The Latest: Democrat enters US Senate race in Mississippi
ELLISVILLE, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. Senate race in Mississippi (all times local):3:05 p.m.
A Democratic state lawmaker says he running for U.S. Senate in Mississippi.
State Rep. David Baria (BARE-ee-ah) of Bay St. Louis announced his intentions Wednesday, a day before candidates' qualifying deadline and the same day a Republican state lawmaker held an event to launch his own campaign for the Senate seat.
Mississippi has not had a Democrat in the U.S. Senate since January 1989. Baria says he wants to "give voters a true choice."
Republican state Sen. Chris McDaniel says he is challenging U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker in the June 5 Republican primary.