I think it’s likely Cochran will retire before his term ends. Trent Lott “retired” early and Gov. Haley Barbour replaced him with 12-yr US House Rep. Roger Wicker who won reelection in 2012. Wicker had served in the MS House before running for the US House, so by 2012 he had a long record voters could judge. Not so, McDaniel.
I think it’s likely Cochran will retire before his term ends.
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I agree and think that was the plan all along if in fact he really didn’t want to run this
time as has been hinted at. I don’t know MS politics but it’s possible that he could retire
after taking office and the governor appt a replacement. My thoughts were it would be
someone like Barbour but I don’t know the tendencies of the governor.