Texas Senator Ted Cruz has lent a powerful voice to the effort to investigate events surrounding the Senate primary in Mississippi where incumbent Thad Cochran narrowly defeated state senator Chris McDaniel. Questions persist about the legality of thousands of votes cast by Democrats for Cochran in the Republican primary and Cruz, who calls the run off "appalling," thinks that accusations of voter fraud should be looked into. Politico: Sen. Ted Cruz is calling for an official investigation into the Republican Senate primary runoff in Mississippi between Sen. Thad Cochran and the challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel. The Texas Republican on Monday evening called the runoff contest “appalling” and said that allegations of voter fraud need to be investigated. “We’ve seen serious allegations of voter fraud,” Cruz said on “The Mark Levin Show.” “And I very much hope that no Republican was involved in voter fraud....(Read Full Post)