McDaniel To File Legal Challenge Of Senate Primary Results Thursday

Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, foreground, explains the rationale for establishing the Mississippi Senate Conservative Coalition, a group dedicated to the advancement of conservative ideas and legislation during ... Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, foreground, explains the rationale for establishing the Mississippi Senate Conservative Coalition, a group dedicated to the advancement of conservative ideas and legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Although the organization is all Republican, McDaniel says they are open to members of other parties. Sen. Michael Watson, R-Pascagoula, in the background, is one of the 11 founding members. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) MORE LESS
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Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) will file a legal challenge of the U.S. Senate primary results in court on Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

He lost the primary to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) by 7,667 votes, but McDaniel claims that there were illegal crossover votes from African-Americans and Democrats.

McDaniel spokesman Noel Fritsch said that the lawsuit will be filed in Jones County, Miss., according to the AP.

The state senator’s legal team announced last week that they would definitely file a legal challenge. McDaniel claimed that he actually won the primary runoff by 25,000 votes.

On Monday, McDaniel’s legal team sent a list of the allegedly irregular votes as preliminary notification to the Cochran campaign. Among the votes voluenteers tallied, they included McDaniel’s own lawyer and his lawyer’s wife on the list of irregular votes.

McDaniel asked supporters to help fund his legal costs in a Wednesday letter, according to the Clarion-Ledger.

“Our case is a strong one,” he said. “This fight won’t be easy, and it won’t be cheap. So I’m asking you to chip in $50 or more to help us fund this fight.”

According to the Clarion-Ledger, once McDaniel’s lawyers file the challenge, the Mississippi state Supreme Court chief justice will appoint a judge to hear the case, who will then decided where to hear the challenge.

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  1. So that’s going to be the challenge? Black people voted, so he should be declared king outright? Gonna go well I expect.

  2. Avatar for meri meri says:

    “Among the votes voluenteers tallied”

    Red fucking underline.

    Anyway, why Jones county? It’s not the capital or anything.

  3. Avatar for bdtex bdtex says:

    We’ve all assumed that the challenge would go nowhere but none of us has really seen the evidence.

  4. Caitlin, if you plan to file stories without using spell check, or even a second set of eyes, just turn in your resignation to Josh now.

    SMDH

    In terms of McDaniel and his tantrum, I only have three words: DISMISSED, WITH COSTS.

  5. I like “Dismissed, with costs.” I can dig it.

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