Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 7:11am

June Primary Day Roundup

Posted by Tom Skypek

I think it’s going to be a solid night for Republicans come November. For a complete overview of last night’s primary election results, check out FOXNews.com.

Virginia’s 11th Congressional District: A big win for businessman and Republican candidate Keith Fimian.  Let’s hope party reconciliation is fast.  Gerry Connolly is a well-funded opponent, but he’s also way out of touch with 11th district voters.  He needs to go.

Nevada: “Nevada Republicans Tuesday picked tea party insurgent Sharron Angle to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, marking the start of an epic showdown between a king of Capitol Hill and a conservative renegade who wants to turn Washington on end,” reports Michael Blood.  Angle came from nowhere in the polls to win last night.  Her victory is a testament to the power of the Tea Party movement.  Pundits who suggest that the Tea Party doesn’t matter are simply being dishonest.  Their efforts to discredit the movement failed.  The strong opposition to Obama care and Scott Brown’s million-to-one victory in Massachusetts are firm examples of the power of this movement.

South Carolina: Nikki Haley, another candidate with Tea Party backing, won big in South Carolina.  Because she just missed the 50% threshold, there will be a run-off election.  However, she demolished her nearest opponent, so there’s a good shot that Gresham Barrett will see the writing on the wall and drop out of the race.

California: Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman both won their respective nomination battles last night.  Fiorina will face Barbara Boxer and Whitman will face former Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.

Arkansas: Democratic incumbent Senator Blanche Lincoln won in Arkansas.  This is good for Republicans, though.  Lincoln is very unpopular, has voted in lock-step with Harry Reid, and is facing a very tough challenger in John Boozman.

November 2010 can’t come soon enough.

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