Tea Party-backed Christine O’Donnell won the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Delaware, becoming the latest insurgent candidate to overcome opposition from party officials who expressed doubt about her chances of winning the seat in November.
O’Donnell, who was endorsed last week by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, defeated U.S. Representative Mike Castle in today’s primary. With 100 percent of the vote counted, O’Donnell had 53 percent to Castle’s 47 percent, according to the Associated Press.
