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    O'Donnell Projected to Lose Delaware Senate Race

    Christine O'Donnell Projected to Lose Delaware Senate Race to Christopher Coons

    Vice President Joe Biden's Old Senate Seat Projected to Remain in Democratic Hands

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    Nov. 2, 2010

    Democrat Christopher Coons was projected to beat flamboyant Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell tonight in the race to keep Vice President Joe Biden's former Senate seat in Democratic hands.

    The Delaware race was rarely in doubt as Coons, the New Castle County executive, enjoyed double digit leads in polls in recent weeks, but the national spotlight remained on the state. It was one of the first defeats of the Tea Party.

    O'Donnell first burst into the political limelight as a Tea Party candidate who defeated a moderate and popular Republican, Rep. Michael Castle, in the September primary. She quickly raised $1 million from jubilant Tea Party supporters and won the endorsement of Sarah Palin.

    The spotlight, however, turned harsh as O'Donnell struggled to defuse a series of revelations about her past that included dabbling in witchcraft, unpaid student debts and income taxes, IRS liens and improperly used campaign funds.

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    WATCH: TV Channel 'Forgot' to Run O'Donnell AdWATCH: O'Donnell Says 'Intention Was To Kill' Witch AdFULL EPISODE: GMA: Deanna Favre and FaithShe also had to explain her stands as a social conservative appearing on shows such as Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect" in the 1990s campaigning against pornography and masturbation.

    O'Donnell, who twice ran for the Senate and lost, didn't help her cause when her first television campaign ad began with the declaration, "I am not a witch." It soon became a punchline on late-night talk shows, a sure sign of political jeopardy.

    O'Donnell remained in the Senate race against the wishes of Republicans in Washington. A few national Republican figures donated to her campaign in the days after she won, but she later appeared to be largely been on her own, prompting O'Donnell to publicly criticize the National Republican Senatorial Committee for not helping her campaign.

    While a throw-the-bums-out attitude has shaped races across the country, the Palin-backed O'Donnell did not appear to benefit from the trend.

    Last month, both President Obama and Biden showed up in Delaware to campaign for Coons despite his commanding lead in the polls, trying to link O'Donnell and her Tea Party ties to the national GOP.

    Biden, who held the Senate seat for 36 years, described Coons as "a man of incredible integrity."

    Coons' victory could be vital to the Democrats in the Senate. Should Democrats lose nine other seats in the election, leaving the Senate at 50-50, Coons could emerge as a party savior of sorts because they would retain the majority by virtue of the vice president holding a tie-breaking vote in the Senate.

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    I really wish she would have won this seat and then the rest of the country could just shut up.

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