Politics

Tea Party Darling T.W. Shannon Crashes to Oklahoma Senate Primary Defeat

Grassroots Blow

Anti-establishment groups lined up behind Shannon, who could have become the GOP’s second black senator, but a late nod to his opponent by the retiring Tom Coburn may have sunk him.

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