The state Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of Chris McDaniel’s lawsuit over his June GOP primary loss to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran. The court ruled four to two, upholding a lower court decision that McDaniel waited too long to file the challenge of his loss. Three justices did not participate. McDaniel in statement said, “Republicans are still left wanting justice” by the decision and said he hopes “conservatives in Mississippi will view this decision as a driving factor to get involved in Republican politics.”
Neither McDaniel nor his lead attorney Mitch Tyner answered definitively on Friday whether the ruling will put end to his trying to overturn the election, but McDaniel said, “now is time to turn the page and work to enact true conservative change.” Tyner said that while he disagreed with the ruling, “we are glad the Supreme Court finally ruled and Mississippi conservatives can move forward into 2015.”
Cochran adviser Austin Barbour said: “I think all of Mississippi hopes this process is over. I think all Mississippians are ready to move past this whole episode we’ve been dealing with for months now.”
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