NATCHEZ — Incumbent Thad Cochran carried Adams County with 54.69 percent of the vote Tuesday in the race for his U.S. Senate seat.

State Sen. Chris McDaniel received 44.68 percent in Adams County.

As of press time Tuesday, it was unclear whether Chochran and McDaniel would head to a June 24 runoff.

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The winner will face Democrat Travis Childers on Nov. 4. Childers won the party primary Tuesday with 53,377 votes, or 74.7 percent, statewide.

The county’s overall voter turnout was higher than expected, Election Commissioner Larry Gardner said.

Of Adams County’s 20,178 registered voters, 20.52 percent, or 4,140 voters, cast ballots.

Also on the ballot was incumbent Mississippi Congressman Rep. Gregg Harper, who easily won the Republican primary for the Third Congressional District.

Harper received 93.41 percent of the Adams County vote, or 2,338 votes. His opponent, Hardy Carraway received 162 votes.

Democratic candidates vying for Harper’s seat included Jim Liljeberg, Doug Magee and Dennis Quinn. Magee and Quinn will head to a June 24 runoff. The winner of that race will face Harper, independent Roger Gerrard and Reform Party candidate Barbara Dale Washer Nov. 4.

Gardner said he was only expecting a 10-percent turnout at the polls in Adamas County after seeing how quiet precincts were Tuesday morning.

“The way it started off so slow, I just really wasn’t expecting a turnout,” Gardner said. “It picked up later, though, and we hit that 20-percent mark.”

Gardner said no poll workers reported issues with voting machines.

“Everything went smooth,” Gardner said.

Tuesday’s election marked the first time residents of the state were required to show a photo ID before casting their ballots.

Adams County Circuit Clerk Eddie Walker said a total of seven voter ID cards were issued prior to the election.

Walker said he didn’t hear any reports of problems from poll workers who checked photo IDs Tuesday.

“Everything went real smooth with no real problems, glitches or anything,” Walker said. “I didn’t hear a single problem come up all day, which is a good thing.”

Walker said only a handful of Adams County residents arrived Tuesday to their precincts without a photo ID. Those residents were able to cast an affidavit ballot and have five days to return to the circuit clerk’s office to present a valid photo ID or have a voter ID made.