The 2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 2008. The seat was regularly scheduled for election, unlike the

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taking place on the same day. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator

Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...

won re-election to a sixth term.

Candidates

Democratic

* Erik R. Fleming, State Representative and nominee in 2006 * Shawn O'Hara

Republican

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Predictions

Polling

Results

References

External links

Elections Division
from the ''Mississippi Secretary of State''
U.S. Congress candidates for Mississippi
at

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Mississippi, U.S. Senate
from CQ Politics
Mississippi U.S. Senate
from ''OurCampaigns.com''
Mississippi U.S. Senate race
from ''2008 Race Tracker''
Campaign contributions
from OpenSecrets
Cochran (R-i) vs Fleming (D)
graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
Wicker (R-i) vs Musgrove (D)
graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com * ''Official campaign websites'' (Archived) *
Thad Cochran
Republican *

Democratic *
Ronnie Musgrove
Democratic *
Roger Wicker
Republican
The Real Roger Wicker site critical of Wicker
by the

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