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Incumbents Charles Rangel, Orrin Hatch Beat Back Primary Challenges

Primary Night

John Avlon on what convincing wins by embattled Rep. Charles Rangel and Sen. Orrin Hatch mean for November.

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The RINO hunters and DINO hunters took a beating Tuesday night.

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch easily defeated a Tea Party challenge. Left-wingnut and Mugabe-aficionado Charles Barron was decimated by New York Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, despite the support of big labor in his Brooklyn congressional district.

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