U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Sherman: I only helped Wicker to stop McDaniel

The Mississippi Democratic Party received a petition Thursday calling for the disqualification of Democratic candidate Howard Sherman, but the challenge comes too late in the race to be considered.

The petition questions Howard's past donations to Republican candidates and that he has a home in California, neither of which likely warrants disqualification, according to Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Moak.

Sherman, the husband of actress Sela Ward, gave $5,000 to Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker last summer. But he did it to help protect the seat from then-prospective candidate state Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, Sherman said Thursday.

"I gave to Senator Wicker for a very simple reason: Faced, at the time, with a binary choice between Senator Wicker and Chris McDaniels, I knew I had to do whatever I could to stop the dangerous and backward politics of Chris McDaniel," Sherman said in a statement Thursday. "But Mississippi has to do better than both. Senator Wicker isn't getting the job done for the working families of Mississippi, and I am committed to fighting for better jobs, schools and opportunity in our state."

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Sherman is one of six candidates in the primary to compete against Roger Wicker for a six year term. This race is considered to be a safe Republican seat since the general election will only include one candidate from each party.

The other five candidates for the Democratic primary:

David Baria - State House minority leader[1]
Jensen Bohren[2]
Jerone Garland
Victor Maurice Jr.
Omeria Scott - State Representative

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