The Atlantic

Today in Primaries: Will Mississippi Kick Out a Senior Senator for a Tea Party Challenger?

Eight states will go to the polls today to pick congressional and gubernatorial nominees for the November midterm elections. But there's one race that pretty much everyone will be watching: ...
Washington Examiner

Thad Cochran upsets Chris McDaniel in Mississippi runoff stunner

Sen. Thad Cochran won an unlikely come-from-behind victory Tuesday in a Republican primary runoff in Mississippi, holding off Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel in a nail-biter. McDaniel, a state ...
The Atlantic

Mississippi Tea Party Darling Bragged About His 'Mamacita' Outreach

In the spirit of fast-rising white Republicans who say dumb things about race, Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel can now add his name to the list after Mother Jones uncovered a 2006 tape where ...
The Atlantic

Mississippi Primary Voters Intrigued by This 'Less Federal Spending Here' Candidate

The traditional benchmark for a federal politician's success is his ability to deliver projects (read: federal money) for the people back home. In Mississippi, still gripped in the throes of Tea Party ...
The Hour

Mississippi race headed to the wire

WASHINGTON — Tea party favorite Chris McDaniel and six-term Sen. Thad Cochran dueled inconclusively at close quarters in Mississippi's primary election Tuesday night, an epic struggle in a party ...
The Atlantic

Chris McDaniel Formally Becomes the Defeated Tea Party Candidate That Won't Go Away

Tea Party hopeful Chris McDaniel lost his Republican primary challenge to six-term Sen. Thad Cochran in Mississippi on June 24. Cochran beat him by about 7,700 votes. On July 7, the state's Republican ...
The Atlantic

This Is Where Chris McDaniel's Camp Will Look For Voter Fraud

After last night's defiant not-a-concession speech, the Tea Party's Chris McDaniel doesn't seem willing to let his Mississippi Senate seat dreams go. If he does decide to go the legal route, he'll ...
The Atlantic

Chris McDaniel Escorts His Neverending Campaign to Court

In his continued attempt to make the Mississippi Republican Senate primary the most drawn out election of all time, Chris McDaniel finally filed a formal legal challenge with Jones County against the ...
The Atlantic

The Mississippi Senate Race Has Jumped the Shark

When we last left the supposedly-over Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, Tea Party candidate Chris McDaniel was challenging the results of a run-off he lost to incumbent Sen. Thad ...
The Atlantic

Sen. Thad Cochran Beats Tea Party's Chris McDaniel in Mississippi Runoff

Incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran squeaked by with a win over his Tea Party opponent in Tuesday's primary runoff election for the Mississippi. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, the Associated Press ...
The Atlantic

The Mississippi GOP Doesn't Want to Deal With McDaniel

Sorry, Chris McDaniel, you're going to have to take your election challenge to a judge. That was the message the Mississippi Republican Party delivered to the ...