Hosemann: Fewer than 900 crossover votes in June
JACKSON, Mississippi - Fewer than 900 Mississippi voters might have cast a ballot in one party's primary June 3 and then improperly crossed over to vote in other party's runoff three weeks later,...
View ArticlePlea talks underway with 1 in Cochran photo case
CANTON, Mississippi - Prosecutors say they are in plea bargain talks with a man allegedly involved in plotting to take unauthorized photos of Sen. Thad Cochran's bedridden wife during the Republican...
View ArticleJudge dismisses lawsuit over voters' birthdates
JACKSON, Mississippi - A Texas-based group, True the Vote, will not appeal its loss in a lawsuit that sought access to Mississippi voters' birthdates after a disputed Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
View ArticleChilders to campaign on Mississippi coast
BILOXI, Mississippi - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers will join state Rep. David Baria for a tour of downtown Bay St. Louis on Friday.
View ArticleA Republican Senate means changing the chairmen
WASHINGTON - If Republicans win the Senate, the Pentagon should brace for constant grilling from Sen. John McCain, who has found fault with nearly every aspect of President Barack Obama's national...
View ArticleMiss. GOP stops using promo with football photos
JACKSON, Mississippi - The Mississippi Republican Party says it has stopped using a promotional email that included photos of two college football players without permission of the players or their...
View ArticleMiss. high court sides with Cochran over primary
JACKSON, Mississippi - The Mississippi Supreme Court said Friday that it won't revive an election challenge by a candidate who lost a Republican primary to Sen. Thad Cochran.
View ArticleChilders overshadowed by Miss. Senate GOP primary
MENDENHALL, Mississippi - Former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers acknowledges he faces a tough task running for senator in Mississippi, a conservative state that hasn't chosen a Democrat for that job since...
View ArticleO'Hara positions self as Miss. Senate protest vote
JACKSON, Mississippi - Shawn O'Hara has a perfect record in Mississippi politics - a string of more than a dozen losses over the past 25 years.
View ArticleCochran, Childers speak at Miss. business event
JACKSON, Mississippi - Six-term incumbent Thad Cochran told Mississippi business leaders Wednesday that he will be in line for a committee chairmanship if Republicans regain control of the Senate.
View ArticleSenate changes as more former House members join
WASHINGTON - The Senate is becoming nearly as rancorous as the House, and many say one reason is an influx of senators who served in that sharp-elbowed lower chamber. Tuesday's elections may leave the...
View ArticleCochran-Childers Senate race tops ballot in Miss.
JACKSON, Mississippi - A Senate race that started with a bitter Republican primary will come limping to a close Tuesday when Mississippi voters decide whether to send Thad Cochran back to Washington...
View ArticleNews Guide: Highlights of the Mississippi Election
JACKSON, Mississippi - Highlights of Tuesday's general election in Mississippi.
View ArticleMiss. voters deciding Cochran-Childers Senate race
JACKSON, Mississippi - Mississippi voters are deciding whether to keep Republican Thad Cochran for a seventh term in the Senate.
View ArticleGOP Sen. Cochran wins 7th term in Mississippi
JACKSON, Mississippi - Mississippi Republican Thad Cochran has won a seventh term in the U.S. Senate.
View ArticleRepublicans will hold at least 52 seats in Senate
WASHINGTON - Republicans swept to control of the Senate for the first time in eight years.
View ArticleEarly exit polls: Economy, Obama on voters' minds
JACKSON, Mississippi - Republican Thad Cochran, in winning a seventh term in the U.S. Senate, fared well among those who disapproved of President Barack Obama's performance and who felt the economy has...
View ArticleMiss. re-elects Cochran and 4 House incumbents
JACKSON, Mississippi - Mississippi voters have re-elected Republican Sen. Thad Cochran and all four incumbent congressmen.
View ArticleSen. Cochran carries 58 of 82 Mississippi counties
JACKSON, Mississippi - After winning a chaotic Republican primary earlier this year, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran cruised to a seventh term with 60 percent of the vote in Tuesday's general election.
View ArticleSenate gets more young lawmakers after elections
WASHINGTON - The next Senate will be slightly younger than the current one.
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