Thad Cochran
★ U.S. Senator
- Born
- December 7, 1937
- Died
- May 30, 2019
- Age at death
- 81
- Home state
- Mississippi
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1972–2014
10-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Cochran3.7M
Opponents1.9M
10
Elections run
Between 1972 and 2014, Thad Cochran ran in 10 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning all 10. Cochran's biggest single-election total was 766,111 votes, in the 2008 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi. Cochran's closest win came in the 1972 U.S. House election in Mississippi's District 4, decided by 5,507 votes.
Browse every U.S. Senate election in Mississippi, every U.S. House race in Mississippi's District 4, or all 2014 U.S. Senate races.
How many votes has Thad Cochran received?
Thad Cochran has received 3,655,296 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 10–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 378,48159.9% | Travis W. Childers Shawn O'Hara (head-to-head) |
| 2008 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 766,11161.44% | Erik R. Fleming |
| 2002 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 533,26984.58% | Shawn O'Hara (head-to-head) |
| 1996 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 624,15471.03% | James W. Hunt Ted C. Weill |
| 1990 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 274,244100% | — |
| 1984 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 580,31460.94% | William F. Winter |
| 1978 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 267,30245.29% | Maurice Dantin James Charles Evers Henry Jay Kirksey |
| 1976 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 101,13276.04% | Sterling P. Davis B. L. Norman Luther G. Latham |
| 1974 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 62,63470.22% | Kenneth L Dean Leonard R Young |
| 1972 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 67,65547.86% | Ellis B Bodron Eddie L McBride |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000567) and Wikidata (Q723896). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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