# Mississippi election for U.S. Senator

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-election-for-u-s-senator/690122>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 5, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-election-for-u-s-senator/690122 "2014-06-05T15:26:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-election-for-u-s-senator/690122/35 "2014-06-25T04:30:28Z")

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[Backed by business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cochran argued that McDaniel would not be able to secure as many resources for a state that relies on federal dollars for nearly half of its state budget.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-cochran-mcdaniel-mississippi-primary-20140624,0,784030.story)

And McDaniel wanted to cut federal funding to his state? What a Dick. And he got 49.3 percent of the vote! Ignorance reigns in this Shit Hole of a state.

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