GOP lawmaker loses in Okla., Hatch wins in Utah

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, gives his victory speech at an election party after his primary win over former state senator, Dan Liljenquist, Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at an election party in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)Republican divisions resurfaced in congressional primaries, with five-term Rep. John Sullivan falling to a tea party backed opponent in Oklahoma while Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch easily defeated another candidate backed by the insurgent group. It was Hatch's first primary challenge since his election to the Senate in 1976.



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