Photo: McDaniel visits Columbus
George Green, left, shakes hands with Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel as he steps off his campaign bus at the Municipal Complex in Columbus Tuesday evening. McDaniel is one of four candidates in a nonpartisan race to replace longtime U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, who is retiring.
Senate candidate: Mississippi begs for ‘government scraps’
Responding to a question about black voters, a white U.S. Senate candidate in Mississippi said Friday that the state has been “begging for federal government scraps” for 100 years and is still “dead last.”
Inside a super PAC that spends on everything but winning
The two billionaire mega donors poured $1.25 million into a super PAC that was supposed to supercharge Chris McDaniel’s insurgent bid to be Mississippi’s next Republican senator.
McDaniel criticizes group that complained about him
A U.S. Senate candidate in Mississippi said Wednesday that he’s filing an Internal Revenue Service complaint against a group that complained to the Federal Election Commission about him.
Finance complaint filed in Mississippi Senate campaign
A nonpartisan group says in a complaint to the Federal Election Commission that a super PAC has been improperly organizing and funding activities for a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Mississippi.
Bryant: National GOP won’t choose new senator
Mississippi’s Republican governor said Thursday that his decision about appointing a new U.S. senator won’t be influenced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell or other GOP leaders in Washington, but he believes his appointee will receive campaign help from the president and vice president.
With 2 US Senate races, Mississippi lawmaker switches pick
With a rare opportunity to run for either of two U.S. Senate seats, an insurgent Mississippi Republican switched targets Wednesday.
Analysis: Hard feelings from 2014 carry into Mississippi Senate race
Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel has launched his second campaign for U.S. Senate, four years after refusing to concede the first.
Slimantics: Senate campaign: Sweet, but deadly
Ask any dog owner and he will tell you to be careful where you keep the anti-freeze.
Sen. Roger Wicker re-election bid facing conservative rival
Mississippi state lawmaker Chris McDaniel, who lost a bitter Republican primary to the state’s senior U.S. senator in 2014, said Wednesday that he is challenging the state’s other Republican senator, Roger Wicker.
Days before deadline, McDaniel unsure about Senate race
A Mississippi state lawmaker who lost a bitter U.S. Senate race in 2014 says he will “get into a dark place and pray” about whether to run this year.
Miss. high court hears GOP Senate primary dispute
Attorneys for six-term Sen. Thad Cochran told the Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday that a challenger waited too long to file a lawsuit seeking to overturn Cochran’s victory in the June 24 Republican primary runoff.
Cochran team asks Miss. court to reject challenge
Attorneys for Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran are asking the state Supreme Court to throw out a rival’s attempt to overturn the senator’s Republican primary victory.
Cochran team preps arguments to Miss. high court
Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran’s attorneys were preparing legal arguments trying to block a rival’s attempt to overturn the senator’s Republican primary victory.
Did McDaniel win by losing Senate race?
It’s been nearly three months since Chris McDaniel lost the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, and he still hasn’t conceded. Now, it’s worth considering whether McDaniel, a state senator tea party favorite from Jones County, is pursuing a long-term political strategy of winning by losing.
McDaniel delays announcement on lawsuit
Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel will take at least one extra day to decide whether to try to revive his lawsuit that challenged his Republican primary loss to six-term Sen. Thad Cochran.
Ballot set with Cochran as Senate nominee
Mississippi elections commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a November ballot that lists Republican Thad Cochran, Democrat Travis Childers and the Reform Party’s Shawn O’Hara as nominees for U.S. Senate.
Trial over Miss. GOP Senate race moved to Sept. 16
Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran’s attorneys say a lawsuit that seeks to overturn his Republican primary victory should be dismissed because it was filed too late.
Retired judge to oversee Miss. election challenge
A retired chancery judge who is now a Methodist minister will oversee a lawsuit that challenges Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran’s victory in a Republican primary runoff.
Cochran foe challenges GOP Senate primary loss
Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel, the tea party-backed challenger who lost a primary runoff to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, has formally asked the state Republican Party to overturn the June 24 election results and declare him the winner.