Tea Party favorite Rand Paul defeated Republican establishment candidate Trey Grayson in Tuesday's GOP Senate primary in Kentucky, giving the anti-big government movement its most significant political victory yet.
With 31 percent of precincts reporting, Paul was leading with 59 percent of the vote to Grayson's 37 percent.
Grayson called Paul to concede the race, Paul campaign manager David Adams told Fox News.
Paul is a 47-year-old Bowling Green eye surgeon who had never before run for office and turned to the Internet fundraising model used by his father to pay for his campaign. Grayson stayed competitive drawing heavy financial support from traditional GOP donors inside Kentucky.
Read more - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/18/tea-party-favorite-rand-paul-wins-senate-gop-primary-kentucky/
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