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Early life
[[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.
'''Christopher Brian "Chris" McDaniel''' (born June 28, 1972) is a second term senator in the Mississippi state senate, who 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.
==Early life==
He was born on in Laurel, Mississippi,<ref name=miss>[http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/mcdaniel.xml Chris McDaniel]</ref> to Carlos and Charlotte McDaniel. His father Carlos passed a way in a car crash in 1999.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/14/us/chris-mcdaniel-thad-cochran-mississippi-primary.html?_r=0 Upset Fueling Tea Party Hope in Senate Race], [[The New York Times]]</ref>
==Electoral history==
==Electoral history==
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>
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>
He currently represents District 42, covering Forrest and Jones counties.<ref name=miss />
==External links==
==External links==