In the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, Arlen Specter, Republican turned Democratic Senator who has been in office since 1981, lost his primary bid to Congressman Joe Sestak. At this hour the results have Sestak winning about 54% of the vote and Specter receiving 46%.
In another Democratic Primary in Arkansas, Blanche Lincoln who failed to obtain at least 50% of the vote has been forced into a run-off election with Washington outsider, Bill Halter. Right now the results are extremely close. Lincoln is at 43.0%. Halter is at 42.9%. It doesn't get any closer than that.
Across the aisle, in the Kentucky Republican primary, Rand Paul, the son of former Congressman and one-time Republican Presidential candidate, Ron Paul, beat his Republican opponent, Trey Grayson in what is an apparent victory for the Tea Party people (although Democrats surprisingly turned out over 150,000 more votes than Republicans).
However, Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional district - a conservative district that went for McCain in 2008 - fell for the Democrats tonight by a pretty good margin. Mark Critz had a decisive win over Republican opponent, Jim Burns - 53% to 45% as of now - even with Burns spending over $1 million in his campaign.
So that's the big political news for tonight. I think one thing we can say is that Democrats should be a little bit more optimistic about the upcoming elections this fall.
(Election results were from politico.com)
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