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Republican in-fighting as voters chose candidates in seven states
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 14 - 09 - 2010


Voters in seven US states will chose candidates
Tuesday in the last round of party voting ahead of nationwide
congressional elections in November.
Observers are closely watching contests in states that pit
experienced Republican office-holders against political upstarts
backed by former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and the
conservative Tea Party movement, dpa reported.
Outspoken against taxes, big government and President Barack
Obama's policies, Tea Party challengers have already toppled
Republican establishment candidates in several states this year, most
prominently Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, who suffered a razor-thin
loss in her bid last month for renomination.
Tea Party candidates were mounting strong challenges Tuesday in
Delaware and New Hampshire congressional primaries and in the race
for the governor's nomination in New York.
In Delaware's race to fill the Senate seat formerly held by Vice
President Joe Biden, moderate Congressman Michael Castle, an
unusually popular Republican in a state that has long been a
Democratic stronghold, faces conservative pundit Christine O'Donnell.
Castle has been favoured in the November general election over
Democrat Chris Coons, but an upset by O'Donnell could tip the general
election in the Democrats' favour.
In New Hampshire, a four-way Republican race for the party's
Senate nomination is led by Kelly Ayotte, a former state attorney
general backed by Palin. In New York, former Congressman Rick Lazio
faces businessman Carl Paladino for the party's nod for governor.
Voters in the nation's capital, Washington, will chose the
Democratic candidate for mayor, in an election that essentially
choses the overwhelmingly Democratic city's next leader. One-term
Mayor Adrian is facing an uphill fight against City Council Chairman
Vincent Gray.
Voters in November will choose the entire 435-member US House of
Representatives and 37 seats in the 100-member Senate. Many states
are holding elections for governor and other state officers, plus
elections for state legislatures and local government offices.
The November vote is seen as a key referendum on President Barack
Obama's first two years in office.


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