Mississippi voters can help their state’s economy this Tuesday by sending Sen. Thad Cochran into retirement.

Cochran, in a runoff for the Republican nomination to hold his seat, is one of the Senate’s legendary porkers. He was the upper chamber’s most prolific purveyor of earmarks every year from 2008 (when Sen. Ted Stevens was indicted) through 2010, when the Republicans banned earmarks, over Cochran’s objections.