Age and Race Decide Election 2014

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Sen. Thad Cochran beat his Republican challenger, Chris McDaniel, in a nail-biter in Mississippi. McDaniel won the original primary race, but was forced into a run-off against the incumbent Cochran after he failed to win at least 50% of the vote.  However, some overtly racist public comments by McDaniel were his eventual demise, as African-American voters from the Democratic party ended up rallying behind Cochran and helping him to defeat McDaniel in the end.

In New York City, a “much-too-close-to-call” race between 22 term congressman Charles Rangel and his Democratic challenger, Adriano Espaillat, wasn’t officially decided until yesterday.

Rangel, an African-American, has presided over his district in Harlem for 44 years.  However, recent redistricting shifted huge Hispanic neighborhoods into Rangel’s district, giving the Dominican Espaillat a fighting chance to oust the incumbent Rangel.

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With a history of ethics charges against him,  an insurgence of Hispanic voters in his predominately black district, combined with his advanced age and the need for “new blood” in Washington, Rangel fought his toughest reelection battle yet, which came exceeding close to ending in defeat late Tuesday night.  However, with a final tally of 47% to 44% the 84-year-old Rangel defeated Espaillat, prompting Rangel to announce that this would be his last election.