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"FacebookPinterest\n\nBrendan Steinhauser, your organization, FreedomWorks, has been working like crazy to defeat six-term incumbent Senator Dick Lugar, the Republican from Indiana, in tonight\u2019s primary. Lugar is expected to lose. Why does this race matter so much to the Tea Party?\n\n&amp;quot;I think it definitely will change the whole narrative about the Tea Party\u2019s strengths and weaknesses. It will be almost impossible to argue that the Tea Party isn\u2019t making a huge impact on elections in 2012. Our first test was in Utah [where conservatives forced incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch into a primary fight]. That race is still going but we did have a big win in extending that primary. If we win in Indiana it\u2019s going to have a huge, dramatic effect on the national political debate, the psychology of incumbents in both parties, the GOP establishment will be shocked and probably horrified, and it will galvanize Tea Party members out there. One thing I\u2019m hearing around the country is people are just tuning in, saying, \u2019Is this going to happen? Do we have a shot?\u2019 They didn\u2019t realize how close it was...I think this will galvanize folks to the point where they\u2019re saying \u2019What\u2019s next?\u2019 I\u2019m already hearing that. I\u2019m saying \u2019Let\u2019s just get through the night.\u2019&amp;quot;\n\nRead More on Death Race 2012\n\n[Exclusive: The View From Romney And Santorum\u2019s Pittsburgh Meeting\n\n](http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race#ixzz1uJPdxMIR)\n\n[Checking in With Our Favorite Presidential Candidates Who Won\u2019t Be Elected President\n\n](http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race#ixzz1uJPmIi6x)\n\n[An Insanely Close Read of John McCain\u2019s Charles Barkley Tweet\n\n](http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race#ixzz1uJProEw6)\n\nFollow GQ\u2019s Marin Cogan on Twitter for more updates from the campaign trail.\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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