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Midland University president and Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse is pictured on campus in this photo from June 5, 2013, in Fremont, Neb. The Senate Conservatives Fund, a national conservative group, has endorsed Sasse in Nebraska's U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, setting him up as the race's tea party candidate. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Tea party favorite Ben Sasse wins bruising Nebraska GOP primary

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Shane Osborn, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Nebraska, speaks at a tea party event in Omaha on April 30, 2014. Photo by Judson Phillips

PHILLIPS: The battle for the tea party

By Judson Phillips

Field of teams: Tea party candidate Ben Sasse (left) and establishment-backed candidate Shane Osborn are opening a new front in Nebraska politics. They are in the middle of a bitter national struggle in the Republican Party between one wing determined to maintain traditional control and insurgents trying to change direction. (Associated Press photographs)

Cornhusker clash: Nebraska sees nasty fight in GOP Senate primary

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this March 11, 2014, photo Republican-backed Senate candidate Shane Osborn, right, and tea-party backed Ben Sasse, left, leave the stage after a debate in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Nebraska GOP Senate primary shapes as tea party versus the establishment

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Tea party big wigs in Nebraska for Sasse

Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the crowd at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star/David Pike)

Ben Sasse scores Sen. Ted Cruz’s endorsement for Nebraska Senate primary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin addresses the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, March 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Sarah Palin to campaign for Senate candidate Ben Sasse in Nebraska

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this March 12, 2014 photo Nebraska Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse, the president of Midland University, campaigns in Elmwood, Neb. Nebraska, home of nice-guy politics, is a new front in the bitter national struggle inside the Republican Party between established leaders determined to maintain control and right-wing insurgents trying to change the party’s direction. Tea party groups are endorsing Sasse and party powerbrokers including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies are quietly backing his opponent, Shane Osborn, and steering the majority leader’s donors his way. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Nebraska is new front in battle for control of GOP

By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press

Shane Osborn (left) has won the support of Concerned Women for America in his bid for Senate in the Nebraska Republican primary. One of his opponents, Ben Sasse (right), a former Bush administration health official, has been called "the clear cut conservative choice" by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. (Associated Press photographs)

Freedomworks rescinds Neb. endorsement for GOP Senate primary hopeful Osborn

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Midland University president and Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse is pictured on campus in this photo from June 5, 2013, in Fremont, Neb. The Senate Conservatives Fund, a national conservative group, has endorsed Sasse in Nebraska's U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, setting him up as the race's tea party candidate. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

No clear-cut leader in Nebraska Republican primary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin addresses the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, March 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Sarah Palin endorses Ben Sasse in Nebraska GOP primary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice to lead the Pentagon, during his confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mike Lee endorses Ben Sasse in Nebraska GOP Senate primary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Midland University President and Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse is pictured on campus in this photo from June 5, 2013, in Fremont, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Anti-Obamacare proves winning strategy in Nebraska GOP race

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2013, file photo Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington after House leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown. Cruz made a name for himself by leading the tea party charge toward shutdown. About half of the respondents in a recent Associated Press-GfK poll knew enough about Cruz to form an opinion, impressive for a senator elected less than a year ago. The bad news for Cruz? Their opinion was negative by a 2-1 margin. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Republican candidates are proud of comparisons to Ted Cruz

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks during the final day of the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in Fort Washington, Md. on March 16, 2013. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Special to The Washington Times)

HURT: Smart enough to know stupid doesn’t work for GOP

By Charles Hurt

** FILE ** In this Oct. 14, 2009, file photo, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

GOP sees reasons for optimism in 2014 for Senate; retiring or vulnerable Democrats open door

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times