# June 3 Primary Election Results **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 4, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-3-primary-election-results/689993 "2014-06-04T04:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-3-primary-election-results/689993/1 "2014-06-04T04:35:25Z")
In Iowa Joni Ernst won the Republican primary. She wants to abolish the Department of Education and the EPA. Iowa is a fairly centrist state and it hard to see how these positions could result in her winning the general election. > **[Joni Ernst wins Iowa GOP U.S. Senate race](https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/06/03/joni-ernst-victory/9939911/)** > > Joni Ernst wins Iowa GOP U.S. Senate race In Mississippi the race between six term Senator Thad Cochran and Tea Party favorite Chris McDaniel is still too close to call. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-3-primary-election-results/689993/2 "2014-06-04T06:24:13Z")
With about 98 percent of the votes counted, McDaniel had 49.6 percent and Cochran 48.8 percent - a difference of about 2,500 votes. However a third candidate has 1.6% of the vote and the winner needs 50% of the vote so it is pretty certain that there will be a runoff in 3 weeks. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-elections-20140603,0,1956985.story](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-elections-20140603,0,1956985.story)