McConnell urges Mississippi governor to consider Cochran Senate seat
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-urges-mississippi-governor-to-consider-cochran-senate-seat/2018/02/01/7f455d68-079d-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?utm_term=.ff5f8ae42b96

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has asked the governor of Mississippi to consider appointing himself to the Senate if ailing Republican Sen. Thad Cochran resigns from office, according to two people familiar with the conversations.

マコーネルはミシシッピの上院議員、サッド・コクランが引退した時に
ブライアント州知事に自分自身を上院議員として指名するように促した

His top aide said Thursday that no imminent plans have been made to announce his retirement.
But Senate leaders and White House aides have been preparing for the possibility that he will step down in the coming months.

コクラン陣営は差し迫った引退の計画はないとしているが
マコーネルやホワイトハウスはコクランが数か月の内に引退する場合の準備をしているとの事

Allies of Wicker have grown increasingly confident in recent weeks that McDaniel will not challenge him.
While they caution that nothing is 100 percent until the March 1 filing deadline, they believe he has increasingly turned his eye toward Cochran’s seat.

マクダニエル(極右候補)がウィッカーの対抗馬になっているが
ウィッカー陣営はマクダニエルがウィッカーには挑戦せず、コクランのシートへの挑戦に傾いているとの見方を強めている

Two major Republican donors, the hedge fund investor Robert Mercer and the Illinois businessman Richard Uihlein, have given more than $1 million to an independent super PAC,
Remember Mississippi, which has been set up to support a prospective McDaniel campaign this year.

かつてのバノンのパトロンであるロバート・マーサーは、マクダニエルへの資金援助を続けている