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On the night he won the Republican Senate primary, Rand Paul declared he was delivering "a message from the tea party." The movement embraced the first-time candidate because of the libertarian, limited-government views he shares with his father, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Tea party support helped Rand Paul defeat GOP establishment candidate Trey Grayson in the May primary and advance to face Democrat Jack Conway in November. The winner will succeed Republican Jim Bunning, who is retiring after two terms in the Senate.All six House members from Kentucky are favored to win re-election. There is no governor's race in the Bluegrass State this year. McCain won Kentucky in 2008.

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May 20, 2013

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA
WASHINGTON A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news," while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers.

May 20, 2013

Source: New York Post - New York NY
House Speaker John Boehner 's daughter Lindsay , 35, who lives in Hollywood, Fla., married Jamaican construction worker Dominic Lakhan , 38, last week in Delray Beach's Sundy House garden.

May 20, 2013

Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga TN
In virtual lockstep on topics such as guns, God and limited government, Southern Republicans in the Senate differ on how to balance national security interests with First Amendment protections.

May 20, 2013

Source: Marietta Daily Journal - Marietta GA
Gov. Nathan Deal could be on to something big with his call for Georgia Republicans to reach out to minorities, following the lead of the GOP national committee and several prominent party figures.

May 20, 2013

Source: Crooks and Liars
Sen. Rand Paul continued with his charges from earlier this week that former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton had "her fingerprints all over these talking points" on the Benghazi attack and claims that she never "really accepted culpability" because she failed to resign shortly after the tragedy.

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