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In this Feb. 28, 2018 photograph, State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, announces his candidacy to the U.S. Senate, in Ellisville, Miss. McDaniel, who tried unsuccessfully to unseat U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., in 2014. McDaniel announced Wednesday, March 14, 2018, that he will drop his primary challenge to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and will instead seek Cochran's seat since he retiring. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Lawmaker who nearly beat Cochran to run for his seat again

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Analysis: Hard feelings from 2014 carry into Senate race

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 7, 2017, file photo, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, speaks about one of his amendments during a floor debate in the Senate chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. McDaniel will challenge U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker in the 2018 U.S. Senate race. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Chris McDaniel launches challenge against GOP Sen. Roger Wicker

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, file photo, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., speaks during an address before business leaders in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi lawmaker Chris McDaniel announced Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that he will mount a primary challenge to the state’s other U.S. Senator, Roger Wicker. McDaniel had hinted at the decision for days and made the announcement at an afternoon rally in his hometown of Ellisville. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Trump-backed senator gets GOP primary foe in Mississippi

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

In this file photo, State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, announces his candidacy to the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Ellisville, Miss. McDaniel will challenge current Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker. On March 14,
Mr. McDaniel announced he was dropping the challenge against Wicker to run instead for the seat vacated by retiring Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi Republican. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Sen. Roger Wicker re-election bid facing conservative rival

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

This Aug. 17, 2017, file photo shows the Mississippi state flag, top, sharing space with the bicentennial banner designed by the Mississippi Economic Council to recognize the state's bicentennial anniversary, outside the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) **FILE**

Chris McDaniel promises to fight for Mississippi flag in GOP Senate primary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, is greeted by his wife, Jill McDaniel, prior to announcing his candidacy to the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Ellisville, Miss. McDaniel tried unsuccessfully to unseat U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., in 2014. He will now challenge current Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

The Latest: Actress Sela Ward’s husband running for Senate

Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, file photo, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., speaks during an address before business leaders in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi lawmaker Chris McDaniel is hinting strongly that he will challenge Wicker in the 2018 U.S. Senate race. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi could see repeat of nasty GOP primary for Senate

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, speaks about one of his amendments during floor debate to the creation of the Asbestos Transparency Trust Act in Senate chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss.. McDaniel, who lost a bitter U.S. Senate race in 2014, says he will "get into a dark place and pray" about whether to run this year. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Chris McDaniel signals Senate primary challenge to Roger Wicker for Republican nomination

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The Latest: Possible Senate challenger ‘looking for a fight’

Associated Press

Possible GOP foe for Sen. Roger Wicker ‘looking for a fight’

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Days before deadline, McDaniel unsure about US Senate race

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Chris McDaniel, who is considering a run for U.S. Senate, says he senses a better political environment than he did with his first campaign. (Associated Press/File)

Trump and Moore wins might push Chris McDaniel toward another run for Senate in Mississippi

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Judge Hollis McGehee offers a bench opinion as to why he dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn six-term U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's victory in a Republican primary runoff, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 in Gulfport, Miss. McGehee dismissed a lawsuit on Friday, that sought to overturn Sen. Thad Cochran's victory in a Republican primary runoff saying that state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who lost to Cochran, failed to start the election challenge on time. McDaniel will announce Tuesday whether he will appeal the ruling to the Mississippi Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Judge tosses tea party candidate’s Senate challenge to Sen. Thad Cochran

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Senatorial candidate Chris McDaniel talks about his election challenge Monday, Aug. 4, 2014 during a news conference at the Tyner Law Firm on I-55 N Frontage Road in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Rick Guy)

McDaniel sues to overturn Mississippi Republican primary

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel filed a legal appeal Thursday pursuant to his challenge of the results of the Republican primary runoff June 24. Mr. McDaniel says thousands of ineligible voters deprived him of a win over the longtime incumbent. (Associated Press)

Chris McDaniel files a legal challenge to Thad Cochran’s Mississippi victory

The Washington Times

FILE - This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congressional Republican leaders on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama’s emergency spending request for the border crisis, saying Obama caused the problem and now wants Congress to sign off on more of the same. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Republicans paid for Mississippi attack ads painting tea partyers as racist: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** State Sen. Chris McDaniel has yet to concede victory to Sen. Thad Cochran. His campaign says it wants to investigate "irregularities" in the primary race as it considers whether to pursue a legal challenge. (Associated Press)

Ann Coulter: Chris McDaniel should concede, live to fight another day

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 10, 2014, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks in Washington. He has made good on a promise to renounce his birth country's citizenship, doing do amide speculation he could make a run at the White House in 2016. Cruz, 43, was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1970, while his parents were working in the oil business there. His mother, Eleanor, is from Delaware, while his father, Rafael, is a Cuban who didn't become a U.S. citizen until 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Ted Cruz knocks ‘D.C. machine,’ supports fraud probe in Mississippi Senate race

The Washington Times

Chris McDaniel pauses while addressing his supporters after falling behind in a heated GOP primary runoff election against incumbent U.S. Senator Thad Cochran on Tuesday June 24, 2014 at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP Photo/George Clark)

DEACE: Can conservatives fight a two-front war?

By Steve Deace