Cochran coasts to a 6th term

11/5/2008 2:45:52 AM
Daily Journal 

Republican Thad Cochran won a sixth term in the U.S. Senate, easily defeating Democrat Erik Fleming in Tuesday’s election.

Cochran had almost 63 percent of the vote, outpolling Fleming, a former state legislator from Jackson.

The 70-year-old Cochran, a native of Pontotoc, has been in the Senate 30 years. He’s the ranking Republican on the powerful Appropriations Committee.

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