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May 21, 2014

Republicans Defeat Tea Party Challenges in Primary Votes 
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Primaries were held in six states Tuesday to select candidates for the
upcoming midterm elections. A number of Republicans staved off tea party
challenges, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mc Connell of
Kentucky. Mc Connell will face Kentucky's secretary of state, Democrat
Alison Lundergan Grimes. In her victory address, Grimes rejected Mc
Connell's attempts to link her candidacy to President Obama.

Alison Lundergan Grimes: "President Obama is not on Kentucky's 2014
election ballot. Nothing about this election will change who is in the
White House, but we can change who is an Washington, D.C., and finally
put someone for the commonwealth of Kentucky. Senator Mc Connell, this
race is between you and me. That's the name that appears on the ballot."

 

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