One Of The Longest Serving Republican Senators Just Set Up A Huge Challenge With The Tea Party Next Year Townhall.com Staff | Posted: Dec 06, 2013 2:42 PM Share Tweet In something of a surprise, Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, one of the longest-serving Republican senators, announced Friday that he will run for re-election next year. The senator first shared the news in an interview with Gannet. Read more at Politics BUSTED: What an SF Bay Area Teachers' Union President Was Caught Doing Should Have Parents' Blood Boiling Matt Vespa Trump Asked About Reports He 'Liked What He Saw' on Jan. 6 Leah Barkoukis Five Must-see Moments From President Trump's CPAC Speech Beth Baumann Brian Stelter Responds to Being Called a 'Gender Neutral Potato Head' Beth Baumann French Laundry 2.0? Is Gavin Newsom Trying to Be Recalled? Bronson Stocking Andrew Cuomo Doesn't Wants Us to Believe All the Women Accusing Him of Sexual Harassment Bronson Stocking SHOW COMMENTS CARTOONS | Bob Gorrell View Cartoon Most Popular This Administration Is Already a Failure BUSTED: What an SF Bay Area Teachers' Union President Was Caught Doing Should Have Parents' Blood Boiling Naomi Wolf Joins Team Reality, And Leftists Lose Their Minds