Delegates force Hatch into primary for first time since 1976

Deseret News ^

[House Atreides]

Sen. Orrin Hatch fell 31 votes shy of winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, forcing him into a primary election for the first time since his first election in 1976.

[House Atreides]

I consider this another piece of very good news.

[NowApproachingMidnight]

Great news indeed.

[struggle]

“Down the Hatch, Orrin Hatch!”
- Tom Servo

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Buh-bye, Orville.

Good luck in your new career peddling influence as a DC lobbyist.

[mardi59]

Bye bye RINO. Couldn’t happen to a nicer lib lover.
I hope Lugar goes the way of the DoDo too.

[randita]

Not surprising.

[Elle Bee]

very great news ... he has delusions of a Supreme Court nomination ... put him out to pasture ...... he's approved enough liberal judges

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[madison10]

That’s too bad. He’s been a great person for the courts and the Constitution.

[Oatka]

Old proverb: “Don’t count your Hatches until they chicken.”

Hopefully we’ve seen the last of this RINO.

[SaxxonWoods]

Orrin, we’ve upped our standards, up yours!

[pogo101]

Dump him. Mark Levin was wrong to endorse this establishment, big govt GOP fossil.

[Tea Party Terrorist]

36 years is long enough. He hit his primary opponent in 1976 for being in the Senate too long...18 years.

[Malesherbes]

His old buddy, Ted the Swimmer, must be turning in his grave.

[Monorprise]

Its a bit premature he still won more than 50% of the delegates.

In Washington an incumbents has lots of power, made so largely because of the corrupt rules of the house & senate that favor the people who have manged the get elected the most consecutive times.(Insolently the same folk most likely to favor Washington’s power)

Hatch is far from defeated.

[Venturer]

Hopefully that will change. We have enough RINO’s without Hatch.

[newzjunkey]

It may or may not be. His fellow Mormon challenger worked at Bain and he got an award last year from Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks where TeaParty “primaried” Bob Bennet is a fellow.

[RedMDer]

All contributions are for the Current Quarter Expenses.

[combat_boots]

1976.

Boy. That was a whole ‘nuther world.