McDaniel Election Appeal Denied

JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) — A legal loss for senate candidate Chris McDaniel.

The Mississippi Supreme Court  today rejected the candidates appeal of his loss in the GOP primary to Senator Thad Cochran.  Earlier this summer, a circuit court ruled McDaniel  did not file his challenge to the election results within the 20 day window.  The high court today said that legal precedent still exists to show state law does require any election challenge of multi-county races be filed within 20 days.

Statement from Cochran’s legal team: “Today’s ruling by Mississippi’s highest court brings an end to the challenge of the primary runoff election and reconfirms the voters’ choice of Thad Cochran as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. As we have said from the beginning, regardless of the timeliness of the challenge, the facts continue to show this has always been a baseless challenge, and the will of the voters has now been validated by the Mississippi Supreme Court.”

Statement from Chris McDaniel: “Republicans in Mississippi are still left wanting for justice after June’s Republican primary was decided by more than 40,000 Democrats,” McDaniel said. “Worse yet, the courts refused even to hear our challenge,” he continued.

“When we launched this campaign over a year ago, we committed to fight to the very end, and many conservatives showed a great deal of courage in standing up with us,” said McDaniel. “And the fight to save our republic is only just beginning.”

“But now it is time to turn the page and work to enact true conservative change in Mississippi and in Washington, D.C.,” McDaniel continued. “It is my hope that conservatives in Mississippi will view this decision as a motivating factor to get involved in Republican politics so we can change our state for the better for future generations.”

“In the coming days, I’ll be asking conservatives to join us as we continue our fight for principled leadership,” concluded McDaniel”