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These shocks. starting in utah with bob bennett. >> the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic and it's very clear that some of the votes that i have cast have added to the toxic environment. i offer my congratulations, as i say, to whoever wins, but i assure him, he will not have anymore loyal, dedicated, or efficient staff than i've had. >> bob bennett was an incumbent republican senator. he'd been there for 18 years. he was not in the leadership, but he'd been there for 18 years. he was ousted by a challenger from his own party. and even though they didn't oust him in a statewide vot...

Bennett. >> the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic and it's very clear that some of the votes that i have cast have added to the toxic environment. i offer my congratulations, as i say, to whoever wins, but i assure him, he will not have anymore loyal, dedicated, or efficient staff than i've had. >> bob bennett was an incumbent republican senator. he'd been there for 18 years. he was not in the leadership, but he'd been there for 18 years. he was ousted by a challenger from his own party. and even though they didn't oust him in a statewide vote in a primary, they just ousted him at ...

Obviously has been toxic and it's very clear that some of the votes that i have cast have added to the toxic environment. i offer my congratulations, as i say, to whoever wins, but i assure him, he will not have anymore loyal, dedicated, or efficient staff than i've had. >> bob bennett was an incumbent republican senator. he'd been there for 18 years. he was not in the leadership, but he'd been there for 18 years. he was ousted by a challenger from his own party. and even though they didn't oust him in a statewide vote in a primary, they just ousted him at the convention, you can still reasona...

Senator thom dashel is the harry reid of his day. he's the majority leader for the democrats who control the united states senate. and in 2004, that's the night that george w. bush is re-elected of the united states, and that is the night that the senate majority leader loses his seat at home, to republican john thune, when took tom dashel's seat in the senate. tom dashel was an incumbent, he was very, very important, not only was he senate majority leader, he was widely considered to be a very viable democratic presidential contender. mr. dashel was not defeated by his own party, it was a gen...

Nomination should be his. in the republican senate primary in vermont, in 1998, good old fred tuttle won 55% of the vote. he sent the zillionaire guy packing. his spending limit was $16 that year. he promptly endorsed pat leahy, the democratic independent, who he was running against. on election night, senator leahy and fred tuttle had dinner together at fred tuttle's house. they reportedly shared milk and cookies together, and fred told all the reporters that actually he didn't even vote for himself, he voted for pat leahy and he hoped everyone else would too. so jack mcmullen was the zillion...