowd at the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair voices their preferences for the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Incumbent Delbert Hosemann is running against Sen. Chris McDaniel for the Republican nomination.

As political speeches continue in the pavilion, life goes on in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Gubernatorial candidate Jim Hood supporters spill over outside the boundries of the pavilion to surrounding Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair Thursday morning as candidates for governor gave 10-minute orations to large crowds gatered for the traditional stump speeches.