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Defense Appropriator Faces Runoff Election; Armed Services Member Narrowly Avoids One

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Wednesday, June 4th, 2014

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Defense Appropriator Faces Runoff Election; Armed Services Member Narrowly Avoids One

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), former chairman of the Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees. Cochran passed away last week.

In the primary elections in Mississippi on Tuesday, one House Armed Services Committee member narrowly won enough votes to advance to the general election this fall, and a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee member finds himself in a runoff with a Tea Party candidate. Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) won just 50 percent of the votes, barely escaping a runoff himself, according to media reports. He defeated Gene Taylor, who served in Congress from 1989 to 2011, when Palazzo unseated him. Taylor,…

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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