A total of $17 million was spent in the Mississippi Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
That’s according to the latest calculations of spending in the race by the Sunlight Foundation on Tuesday, the day of the GOP primary.
According to the Sunlight Foundation:
• Total candidate fundraising in the race totaled at $5,640,083
• Total candidate spending totaled at $5,579,381
• Total spending by outside groups came to $11,665,911
So candidate spending plus spending by outside group brought brought total spending in the race to $17,245,292. That figure is especially noteworthy since Mississippi does not have one media market that ranks in the top 50 in the country, according to the Sunlight Foundation.
For outside groups supporting either Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) or his challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-MS), the race was a top priority. Cochran had the support of establishment Republican entities like the Chamber of Commerce while McDaniel was supported by some of the most deep-pocketed and influential tea party-aligned outside groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund and FreedomWorks.
The funny thing, of course, being that they’ll both vote EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.
Oh, dear whom to vote for?
The domestic animal abuser who fondly recalls the bestiality of his youth?
Or the White Supremacist cock-fighting aficionado who breaks into convalescent homes?
Decisions, decisions…
This is one of the very few things I actually appreciate about the TP. Had they simply accepted Cochran’s 100% conservative rating instead of looking for a 150% conservative, they wouldn’t have wasted so much money on an election they were sure to win. Now I wonder if McDaniel loses, will TP voters be so butthurt they sit out the election? If McDaniel wins, will moderates be so angry that they sit out the election? Hotly contested, contentious primaries can be a good thing, but they can also be leave one faction with such hurt feelings that they alienate a portion of the base.
The only chance Childers has is if Cochran wins and the teabaggers continue their tantrum through November.
Yes, that’s right, I think that Cochran will be easier to beat because rednecks act like particularly short-sighted children.
For a primary?? That’s alright, Mississippi doesn’t use it’s tax dollars on education, they can afford it!