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Racially charged advertising
McDaniel won on the primary election day but, due to a third candidate, did not quite attain 50% of the vote. In the subsequent run-off, many [[Democrat]] voters reportedly participated in the Republican primary for the benefit of Cochran, and on that basis he narrowly defeated McDaniel.
McDaniel won on the primary election day but, due to a third candidate, did not quite attain 50% of the vote. In the subsequent run-off, many [[Democrat]] voters reportedly participated in the Republican primary for the benefit of Cochran, and on that basis he narrowly defeated McDaniel.
At a press conference announcing his legal challenge to the primary results, McDaniel said that the GOP is "a party that does not need to play the race card to win"<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris McDaniel Opens Legal Challenge in Mississippi GOP Primary Race|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/08/chris-mcdaniel-opens-legal-challenge-in-mississippi-gop-primary-race/|date=August 4, 2014}}</ref> [[John Fund]], a frequent contributor to [[The Wall Street Journal]] asked if this<ref>{{cite web |last=Fund|first=John|title=The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected?|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/381187/flier-got-thad-cochran-elected-john-fund|date=June 25, 2014}}</ref> was the flier that got [[Thad Cochran]] elected. The ad read "The Tea Party intends to prevent blacks from voting on Tuesday".
==External Links==
* [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/08/07/exclusive-tea-party-patriots-publishes-evidence-henry-barbour-at-center-of-race-baiting-in-mississippi-calls-on-reince-priebus-to-censure/ Exclusive – Tea Party Patriots Publishes Evidence Henry Barbour at Center of Race-Baiting in MS, Calls on Reince Priebus to Censure] [[Breitbart.com]]
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