Sasse projected winner. A victory over the crummy establishment, but not an unexpected one.
Yes, you know the people intimately.
The rest of us don’t.
Who is the GROPE - Grand Repubbie Ole Party Elite candidate, and who is the Tea Party conservative?
What are the rules for the primary? Winner is the winner or is there some 50% threshold with a runoff?
13% reporting 90,000 votes so far.
This is just the beginning, folks.
The race next Tuesday against Mitch McConnell is vital.
Support Matt Bevin if ya can:
This is a really, really good win. Sasse is going to be a nice asset in the Senate for the liberty caucus. He is a really, really solid, smart and articulate guy.
Additionally, this is THE race where the lines were drawn by the McConnell branch of the party. This is where he blackballed the consulting and media groups involved for any party money, and doubled and tripled down on Osbourne...who is a typical establishment pick...folded like a cheap suit in this race with a third place finish. McConnell dressed down Sasse in a well-known meeting and once and for all showed his true colors.
BEN SASSE WINS NEBRASKA GOP SENATE PRIMARY
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/05/13/Sasse-Wins
Excerpt:
LINCOLN, Nebraska—Midland University President Ben Sasse won convincingly against former State Treasurer Shane Osborn and businessman Sid Dinsdale in the Republican Senate primary here, likely sending a vaunted young conservative voice to the Senate in 2015.
Sasse, who received the backing of top national conservatives like Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as well as powerful groups like the Club For Growth, focused his campaign message on repealing Obamacare and restoring the constitutional vision of the Founding Fathers.
The Associated Press called the race for Sasse. With 13 percent of precincts reporting, he was up 43 percent to Dinsdale’s 26 percent.
Good
Will the GOPe fund him and support him or do to him what they did to Ken Cuccinelli????????
Wow, an actual Democrat came in second?
Only 2 precincts remain (17/19) - Stanton County, which is in the Omaha / Lincoln area ... I guarantee Dave is making phone calls to make sure his “boy” wins ... They’ll “find” just enough ballots to put Bruning over the top. At this moment the race is within 1 percentage point
Pete Ricketts has 26.48%
Jon Bruning has 25.49%
99.89% precincts counted
Thank you Nebraskans! I appreciate your wise decision on this day.
But, I thought that Mitch McConnell and the GOP Establishment was going to “crush” all the Tea Party candidates....”all over the country”.