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On June 24, incumbent Mississippi U.S. Senator Thad Cochran managed to overcome his primary challenger, state Senator Chris McDaniel, in the state's runoff election. McDaniel, heavily backed by the tea party, narrowly defeated Cochran on June 3, but failed to gain a majority of the vote. Heading into the runoff, McDaniel seemed to have the momentum on his side as a statewide poll showed him leading by 8 points. Cochran, however, managed to put together a last minute coalition of voters -- branc

The outcome of the Mississippi Republican runoff election between U.S. Senator Thad Cochran and state Senator Chris McDaniel has sparked controversy within the GOP. McDaniel and his campaign are currently looking into voting "irregularities" that occurred on Tuesday and may challenge the results in court. Meanwhile, some within the Republican Party -- particularly tea party and conservative grassroots activists -- are not happy that Cochran was able to broaden his outreach to non-GOP voters. An

Early in the evening, after the polls closed but long before the election results came in, Nate Cohn of the New York Times tweeted that the Mississippi Republican runoff between U.S. Senator Thad Cochran and state Senator Chris McDaniel "is close enough that it really will depend on the details of the margin and turnout in the big, outstanding base counties." http://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/481626086913372161 While Cochran, the six-term incumbent senator, eked out a win in a runoff electio

Midterm elections tend to see lower voter turnout and less interest from the media. Midterm primary elections have even more paltry turnout numbers among those that even are able to vote. This year’s primary season though has been particularly interesting so far from Mississippi’s surprising run-off election between Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel to Eric Cantor’s stunning defeat in Virginia. Now, heading into the general election, there is another twist from two Koch brothers, David and Charl

A Democratic operative is working with the Mississippi Conservative PAC to rally support for incumbent U.S Senator Thad Cochran (R), who is in a heated primary runoff race against Mississippi state Senator Chris McDaniel. According to The Clarion-Ledger, James "Scooby Doo" Warren says he has put together a statewide get-out-the-vote (GOTV) plan with the help of the PAC and New Horizon Church pastor Bishop Ronnie Crudup, Sr. When asked if he was receiving blow back from members of his own party

Politico reports that U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has decided to stay out of the Mississippi U.S. Senate primary runoff race between state Senator Chris McDaniel and U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. The low turnout expected in the summer runoff election will give McDaniel an opportunity to unseat the incumbent. “We’re not going to get involved,” Paul said. He is not the only Republican Senator staying out of this race, choosing to avoid a conflict of interest that would come from publicly support

The hits just keep coming for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. For weeks, stories of the deplorable policies and procedures in place at VA Medical Centers across the country have continued to surface and have stirred outrage among service members, veterans, and Americans at large. As these accounts continue to emerge, an increasing number of Americans are calling for justice, but justice doesn't seem to be forthcoming. Earlier this month, more accounts of "secret wait lists" emerged in

A national discussion regarding the state of civil rights in the U.S. exploded after racial comments made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling were made public, followed by news that he has been banned for life from the NBA.However, another story broke on the same day NBA Commissioner Adam Silver held his press conference that might be even more important for the future of civil rights in the country: a federal court struck down Wisconsin’s voter ID law. The law first passed in 2011, as a measure

In Illinois' 17th Congressional District, a re-match is set which may help determine the balance of power in the House of Representatives. Stretching from Rockford in north central Illinois, extending south and west along the border with Iowa, before finally reaching Peoria in central Illinois, the 17th district sees Colona native and former Republican congressman Bobby Schilling attempting a political comeback. In 2010, Schilling, a former insurance agent and restaurant proprietor, challenged

In Rebecca Traister’s fantastic book, Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election That Changed Everything for American Women, she identified 2008 as a truly groundbreaking year. It was the year that a woman won a state presidential primary for the first time in the nation’s history, and saw only the second female vice-presidential candidate on a major party ticket.Four years later, in 2012, Congress saw more women enter its chambers than at any other point in U.S. history, with 101 women in both bodies.