United States Senate Republican Primary Election In Mississippi, 2014
The 2014 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican Senator Thad Cochran, first elected in 1978, ran for reelection to a seventh term. Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014. The election was notable for the contentious Republican primary between Cochran and a Tea Party-backed challenger, Chris McDaniel. After neither Cochran nor McDaniel received 50% of the vote in the primary, a runoff election was held on June 24, 2014. After narrowly defeating McDaniel in the runoff, Cochran defeated Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee Travis Childers, a former congressman, with 60% of the vote. Background Thad Cochran was first elected to the Senate with a plurality of the vote in a three-way race United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1978, in 1978. He was reelected with at least 61% of the vote in United States Senate electio ...
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