Republican and Democratic leaders studied the defeats of Senate incumbents and handpicked candidate

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(19 May 2010) HEADLINE:Primary fallout: Who falls next? • CAPTION: Republican and Democratic leaders studied the defeats of Senate incumbents and hand-picked candidates in hopes of learning lessons to avoid losses in other upcoming primaries if not the fall election. AP's Matt Friedman reports.(May 19) • Locator: Philadelphia • 0:20-0:24 Ron Fournier/Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief • 0:31-:35 Nora Robinson/Voted for Sestak • 0:42-55 Fourner • 1:29-1:37 Matt Friedman/Reporting/The Associated Press • THE VOTES CAME IN JUST A FEW STATES TUESDAY--BUT THE MESSAGES THEY SEND MAY BE HEARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. • FIVE-TERM PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER LOSES HIS PRIMARY FIGHT. • ARKANSAS SENATOR BLANCHE LINCOLN FORCED INTO A RUNOFF. • A TEA-PARTY-BACKED CANDIDATE DEFEATS THE ESTABLISHMENT PICK IN KENTUCKY'S REPUBLICAN SENATE RACE. • THE MESSAGE? • (sot: ron fournier/ap washington bureau chief) • (10:09:06) The headline from last night is this is panic time for incumbents and the Washington establishment. • RELATIVE NEWCOMER JOE SESTAK BUCKED THE DEMOCRATIC POWER-BROKERS--INCLUDING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. AND VOTERS HEARD HIS CALL. • (NORA ROBINSON/VOTED FOR SESTAK) • (1:20) because he is not specter and I don't trust specter because he changes parties. • THE SUCCESS OF INSURGENT CANDIDATES LIKE SESTAK AND RAND PAUL IN KENTUCKY COULD SIGNAL A CHANGE IN THE WAY CANDIDATES ARE PICKED. • (SOT: fournier) • (29) because they defied their party and they got the backing of a tea party movement or a splinter activist group. what that does is really lessen the power of political parties. • EVEN FORMER MAVERICKS AREN'T IMMUNE. 2008 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN MCCAIN FACES A STRONG PRIMARY CHALLENGE IN HIS ARIZONA SENATE RACE. • AND THERE'S AN EVEN CHANCE THAT VOTERS IN NEVADA COULD TOSS OUT SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID IN THE FALL. • THROW IN A RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION LOOSENING THE RULES ON WHO CAN SPEND MONEY ON CAMPAIGNS--AND AN ELECTORATE INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE ECONOMY.. EXPERTS SAY OUTSIDER CANDIDATES COULD BECOME A LOT MORE COMMON. . • (SOT: FOURNIER) • (10:13:20) this could be the beginning of the unraveling of the two party system, unless the parties start responding to voters. • (SOT: MATT FRIEDMAN/AP) • TWO OTHER INCUMBENTS HAVE ALREADY GONE DOWN THIS YEAR. UTAH REPUBLICAN SENATOR BOB BENNETT AND A WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN LOST PRIMARY FIGHTS. MF AP. WASHINGTON. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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