WASHINGTON (AP) — Themes of the November midterm elections have popped up in the handful of primaries and runoffs held in four states, the latest cluster of contests to determine matchups for this year’s congressional elections.
It’s shaping up to be an anti-establishment year, with angry voters casting ballots against candidates with ties to Washington and the political parties.
Perhaps no other contest illustrates that better than Republican Nikki Haley’s race for governor of South Carolina.
A state legislator with the backing of tea party activists and Sarah Palin, the Indian-American woman overtook South Carolina’s old-boy network by beating a four-term congressman, Rep. Gresham Barrett, in Tuesday’s runoff for the Republican nomination.
