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June 4, 2014

Harper, Thompson cruise to easy wins in #MS02 and #MS03

House incumbents Bennie Thompson, Gregg Harper cruise to easy wins JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi congressmen Bennie Thompson and Gregg Harper cruised to victory Tuesday evening in their party primaries. Thompson, a Democrat from Bolton, won his party’s nomination in the 2nd District. Harper, from Pearl, won the Republican primary in the 3rd District. While…
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June 4, 2014

McDaniel leading Cochran in #MSSen, runoff likely; Dem nominee is @childers4senate

Runoff appears likely in Thad Cochran, Chris McDaniel US Senate race Tuesday’s neck-and-neck Republican primary results seem to point to a June 24 runoff between longtime U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran and his challenger, tea party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel. As totals continued to trickle in, McDaniel led by 2,373 votes, which still didn’t appear to…