Primary News: Kentucky

They are calling the Republican Senate primary for Rand Paul, the son of tea-party godfather Ron Paul:

Political novice Rand Paul rode support from tea party activists to victory in Kentucky's Republican Senate primary Tuesday night, delivering a jolt to the GOP establishment and providing fresh evidence of widespread voter discontent in a turbulent midterm election season.

Paul had 59 percent of the vote — with returns counted from 29 percent of the precincts — to 37 percent for Secretary of State Trey Grayson, who had been recruited to run by the state's dominant Republican, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Make no mistake about it: This is a major loss for McConnell and the Republican machine in Kentucky.

This may make the seat more winnable for the Dems, though it is still a long shot, because the Republican establishment, led by McConnell, is not going to pull the lever for Paul, and might even pull the lever for a Dem.

And, at least in the preliminary numbers, it looks like the Dem won't be a blue dog type, as, at the time that I am typing this, "Attorney General Jack Conway led Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo, 49 percent to 39 percent."

Conway is pro choice, pro-union, etc.

I think that this improves the Dems' chances here, because people will vote for a real Democrat, Conway, ahead of a fake blue dog, Mongiardo.

Again, this may be a reaction to the party machine, which backed Mongiardo.