Tea Party Faces Off Against GOP Establishment

Tea Party Faces Off Against GOP Establishment
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State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, speaks after being endorsed by former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a rally on his behalf in Madison, Miss., Thursday, June 19, 2014. McDaniel is in a runoff against long-time U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran for the GOP nomination for senate. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

As the bitterly contested Republican Senate primary in Mississippi hurtles toward Tuesday's runoff, the divide between the tea party challengers represented by Chris McDaniel and the Republican Party establishment represented by six-term incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran has come into stark focus.

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