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WASHINGTON (AP) — The tea party has suffered two major losses in Tuesday's primary voting. In Mississippi, six-term Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran has barely held off tea party challenger Chris McDaniel. Cochran made a last ditch appeal to Democratic-learning black and union voters. In Oklahoma, Rep. James Lankford has outpolled tea party favorite T.W. Shannon for an outright win of the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Tom Coburn.
WASHINGTON (AP) —Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown has won the Democratic primary for governor of Maryland. Brown has been lieutenant governor to Gov. Martin O'Malley since 2007. A Brown victory in November would make him the first African-American to serve as Maryland's governor. In Colorado, former Congressman Bob Beauprez (boh-PRAY') won the crowded gubernatorial primary that included 2008 presidential candidate Tom Tancredo.
DENVER (AP) — Bill Clinton is defending Hillary Rodham Clinton's commitment to the poor and working Americans. Clinton disputed Republican charges that the former secretary of state is "out of touch." He also said his family's post-presidential wealth doesn't prevent her from understanding the economic problems of Americans. Mrs. Clinton has been criticized for saying her family left the White House "dead broke."
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's leader is beefing up security around Baghdad against a possible military assault by Sunni extremists who have seized control of towns and territory. Iraqi officials tell The AP that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is ready to concede, at least temporarily, the loss of much of Iraq to Sunni insurgents and is instead deploying the military's best-trained and equipped troops to defend Baghdad.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thirteen people who believe they're on the federal no-fly list have taken on the government and won. A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, has ruled that the challengers' freedom to travel has been unconstitutionally impeded. The Justice Department is weighing a possible appeal.
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