Rand Paul powers through primary!

Fellow Patriots,

The tea party movement took some hits tonight, but also came out strong in other areas.

Here's the briefing on this evening's elections.

Kentucky
Rand Paul came away with a stunning win in his primary race against establishment backed Grayson. Polls showed an almost dead tie in the race, yet Paul is currently out front by almost 25%!

This was a huge blow to the NRSC and the national Republican establishment, and a huge win for tea party activists across Kentucky.

Arkansas
Tim Griffin pulled off a big win in Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District Primary, and will likely get out endorsement next week (pending our advisory board's approval).

Pennsylvania
We've supported Pat Toomey for Senate since late 2009, and we were happy to see him perform strong in his primary tonight. Pat Toomey will go on to face Joe Sestak in the general election in November.

Tim Burns, the underdog Republican in the race for the late Murtha's seat, lost his bid for the special election in Pennsylvania's 12th district. Burns did, however, win his primary race and will advance on the the general election in November.

The night was in no way perfect by any means, but there was plenty of success to point at and be proud of movement performance.

Keep this up, we have to continue the fight!