Incumbents Rangel, Hatch win primary elections
Two terribly completely different congressmen--New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel and Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch--avoided the fate of different incumbents round the country and won re-election Tuesday night despite robust primary challenges in their respective states.
While Hatch had for a few time appeared a shoo-in for re-election, Rangel's fate was way less bound. however Rangel emerged victorious from an arduous House primary, beating back a challenge from state Sen. Adriano Espaillat within the newly redistricted Hispanic-majority thirteenth District.
Rangel led Espaillat fifty to thirty three p.c with seventy p.c of precincts reporting. 3 extra Democrats, together with former Bill Clinton aide Clyde Williams, split the rest of the vote within the thirteenth.
Many had solid Tuesday's Democratic primary because the most troublesome of Rangel's storied 41-year House career once redistricting left the 82-year-old, who is black, running in an exceedingly new district that wasn't black-majority. Espaillat, who is Dominican-American, shored up Latino support further as native Democratic and union backing in an exceedingly race during which he positioned himself as a contemporary face who might restore voters' religion in Congress.
But Rangel's longtime service and in depth political network continued to learn him this cycle, earning him high-profile endorsements from the state's Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the big apple town Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor Ed Koch and others.
Tuesday marked Rangel's initial election since the House voted to censure him in December 2010 for multiple ethics violations, together with failing to report and pay taxes on rental income, improperly soliciting donations and improperly operating a campaign workplace.
In Utah, Hatch simply clinched his party's nomination Tuesday over former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist. Hatch led with sixty eight p.c to thirty two p.c for Liljenquist with twenty eight p.c reporting.
Hatch, a 35-year Senate veteran, had been marked for defeat by the tea party last year, that accused Hatch of changing into an excessive amount of of an institution figure and a moderate for the conservative state. With tea party backing, Liljenquist prevented Hatch from winning his party's nomination outright at the state GOP convention in April.
But the senator remained a lot of well-funded and well-known than his challenger, and he was able to effectively argue that his expertise and seniority would profit the state.
Two terribly completely different congressmen--New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel and Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch--avoided the fate of different incumbents round the country and won re-election Tuesday night despite robust primary challenges in their respective states.
While Hatch had for a few time appeared a shoo-in for re-election, Rangel's fate was way less bound. however Rangel emerged victorious from an arduous House primary, beating back a challenge from state Sen. Adriano Espaillat within the newly redistricted Hispanic-majority thirteenth District.
Rangel led Espaillat fifty to thirty three p.c with seventy p.c of precincts reporting. 3 extra Democrats, together with former Bill Clinton aide Clyde Williams, split the rest of the vote within the thirteenth.
Many had solid Tuesday's Democratic primary because the most troublesome of Rangel's storied 41-year House career once redistricting left the 82-year-old, who is black, running in an exceedingly new district that wasn't black-majority. Espaillat, who is Dominican-American, shored up Latino support further as native Democratic and union backing in an exceedingly race during which he positioned himself as a contemporary face who might restore voters' religion in Congress.
But Rangel's longtime service and in depth political network continued to learn him this cycle, earning him high-profile endorsements from the state's Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the big apple town Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor Ed Koch and others.
Tuesday marked Rangel's initial election since the House voted to censure him in December 2010 for multiple ethics violations, together with failing to report and pay taxes on rental income, improperly soliciting donations and improperly operating a campaign workplace.
In Utah, Hatch simply clinched his party's nomination Tuesday over former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist. Hatch led with sixty eight p.c to thirty two p.c for Liljenquist with twenty eight p.c reporting.
Hatch, a 35-year Senate veteran, had been marked for defeat by the tea party last year, that accused Hatch of changing into an excessive amount of of an institution figure and a moderate for the conservative state. With tea party backing, Liljenquist prevented Hatch from winning his party's nomination outright at the state GOP convention in April.
But the senator remained a lot of well-funded and well-known than his challenger, and he was able to effectively argue that his expertise and seniority would profit the state.
Rachel Rose Hartman, Yahoo! News
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