The surprising thing that Thad Cochran didn’t know happened this week

Published June 13, 2014 3:36pm ET



In light of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor‘s stunning defeat in a Republican primary this week, national Republicans have looked with renewed concern toward Mississippi, where another incumbent, Sen. Thad Cochran, is facing an existential threat from an insurgent challenger in a primary run-off.

But, three days later, Cochran still doesn’t know what happened.

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