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Cochran was the first Republican to hold statewide office in [[Mississippi]] since [[Reconstruction]], and in April 2006 he was honored by Time magazine as one of "America's 10 Best Senators."<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183976,00.html</ref>

Cochran was the first Republican to hold statewide office in [[Mississippi]] since [[Reconstruction]], and in April 2006 he was honored by Time magazine as one of "America's 10 Best Senators."<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183976,00.html</ref>

Cochran stole the 2014 Republican primary from Conservative Tea Party challenger [[Chris McDaniel]]. After the primary where neither won 50% and where McDaniel led with 49.5% Cochran courted African American Democrats to vote in the runoff which was open. Cochran, using these sleazy tactics, won a majority of votes  

Cochran won the 2014 Republican primary from Conservative Tea Party challenger [[Chris McDaniel]], albeit with the use of ethically questionable yet legal tactics. After the primary where neither won 50% and where McDaniel led with 49.5% Cochran courted African American Democrats to vote in the runoff which was open. Cochran, using these questionable  tactics, won a majority of votes  

with the expanded electorate featuring African American Democrats. Cochran also admitted to "[[Bestiality|doing indecent things with animals]]" during this process.

with the expanded electorate featuring African American Democrats.  

 

Cochran is now expected by the African American Democrats in exchange for them saving his seat in the Senate increases in welfare such as Food Stamps for [[Welfare queen]]s or to make changes to voting rights to benefit Democrats; it is more likely that Cochran will take a further shift leftward.

==Early life==

==Early life==

Thad Cochran was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi. His father, William Holmes Cochran, was the principal and his mother, Emma Grace Cochran, a teacher in schools in Pontotoc, Tippah, and Hinds Counties. Cochran earned Eagle Scout as a youth and was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award as an adult. He graduated from Byram High School near Jackson and received a B.A. degree from the [[University of Mississippi]] with a major in psychology and a minor in [[political science]] in 1959. Despite being a lifelong Democrat, Cochran changed party affiliation to Republican in the 1960s and went on to serve as Mississippi executive director of [[Richard Nixon]]'s 1968 presidential campaign.

Thad Cochran was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi. His father, William Holmes Cochran, was the principal and his mother, Emma Grace Cochran, a teacher in schools in Pontotoc, Tippah, and Hinds Counties. Cochran earned Eagle Scout as a youth and was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award as an adult. He graduated from Byram High School near Jackson and received a B.A. degree from the [[University of Mississippi]] with a major in psychology and a minor in [[political science]] in 1959. Despite being a lifelong Democrat, Cochran changed party affiliation to Republican in the 1960s and went on to serve as Mississippi executive director of [[Richard Nixon]]'s 1968 presidential campaign.