- GOP showdown: McDaniel expected to challenge Wicker for Senate
By ALEX ISENSTADT, 02/26/2018
Mississippi Republican Chris McDaniel is expected to announce later this week that he will wage a 2018 primary challenge against GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, according to two people briefed on his plans.
McDaniel, a conservative state senator ... has scheduled a rally on Wednesday afternoon in Ellisville, Miss.
McDaniel is slated to hold a Facebook Live event on Monday evening to encourage people to attend the rally.
He has recruited two senior Republican strategists, Rick Tyler and John Yob, to assist him.
Tyler most recently worked as a spokesman for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign, and was a staffer on former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s 2012 White House bid.
Yob was a top aide on Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The expected announcement comes ahead of the state’s March 1 filing deadline. ...
McDaniel has been preparing for a comeback bid since his narrow 2014 loss.
A pro-McDaniel super PAC, Remember Mississippi, has been established.
Through the end of 2017, it had around $850,000 on hand and had received checks from GOP mega-donors Richard Uihlein and Robert Mercer. ...
