The 2014 primary season ends (Sept. 9: DE, MA, NH, NY, RI)

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First full county in in MS: Quitman.

Cochran won it 326-173 this time and only won it 215-129 last time around.

Quitman is a black belt delta county, so it looks like Cochran managed to get the turnout a little higher there while carrying it would roughly the same percentage.

Coahoma County is in now, too, and Cochran took it with 75.3%.

Last time around he took it with 66.7%

And that was in Coahoma County?

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CO is all mail, so they count quickly.

Just looked it up; they passed it last year.  But why did over half the vote from CO come in within half an hour in 2012?

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Yup no Jones yet. Or Rankin or DeSoto either. Cochran's looking better so far, but those three are certainly some of the places to watch. Brace ourselves for the 10,000 vote dagger when Jones reports.

McDaniel is way ahead in the surrounding counties, so this will probably get tighter, in which case, my stomach will also.

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Heart starting to pound. Definitely scared of what's going to come out of Jones County...

Me too, though Rankin County just started reporting, and Cochran leads there with about 52%.

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Guys, none of the heavily black delta counties have reported anything yet. That is HUGE for Cochran

A lot of them are mostly in, but there are still a few left to report.

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McDaniel should get it when it's all said and done. Goodbye Cochran.

Based on what?

HOW THE F*** CAN MCDANIEL WIN HANCOCK COUNTY?

There were 0 buildings left after Katrina. Literally. What. The. F***. I hate all those idiots.

I know how that feels.

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62.7% in from MS; Cochran leads Mamacita 51.9-48.1%.

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Cochran leads Mamacita 51.2-48.8%, with 82.6% in.

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Still lots of McDaniel votes out there in Jones, Lamar, and DeSoto. Don't know why anyone's "calling" it yet...

It ain't over till it's over.

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Jones is starting to come in (about 30% more vote to be counted from there) and Cochran is back to a narrow 7,000 vote lead (51.5-48.5) over McDaniel! And there's still more vote to come from a few other McDaniel counties including Lamar and Perry. Come on McDaniel!!!!

Why the hell are you cheering for McDaniel??

Adam is a rather tedious partisan who thinks it could lead to a D+1 or at least make the Rs look stupid.

Childers doesn't actually have that good of a shot of winning. Most people agree that it's likely R at best with McDaniel and Childers would really have to get high turnout from MS-2, get his reliable 2010 base from his home district, and run up the score in MS-4 to have a shot. It's more so the fact that I support term-limits and Cochran has stayed in Washington too long. There are a few things I agree with McDaniel on (like Common Core), but Cochran is a hardcore conservative who's frankly out of touch. I respect that he brought home money for Katrina funding, but he's making comments that are just offensive or bizarre. We do need new, fresh blood in the Senate.

Yay! Lankford wins! I was worried about this race when a runoff would have just led to a Shannon win and a Republican nomination would have led to a Republican Senator. So even though Lankford is by far one of the worst party-line, hard-line conservatives out there, at least Republicans lost their fuel at an opportunity for another black Senator on their side before 2016 comes around.

So basically what you're saying is that you're glad a white guy won instead of a black guy, right?

No? I'm not a racist, but in this case, from a Democratic perspective and probably other fellow Democrats on here and nationally, Lankford would be better in the Senate than Shannon would, for the sake of our party. Shannon might be Tea Party, but neither is really gaffe prone and really it's obvious why national Republicans like Palin and Cruz came in to support Shannon to begin with. Lankford really doesn't bring anything new to the Senate for the Republican Party, Shannon does.

Wasn't Lankford the Tea Party candidate?

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84.4% in from MS, Cochran leads 50.6-49.4%.

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Still lots of McDaniel votes out there in Jones, Lamar, and DeSoto. Don't know why anyone's "calling" it yet...

Most likely based on Hinds County.

That's what I'm thinking too.  Hinds and Rankin Counties.  I'm not calling it yet, but I'm about ready to.

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Heart pounding.  Palms sweating.  Biting nails furiously.  This runoff appears to be as close as the last one.
Cochran now up to 50.7%, with 89% in.

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92% in, Cochran still leads with 50.7%.

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If it ends up this close, what is the likelihood of a recount?

Hopefully none.

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I do not see how McDaniel wins.  Jones I think is likely to give him another net 2500 votes but he is behind by more than 4000 and there is still more of Hinds to come.

97% of Hinds has reported. So, it will be closer.

Only about 54% of Rankin County has reported.

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Cochran still up by 4500, 92% in. Some Jones and Desoto still out.

Holmes County hasn't reported at all yet.

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Whoah, Cochran is winning Jackson County by one vote.

Now McDaniel is.

Anyway, I think Cochran's just about got this.  Jones County still has a lot of votes left, but so do a number of counties in the northern part of the state where Cochran is way ahead.

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I'm calling this for Cochran now.  It doesn't really mean much, since we don't have a call anywhere else, but it looks like most of the outstanding vote (Jones County aside) seems to favor him.

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Red alert, guys! 94% in, 50.2 to 49.8 in MS! Still a tidge of Jones left. Still some desoto left too.

On second thought...

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I'm starting to think this may go to a recount.

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I'm starting to think this may go to a recount.

No recounts in MS.

What if there's a request for one?

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95.3% now, back to 50.6 to 49.4. I'm calling this for Cochran!

Not so fast.  There's still quite a bit of outstanding vote from Desoto County that seems to favor McDaniel.

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I think I'm going to bed.  I know it's not called, but it looks like Cochran's got it.