Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch turns back primary challenge from Dan Liljenquist
Source: Washington Post
Six-term Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) survived a primary challenge Tuesday night, easily beating former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist .
With 6 percent of the vote in, Hatch led Liljenquist 69 percent to 31 percent.
The senator’s victory was not in much doubt. In fact, the primary almost didn’t happen. If a candidate wins the support of 60 percent of the 4,000 state GOP convention delegates, there is no primary. Hatch took 59.2 percent at the April convention. That meant a head-to-head with Liljenquist among the broader GOP electorate — a race for which Hatch was better funded and better prepared.
Four years ago, tea party activists took out Sen. Bob Bennett at the convention; he was replaced on the GOP ticket by now-Sen. Mike Lee. Conservatives geared up for a similar coup this cycle.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/utah-sen-orrin-hatch-survives-primary-challenge/2012/06/26/gJQAwgBh5V_blog.html
The wingnuts fail in their efforts to teabag the hatchling, proving that the tea party is no longer relevant.
= new reply since forum marked as read
