Christine O'Donnell defeated Mike Castle for the Republican nomination for the Delaware Senate seat. In a surprise upset virtually unknown tea party candidate comes from nowhere and defeats a longtime Delaware politician who has never lost an election. O'Donnell win turns this state from a solid Republican win into a solid Democrat win. O'Donnell has not had very good things come out about her in the course of this campaign and just basically shows anyone can win in a Republican Primary this year. Her problems were so bad even the NRSC was running against her. She has been found to have used campaign donations to pay her rent and lied about her college degree. What she has been most famous for is the fact that she was founded an organization called SALT which promoted abstinentance including barring masturbation. The republican party has got to find out how to deal with the fact that the fringe of their party is now becoming the mainstream of their party and figure out how they can appeal to moderates and independents with such far right candidates.
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