establishment pick trey grayson trounced by the much more conservative rand paul. in nevada, republican establishment pick sue loudon, the chickens for checkups late lady, she was trounced by the more conservative sharron angle. in florida, the original establishment pick charlie crist was essentially forced out of the republican party and into the independent column by conservative candidate marco rubio. the republican party makes its endorsement make their endorsement, the party gets behind its candidate, and then the conservative movement candidate beats the endorsed republican party candidate. it keeps happening over and over and over again. last night it happened again in colorado. the republican establishment pick, lieutenant governor jane norton, was beaten by the more conservative movement candidate ken buck. in connecticut, the republican establishment pick recruited to run for the seat by the republican senate campaign committee, rob simmons, he was ousted by wrestling exec
endorsements were definitely high profile. president barack obama had bennett s back while former president bill clinton pushed for romanoff. connecticut winning the republican senate primary, former world wrestling entertainment executive linda mcmahon. she will battle state attorney general dick blumenthal for the seat. minnesota, mark dayton barely snagged the democratic nomination for governor. he will take on gop nominee tom emin. karen handel and mike huckabee may have stumped for deal but the runoff for governor is too close to call. back to con. that senate race. perhaps money can buy you love. that s former wrestling executive linda mcmahon who spent $22 million of her own fortune in the republican primary campaign. and she secured her party s
supposed to do and just getting built a bad hand of candidates and nominees. mcmann a special case of deep prots. the former wrestling executive easily winning the republican nomination after spending tens of millions of her own dollars into this race. i said the day since we started this campaign that the support of the voters of connecticut isn t bestowed by the establishment or the pundits or the media. it isn t a birth right. it can t be bought. it needs to be earned. tonight, i m humbled to have earned your support. mcmahon will challenge democratic state attorney general general michael blummenthal this fall. the race too close to call in georgia. let s talk quickly about connecticut. mr. mayor, it s money counts. to beat somebody with that
apply now at marriott.com/freenightstay. you ve got staying power. we re back. tuesday s republican primary in connecticut pits former wrestling executive linda mcmahon against rob simmons who stopped campaigning two and a half months ago. quinnipiac has simmons 30% to mcmahon s 47%. with the third candidate peter schiff pulling 13.
sharron angle, great republican botch of 2010? is this the sequel? we won t know until election night in november, but we ll know a little bit more in a few days. on friday, the choices are the moderate well-knowned former congress manning chris shays or wrestling executive linda mcmahon, who won the nomination in 2010 and then spent $50 million of her own money, trying to win a senate seat in 2010 and she lost, even in that super republican year. so we will see if connecticut keeps up the trend of what dick lugar is calling the purification process in these republican primaries. i think it s a process that must feel great to the republicans, because they keep doing it. but so far, in 2012, just like in 2010, it means that the democrats are starting to look like they will have a chance of holding on to the senate in november. that is something that nobody