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Tea Party Favorites Win in Nevada and South Carolina

HeadlineJun 09, 2010

Also in South Carolina, Nikki Haley will face Gresham Barrett in a runoff election in two weeks for the Republican nomination to succeed Gov. Mark Sanford. Haley had received the backing of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. In Nevada, another Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle won the Republican Senate nomination and will face Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the fall. Angle has called for phasing out Social Security for younger workers and the elimination of the Department of Education.

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