[11th Commandment]

What is not reported is the TEA Party did very well in open senate seats. Sort of an Art of War thing, while the establishment spent money and time on incumbants, Tea Party had a sneak attack on open seats. The TEA Party went after six open seats and won in 5 (the "loss" was Oklahoma but the nominee isn't bad.) Summary below

		Open Seat	Retiree	GOP Nominee
	Republicans - 3 seats
		Georgia	Saxby Chambliss (70), 2 terms	David Purdue	Tea Party defeats establishment
		Nebraska	Mike Johanns (62), 1 term	Ben Sasse	Tea Party backed Cruz/Palin
		Oklahoma	Tom Coburn (65), 2 terms	James Lanford	Defeated Tea Party Backed T.W. Shanon
	Democrats - 5 seats
		Iowa	Tom Harkin (74), 5 terms	Joni Ernst	Tea Party
		Michigan	Carl Levin (79), 6 terms	Terri Land	Tea Party
		Montana	Max Baucus (71), 6 terms	Steve Daines	Tea Party from US HOUSE
		South Dakota	Tim Johnson (67), 3 terms	Mike Rounds	TEA Party was nuetral in race
		West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller (76), 5 terms	Shelley Moore Capito	Not typically supported by Tea/Conservatives- no Tea opposition

[riverdawg]

Nice post. Another interesting thing about the Georgia Republican primary is that it effectively ended the political careers of three incumbent House members who were vying for the nomination: Jack Kingston, Phil Gingrey, and Paul Broun.