It. Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska Zapraszamy Become the seventh Congressional incumbent Thurs lose a primary in 2010 if her too-close-to-call race with 'tea party' favorite Joe Miller stays in Mr. Miller's favor. The last time this Many incumbents lost primaries was in 2002, "when eight Representatives and one senator lost before the general election. Here are the ousted incumbents, in the order They Lost Their primaries.
7. It. Robert Bennett (R) of Utah
The first casualty of the 2010 primary season, Senator Bennett Also seemed like one of the most unlikely. They had a high vote ratings from conservative-leaning advocacy groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and they strolled Thurs victory in 2004 with 69 PERCENT of the vote.
But Utah's Republican primary voters Took exception "Thurs Bennett's" yes "vote on the Troubled Asset Relief Program - the bank bailout - in 2008 and at his partnership with its liberal. Ron Wyden (D) of Oregon is a health-care reform plan. (The Wyden-Bennett plan never Even Came to a vote.) At the Utah Republican convention is May 8, Bennett finished a Distant Third in the Senate balloting behind two Political novices with "tea party" support, thus failing to qualify for the June primary.
Mike Lee, a former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, won the Republican nomination over businessman Tim Bridgewater in the primary.
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