He won all his other elections by 60 per cent or more. Maybe McDaniel was his first Tea Party opponent or maybe McDaniel was the first one with guts enough to take on the Mississippi which I hear is formidable.
In Louisiana, the saying is "better the devil you know, then the one you don't know." Mississippi is exactly the same, in terms of congress critters, governors....The only time they change is for term limited politicians..