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The primary? that is the big question right now. that second senate seat will become vacant at the beginning of next month when thad cochran resignation becomes official. then it will be up to republican governor phil bryant to appoint a successor and now facing immense pressure within the state to head off the mcdaniel challenge by naming a strong conservative to the seat. perhaps it is bryant himself. we shall see. that is what mitch mcconnell would like. mcdaniel must figure that he has a better shot against a newly appointed republican than a long-term incumbent like wicker. and from his 2...

Fraud. >> so sam, what is your understanding of the state of the evidence as we sit here tonight? >> well, we know that there are, you know, 2,000 to 3,000 votes that are cross-over votes, we feel like probably statewide. the number that they keep saying of irregular votes has risen all the way up to 5,000, and then i've heard reports today of as high as 6,000, 7,000. the attorney, mitch tynor, could not give us an exact number during the press conference. but to put it in perspective, these are what they're calling irregular votes so it doesn't mean they can be contested or they'll be illogic...

Ago, is pushing for another election in the state's republican senate primary. mcdaniel narrowly beat cochran on june 3rd but because he failed to reach 50% of the vote, a runoff was held three weeks later. with a higher turnout and the help of apparently some african-american democrats, cochran managed to beat mcdaniel by over 7,000 votes. cochran's margin of victory and his strategy to court liberals has mcdaniel pushing for a third election. a lawyer for the mcdaniel campaign said this -- >> we're looking to see how many ineligible voters voted in the runoff. we do not want to see any elect...

Of this election other than with the mcdaniel people? are there any people who ended up going with cochran who are starting to kind of grumble, like maybe we shouldn't have done that? >> no, i haven't heard any of that. you know, i think most people are just kind of tired of the election in general. it's become quite the circus. we thought it was going to die down. we get crazy things that happen just about every day. so you wake and up wonder what's going to happen next. going back to what you were talking about, whether or not they're going to be able to come together on the republican side,...

Only the republican vote, he should have won the primary. and he's just never wanted to come to terms with the fact that it was an open primary. and obviously it doesn't do great things for the image of the republican party that what they are objecting to for the most part are african-americans who crossed in to the republican primary. >> and sam, what are the democrats in mississippi making of this situation? what opportunities have they found in it, if any? >> well, ricky cull, who's the state party chair, is encouraging mcdaniel, as you can imagine -- >> i imagine, yes. >> to push forward w...