Challenger Chris McDaniel, who lost a run-off to Sen Thad Cochran on June 24, is seeking money to “mount the legal challenge that this case deserves,” according to ABC News. Cochran is the GOP leader on the Senate Agriculture Committee. McDaniel sent a fundraising email contesting the runoff results on Wednesday and a spokesman said the McDaniel campaign has found 4,900 ballots with voting irregularities after checking 53 or Mississippi’s 82 counties.
Election-law experts say it will be difficult to overturn Cochran’s 6,700-vote margin. ABC News said one expert, Matthew Steffey, said challenges have to made in person as ballots are being cast. The run-off results are expected to become official on Monday. A conservative group, True the Vote, filed suit on Tuesday to gain access to election records and to prevent the June 24 results from being certified.