Rand Paul Wins Kentucky Primary!

Rand Paul, son of Congressmen Ron Paul, has defeated the establishment candidate in the Kentucky Republican Senate Primary. This is great news for the Libertarian movement and the tea party activists all around the country. It is a single that politicians on both sides of the aisle are huge targets for their out of control spending and reliance on the establishment to get things done in D.C.

From the Politico:

Insurgent Senate candidate Rand Paul claimed the Republican nomination for the seat of retiring Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning Tuesday evening, easily besting establishment favorite Trey Grayson, the sitting secretary of State who won the endorsement of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

With nearly 50 percent of precincts reporting, Paul was drawing 59 percent of the vote to Grayson's 35 percent – a yawning lead over a candidate once viewed as a sure bet for his party's nomination.

On the Democratic side, state Attorney General Jack Conway had pulled into a double-digit lead over Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo, holding 48 percent of the vote to Mongiardo's 39 percent and likely giving national Democrats their preferred nominee for the fall campaign.

The final hours of the primary race brought accusations of “voter intimidation” from Grayson's campaign, as the establishment Republican's campaign manager charged Paul's supporters with "bullying" and called on Paul to "rein in his goon squad and follow the law.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37414.html#ixzz0oKXsx8zF

It is now time to go out and claim the ultimate victory for Rand Paul and deliver him the United States Senate seat and bring a fresh new face to Washington D.C.