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Tea Party-backed candidates win first U.S. Senate seats


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Tea Party-backed candidates win first U.S. Senate seats

2010-11-03 06:40:00 GMT+7 (ICT)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Tea Party-backed Rand Paul in Kentucky and former Senator Dan Coats in Indiana became the first candidates supported by the Tea Party movement to win Senate seats in the U.S. mid-term elections on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Republican Senator Patrick Leahy was projected the winner in Vermont and Republican Senator Jim DeMint was projected the winner in South Carolina.

With Dan Coats' win, Republicans picked one Senate seat from the Democrats.

The Tea Party has endorsed 129 candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and 9 for the Senate.

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-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2010-11-03

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