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1 of 2. A supporter of Kentucky Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Tea Party favorite Rand Paul watches former Alaska Governor and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin talk about the U.S. midterm elections on a television monitor at Paul's election night rally in Bowling Green, Kentucky November 2, 2010.

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WASHINGTON | Tue Nov 2, 2010 7:48pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Rand Paul, a favorite among the conservative Tea Party movement, won a Senate seat in Kentucky on Tuesday over Democrat Jack Conway, NBC and CNN projected.

The victory preserves a Republican Senate seat Democrats had hoped to win and staunch expected losses elsewhere in the congressional elections.

He will replace retiring Republican Senator Jim Bunning.

Paul, a practicing ophthalmologist and the son of libertarian Republican Representative Ron Paul, had received early backing by the Tea Party movement, which has pushed an agenda for lower taxes and limited government.

(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky; Editing by Eric Beech)
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Cru wrote:
Mm’kay, lets get those lunch counters separated.

Nov 02, 2010 7:24pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Gulfstate wrote:
KY, you are going to get exactly what you asked for and the rest of the country will get a good laugh! That is, when we are not wondering when Rand is going to make his cameo in Sasha Baron Cohen’s next film. (If you did vote for Paul, then you might have to have someone explain this post to you.)

Nov 02, 2010 7:32pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
joeprice wrote:
Sigh. All those years of McConnell and Bunning. Now this. As a progressive voter in Jefferson County (i.e., Louisville, which reliably went blue in this race), I’m looking once again at having absolutely no representation in the U.S. Senate.

Nov 02, 2010 8:57pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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