Thursday, August 7, 2014

The Primary Primer: In Tennessee

Today, in Tennessee, the tea party has its last-best chance to beat an incumbent senator in a race that’s a marquee match-up with  the GOP establishment. After millions of dollars, the tea party failed to topple incumbent senators  in Kentucky, South Carolina, Mississippi, and most recently earlier this week in Kansas. If Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander beats back his tea party challenger state Rep. Joe Carr, this will be the first cycle since 2008 when no incumbent GOP Senator has lost a re-nomination fight.
WHO’S ON THE BALLOT?
The Senate battle is not the only fight in Tennessee today, with an embattled congressman trying to hold on and a former congressman’s son trying to get his father’s seat back, and much more. Our friends at FiveThirtyEight.com  have joined us again to explain the importance of today’s big race. Look for FiveThirtyEight.com senior political writer Harry Enten’s take below.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/08/the-primary-primer-tea-partys-last-stand/ 

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