Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) defeated former Rep. Travis Childers (D-Miss.) on Tuesday.
Cochran was first elected to the Senate in 1978.
The race between Childers and Cochran was a relatively uneventful one compared to Cochran's primary against state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R). That race went to a runoff, which Cochran won by dramatically boosting turnout in Democratic-leaning counties and among African-American voters. McDaniel attempted to challenge the results of the runoff, claiming that the Cochran's win was fraudulently accomplished with the help of Democratic voters.
Cochran's runoff effort was funded by a super PAC run by Henry Barbour, a lobbyist and nephew to former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R).
A leader of the Mississippi tea part committed suicide after he and two others were arrested for allegedly helping a blogger take pictures of Cochran's bedridden wife, Rose, in the Alzheimer's unit of a nursing home earlier this year. Though the photos were used in an online video against Cochran during the Republican primary, McDaniel's campaign denied having any connection to the blogger.
Though Childers attempted to participate in a debate with Cochran, the senator's campaign declined to do so.
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