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| − | '''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. |
| + | ==Electoral history== | ||
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> |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 22:21, February 15, 2017
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.
Electoral history
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"[1] John Fund, a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal asked if this[2] was the flier that got Thad Cochran elected. The ad read "The Tea Party intends to prevent blacks from voting on Tuesday".[3]
External links
- Exclusive – Tea Party Patriots Publishes Evidence Henry Barbour at Center of Race-Baiting in MS, Calls on Reince Priebus to Censure Breitbart.com
References
- ↑ Chris McDaniel Opens Legal Challenge in Mississippi GOP Primary Race (August 4, 2014).
- ↑ Fund, John (June 25, 2014). The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected?.
- ↑ Who Paid for Race-Baiting Flier in Mississippi?