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Thu 08 Aug 2010Boost for Obama as president's man wins primary
WASHINGTON – Democratic senator Michael Bennet of Colorado bucked a national anti-incumbent mood to beat an insurgent challenger, while a Tea Party-backed conservative narrowly defeated an establishment favourite in the state’s Republican senate primary.
In Connecticut, wealthy former wrestling executive Linda McMahon easily won the Republican senate nomination over a former congressman in the latest in a string of Republican primary victories by anti-establishment outsiders.
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