Castle Loses Senate Primary in Delaware
Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware, a longtime congressman and former governor with expertise in education issues,lost the GOP U.S. Senate nomination tonight to Christine O'Donnell, a tea party-backed marketing and media consultant.
Castle's defeat means that Congress is losing a moderate GOP lawmaker with a long record on, and a lot of interest in, K-12 issues. Folks in Washington saw him as someone who could help the GOP and Democrats