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Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

District: Senior Senator from Mississippi
Residence: Oxford
Born: December 7, 1937; Pontotoc, Miss.
Religion: Baptist
Family: Wife, Rose Cochran; two children
Education: U. of Mississippi, B.A. 1959 (psychology); Trinity College (U. of Dublin, Ireland), attended 1963-64 (international law); U. of Mississippi, J.D. 1965
Military Service: Navy 1959-61
Political Highlights: U.S. House, 1973-78; U.S. Senate, 1978-present
Elected: Elected: 1978 (6th term)
Committee Assignments: Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry (Commodities & Markets; Conservation, Forestry & Natural Resources; Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food & Agricultural Research); Appropriations - Ranking Member (Agriculture; Defense - Ranking Member; Energy-Water; Homeland Security; Interior-Environment; Labor-HHS-Education); Rules & Administration; Joint Library

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State Information: Mississippi

Election History
Year	Election	Candidate	Votes	Percent
2008	general	Thad Cochran (R)	766,111	61.4%
2008	general	Erik Fleming (D)	480,915	38.6%
2002	general	Steven Turney (D)
		Thad Cochran (R)	533,269	84.6%
		Shawn O'Hara (REF)	97,226	15.4%
1996	general	Thad Cochran (R)	624,154	71%
		James W. "Bootie" Hunt (D)	240,647	27.4%
		Ted C. Weill (I)	13,861	1.6%
1990	general	Thad Cochran (R)	274,244	100%
1984	general	Thad Cochran (R)	580,314	61%
1984	general	William F. Winter (D)	371,926	39%
1978	general	Thad Cochran (R)	263,089	45%
1978	general	Maurice Dantin (D)	185,454	31.8%

Vote For President
Year	Democrat	Republican
2008	Barack Obama: 43%	John McCain: 56.18%
2004	John Kerry: 39%	George W. Bush: 59%
2000	Al Gore: 41%	George W. Bush: 58%
1996	Bill Clinton: 44%	Robert Dole: 49%
1992	Bill Clinton: 41%	George H. W. Bush: 50%
1988	Michael Dukakis: 39%	George H. W. Bush: 60%
1984	Walter F. Mondale: 37%	: