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By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyVermont's Democratic voters, unimpressed with anti-incumbent sentiment in other parts of the country, chose Sen. Patrick Leahy to run for a seventh term Tuesday night. In a tight three-way contest for governor, state senator Peter Shumlin claimed victory but his margin was only about 200 votes. Leahy, 70, easily defeated Navy veteran Daniel Freilich and will be a strong favorite against Republican Len Britton in the November election. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee was in the national spotlight as he successfully shepherded President Obama's Supreme Court nominees Elena Kagan ...
Establishment Candidates, Insurgents Both Score in Tuesday's Primaries
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyTuesday's primary lineup, featuring high profile elections in Florida, Arizona, and Alaska -- and lesser contests in Vermont and Oklahoma -- was billed as a test to see whether the political establishment of either party could hold its own in this summer of Americans' discontent. The verdict, especially after the votes were counted in Florida, was not clear-cut. And in Alaska, the picture was even murkier. With 429 out of 438 precincts reporting, Republican challenger and Tea Party fave Joe Miller held a narrow 2,000-vote lead over incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Miller had been endorsed by ...
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