Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran (R) fended off the challenge of former state Sen. Chris McDaniel in a hotly-contested GOP primary late Tuesday night, the Associated Press reported.
Authorities in Mississippi are trying to determine how three Tea Party officials wound up locked inside a courthouse hours after ballots were counted in an extremely tight Republican primary election.
Mississippi tea party candidate for U.S. Senate Chris McDaniel says that he appeared at only one of the neo-Confederate secessionist events that he is accused of addressing. According to Talking Points Memo, the conservative Republican intended to speak at both events, but missed his flight to one of them.
