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Marilyn John wins Republican nomination for Richland County Commissioner
As of Tuesday, May 6, Marilyn John has been named the unofficial winner of the Republican nomination for Richland County Commissioner. John will face Democrat Phil Scott on the ballot in November.
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Republican forces eager to defeat Democratic incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan have rallied around state House Speaker Thom Tillis. The tea party faces uphill fight in Ohio, too.
Primary season kicks off in earnest Tuesday, with contests in three states: North Carolina, Ohio, and Indiana.
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At center stage is the Republican primary for US Senate in North Carolina, where the GOP establishment, tea party, and Christian conservatives are duking it out for the chance to take on freshman Sen. Kay Hagan (D). Senator Hagan is one of the most vulnerable Democrats this cycle in a state that voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and has been trending conservative ever since.
Hagans defeat is crucial to Republicans hopes of taking over the Senate in November. But Hagan and national Democrats are on the case, with strong fundraising.
The Republican establishment has rallied around state House Speaker Thom Tillis, who faces seven primary competitors. If Speaker Tillis can take at least 40 percent of the primary vote Tuesday, he will avoid a runoff and can immediately get to work campaigning against Hagan. If not, he will face a runoff on July 15, likely against tea-party-backed obstetrician Greg Brannon.
But the Republican powers-that-be want nothing to do with a runoff, which drags out their intraparty battle and raises Democrats hopes that an insurgent could win the primary the kind of candidate who makes off-the-wall statements and has cost the GOP Senate seats in the past two elections. The US Chamber of Commerce and American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-affiliated "super political action committee," are backing Tillis, as is Gov. Pat McCrory (R), 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, and potential 2016 contender Jeb Bush.
Dr. Brannon is backed by tea party Sens. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky and Mike Lee (R) of Utah, as well as national tea party groups FreedomWorks and Tea Party Patriots. A third candidate, the Rev. Mark Harris, pastor of Charlottes First Baptist Church, is backed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Tillis had struggled to break away from the pack, but in late April, Public Policy Polling showed him surging to 46 percent. Brannon polled second at 20 percent, and Mr. Harris was third at 11 percent.
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North Carolina Senate primary: GOP establishment fights back against tea party (+video)
Raleigh, N.C. Republican voters have chosen state House Speaker Thom Tillis as their party's candidate to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, according to incomplete and unofficial returns.
Tillis captured more than the 40 percent of the vote he needed to avoid a runoff against his chief GOP rivals: Rev. Mark Harris of Charlotte and Dr. Greg Brannon of Cary.
"We need one big group hug," Tillis said as he addressed excited well-wishers Tuesday night. He then launched into a speech that lambasted Hagan for her support of President Barack Obama and his signature health care law.
Hagan easily won her party primary Tuesday night. Throughout the campaign, Tillis has said that he has been cleaning up Hagan's mess in Raleigh, a reference to her time as a state budget writer before Tillis' GOP took power in the state capital. He called the Affordable Care Act, what some call "Obamacare," a mess of Hagan's making.
"Kay Hagan made this mess," Tillis told cheering supporters. "I want you all to grab a broom and help sweep Kay Hagan out of office."
Eight Republicans filed to run for their party's nod, but Tillis has long been the choice of mainstream GOP figuressuch as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and U.S. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. In recent weeks, he has landed endorsements from 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory.
Those endorsements brought campaign cash and help from outside spenders like American Crossroads but also suspicion from the tea party wing of the party, which has seen Tillis as too ready to compromise with Democrats and too allied with corporate interests.
But that criticism didn't faze such Tillis supporters as Terry Lursen, 56, of Huntersville, who said he volunteered for the Mecklenburg County Republican because of "his leadership, his ability to know the right thing to do and have people follow him."Lursen cited Tillis' endorsements from the National Rifle Association and National Right to Life.
"The only people saying he's not conservative enough are the people who want to see him defeated. It's a deception," Lursen said.
Tillis was joined in Charlotte by fellow lawmakers, including Rep. Pat Hurley, R-Randolph, and Rep. Jacqueline Schaeffer, R-Mecklenburg.
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