File-In this Nov. 11, 2010 photograph, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, speaks at the Global Obesity Summit in Jackson, Miss. Espy was Mississippi's first African-American elected to Congress since Reconstruction, who confirmed Friday, April 6, 2018, that he'll run in a special election to finish the term started by longtime Republican Thad Cochran. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)