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[[Image:Mcdaniel.jpg|right|thumb|110px|Chris McDaniel]]

[[Image:Mcdaniel.jpg|right|thumb|110px|Chris McDaniel]]

'''Chris McDaniel''' is in his second term as a senator in the Mississippi state senate, and ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2014 against an entrenched incumbent, [[Thad Cochran]].  This became the highest profile challenge to an incumbent senator in the nation.

'''Chris McDaniel''' is in his second term as a senator in the Mississippi state senate, and ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2014 against an entrenched incumbent, [[Thad Cochran]].  This became the highest profile challenge to an incumbent senator in the nation.

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".

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".<ref>[https://spectator.org/59766_who-paid-race-baiting-flier-mississippi/ Who Paid for Race-Baiting Flier in Mississippi?]</ref>

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