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Published: 06/23/10

Conservative Mike Lee Wins Utah GOP Senate Primary With Tea Party Help

By  Tom Diemer - Politics Daily
Conservative Mike Lee Wins Utah GOP Senate Primary With Tea Party Help

Conservative lawyer Mike Lee won the Utah Republican Primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, capitalizing on anti-incumbent sentiment and support from the Tea Party movement. The contest will determine who will succeed three-term Sen. Robert Bennett, who was ousted at a GOP state convention last month. Lee, who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, defeated businessman Tim Bridgewater, who also campaigned as a conservative and also had some backing from the Tea Party folks in Utah, the Associated Press reported. Both candidates ran to Bennett's right, railing against federal spending in ...

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