Mississippi held its primary election on June 4, 2014. Because no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote that day, a run-off election will be held between the top two candidates on the Republican side of the Senate election. The Democratic candidate, Travis Childers, was selected in the June 4 primary. The two Republican candidates are incumbent, Thad Cochran, and his Tea Party opponent, Chris McDaniel. According to National Journal, Cochran was named as one of the top five incumbent Republican Senators at risk of losing his primary election.
The situation is so serious for the incumbent that it is reported in Daily Kos Cochran is asking Blacks in Mississippi to help him win. See the article here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/20/1308410/-Cochran-seeks-primary-bailout-from-Mississippi-s-African-American-voters
Cochran is seeking help from shipyard workers too: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/22/thad-cochran-runoff_n_5519097.html
Cochran's campaign got a boost last week when football great, Brett Favre cut an ad for the candidate. See it here: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/06/watch-brett-favres-hail-mary-ad-for-thad-cochran/
The McDaniel campaign has been funded by various Tea Party groups and has been one of the uglier ones so far this season. A recent campaign event turned into a shouting match between the candidate and a senior citizen. Here is the link for that story: http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/chris-mcdaniel-campaign-event-heated
For more information on Mississippi elections see: http://ballotpedia.org/Mississippi_elections,_2014
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