(Rogelio V. Solis | AP photo) Laura Van Overschelde, a state tea party activist and a FreedomWorks member, listens as other speakers, call for Gov. Phil Bryant to appoint state Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, to the U.S. Senate seat Thad Cochran will vacate April 1, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, March 14, 2018.