Cochran Says Numbers Don’t Lie, No Need for Further Election Dispute

JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) — While U.S. Senate challenger Chris McDaniel continues to claim fraud and battle on in a war of words over his loss to Republican Senator Thad Cochran in the June 24 runoff, the Cochran campaign has released a new set of numbers from its own review of county election records.
While McDaniel claims 8,300 irregularities, Cochran’s campaign says the number is about 12 percent that many.
Circuit Court clerks around the region tell WCBI some of the “irregularities” McDaniel cited include check marks instead of the word “voted” in election books, wrong notations and other minor technical errors that differ from county to county.
Cochran’s campaign released the following statement and updated county-by-county review numbers:
“An extensive review of 79 out of 82 counties has confirmed what we already knew: Senator Cochran clearly won the election,” said campaign spokesman Jordan Russell. “While there have been baseless accusations, the county-by-county review found very few votes that could be questioned and were due to routine clerical errors found in any election. It is time for Republicans to come together and focus on making sure this seat is part of a new Republican Senate majority.”
The updated totals show 909 votes that could be questioned out of over 382,000 votes cast statewide, which is less than 0.25% percent. Senator Cochran’s margin of victory was over 7,600 votes.
County Status
Adams Complete – 2
Alcorn Complete – 0
Amite Complete – 6
Attala Complete – 18
Benton Complete – 0
Bolivar Complete – 2
Calhoun Complete – 2
Carroll Complete – 1
Chickasaw Complete – 2
Choctaw Complete – 13
Claiborne Complete – 10
Clarke Complete – 0
Clay Complete – 2
Coahoma Complete – 1
Copiah Complete – 6
Covington Complete – 0
DeSoto Complete – 33
Forrest Complete – 92
Franklin Complete – 3
George Complete – 6
Greene Complete – 3
Grenada Complete – 15
Hancock Complete – 1
Harrison Still Examining
Hinds Complete – 331
Holmes Complete – 22
Humphreys Complete – 11
Issaquena Complete – 0
Itawamba Complete – 9
Jackson Complete – 24
Jasper Complete – 5
Jefferson Complete – 0
Jefferson Davis Complete – 3
Jones No Examination Yet
Kemper Complete – 0
Lafayette Complete 35
Lamar Complete – 1
Lauderdale Complete – 7
Lawrence Complete – 9
Leake Complete – 5
Lee Complete – 24
Leflore Complete – 5
Lincoln Complete – 4
Lowndes Complete – 2
Madison Complete – 39
Marion Complete – 1
Marshall Still Examining – 8
Monroe Complete – 0
Montgomery Complete – 4
Neshoba Complete – 5
Newton Complete – 0
Noxubee Complete – 16
Oktibbeha Complete – 0
Panola Complete- 6
Pearl River Complete – 0
Perry Complete – 1
Pike Complete – 7
Pontotoc Complete – 3
Prentiss Complete – 0
Quitman Complete – 4
Rankin Complete – 0
Scott Complete – 0
Sharkey Complete – 4
Simpson Complete – 7
Smith Complete – 0
Stone Complete – 0
Sunflower Complete – 4
Tallahatchie Complete – 0
Tate Complete – 4
Tippah Complete – 12
Tishomingo Complete – 5
Tunica Complete – 9
Union Complete – 9
Walthall Complete – 6
Warren Complete – 19
Washington Complete – 6
Wayne Complete – 3
Webster Complete – 4
Wilkinson Complete – 1
Winston Complete – 0
Yalobusha Complete – 3
Yazoo Complete – 4