WASHINGTON (AP) – Voters cast ballots Tuesday in primary elections in six states, plus a runoff in Mississippi. Highlights:
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In Mississippi’s often-bitter Republican contest, veteran Sen. Thad Cochran defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel. The tea party-backed insurgent had channeled voters’ anti-Washington mood and forced a runoff. McDaniel offered no explicit concession, but instead complained of “dozens of irregularities” that he implied were due to Cochran courting Democrats and independents.
As he sought a seventh term, Cochran reached out to traditionally Democratic voters – blacks and union members – who were eligible to participate in the runoff. People who cast ballots in the June 3 Democratic primary could not vote in the runoff.