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Omaha Steve

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Wed May 14, 2014, 01:08 PM May 2014

Sasse's dominant victory in Senate race affirms Tea Party influence in Nebraska [View all]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Roseann Moring and Joseph Morton

LINCOLN — To Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ben Sasse, his blowout primary victory is a win for sweeping ideas and the U.S. Constitution.

“We were only going to do this (campaign) if we were going to talk about big, bold, conservative ideas,” he said. “It was about the argument we want to make for our kids and grandkids.”

Meanwhile, national conservative groups claimed the victory as a win for their movement.

“Ben Sasse's decisive victory tonight is a major victory for the conservative movement against the Washington establishment,” declared an election-night press release from David N. Bossie, president of Citizens United, which endorsed Sasse.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20140514/NEWS/140519327/1685#sasse-s-dominant-victory-in-senate-race-affirms-tea-party-influence-in-nebraska



HOW did he get in charge of a liberal arts college where the state D's have recently held their conventions?
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