More than a week after results declared his defeat, the tea party-backed candidate in Mississippi's GOP primary for the U.S. Senate notified Sen. Thad Cochran on Thursday that he plans to challenge the outcome. State Sen. Chris McDaniel's campaign served papers to Cochran's son, Clayton, with notice of intent to challenge the results, citing allegations of improper crossover voting, according to the Clarion-Ledger of Mississippi. McDaniel's team had dispatched volunteers across the state to investigate election results in the state's 82 counties. An outside group has already filed a lawsuit in federal court. McDaniel's campaign has retained a legal team and is urging supporters to donate to the campaign legal fund.
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McDaniel campaign serves papers to Cochran with intent to challenge
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The campaign says it found nearly 5,000 "irregularities" in primary voting records
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McDaniel supporters call foul after Cochran's campaign turns to Democratic voters
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Conservative group files a lawsuit asking for full access to GOP primary voting records
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The @placeholder campaign announced earlier Thursday that it is offering 15 rewards of $1,000 each for individuals who "provide evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in voter fraud."
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Cochran had finished about 1,500 votes short of @placeholder in the primary three weeks earlier, but a third candidate kept McDaniel under the 50% threshold needed to win outright.
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The number of inadmissible votes the @placeholder camp said it discovered jumped from about 3,300 to nearly 5,000 on Wednesday after the campaign reviewed records in a dozen more counties.
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"Republicans have a real legitimate chance to retake the Senate and we want to do all we can to make sure the (@placeholder) seat remains in Republican hands."
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