POLITICAL LEDGER

McDaniel lawyer: legal challenge 'slightly delayed'

Geoff Pender
The Clarion-Ledger
McDaniel (left) and Cochran

Mitch Tyner, attorney for Chris McDaniel, says an expected legal challenge by McDaniel of the June 24 GOP primary runoff won't be filed today.

Tyner last week had said he expected to file a challenge of McDaniel's loss to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran within 10 days, which would have ended today (Friday).

Tyner said in an email this morning: "We've been slightly delayed in getting some of the data that we want to include in the challenge and expect to file it next week."