harry truman, in 1939, when he saw this movie hated it. he really despise it. he was seen as a senator from the prendergast machine in kansas city. i always wonder if he did not think at that point that the movie was looking at him and his relationship with the political machine back home. a new book, the u.s. congress a very short introduction. every weekend in august, book tv returns to festivals we have visited around the country. c. christopher hichens in new york this weekend. the harlem book festival next weekend. later in the month, the annual meeting of historians and librarians at freedom fest. it is a panel of authors and books on c-span to. for the full listing, go to booktv.org. the colorado democratic party held a unity rally today following a competitive primary tuesday, in which senator michael bennett defeated the former state house speaker. president obama had campaigned for president bennett, while president clinton had endorsed mr. romanov. th
watch party for michael bennett, the democrat, the incumbent trying to beat back the attempt by andrew romanov. results are coming in we re getting 54% for bennett, 45 for ronanov. on the g.o.p. side, 57% of the precincts reporting former lieutenant governor jane norton at 48%, and tea party favorite, ken buck at 51%. we ll be here all night until this concludes, bret. back to you. thank you. staying in colorado now. g.o.p. governor s race out there, businessman dan mays leads scott mcguiness. in republican primary for senate, in connecticut former professional wrestling executive linda mcmahan leads rob simmons and money manager peter shift. get the latest at fox news.com. we ll have more updates later
comes to colorado. we ll join ken and his cabinet. was michael bennett. michael bennett had his hands full with andrew romanov. bill clinton said andrew romanoff is my guy and i ll do whatever it takes to get him the nomination. on the republican side, the fellow who had the backing of the tea party, a guy by the name of ken buck, wounds up with 52% of the vote versus jane norton at 48. keep in mind colorado is one of those states where everything was mailed in. people didn t really show up for the polls yesterday because they had, done it by mail. very interesting. let s take a listen to ken buck after he found out he won. republicans have been sending their elected officials back to washington d.c. to change congress. and instead those republicans have been changed by congress. it is time republicans started acting like republicans.
nagging buddies in the back seat telling them to get out of the ditch. and how fast to do it. greta: we re getting word bret baier is standing by. this is the marquis match up. kol senate democratic primary michael bennett with more than 60% of the precincts in, incumbent senator michael bennett held off the challenge by andrew romanov. you talked about that with former senator santorum about the challenge from romanov tapping into former president bill clinton s support of romanoff. this is a big win forhe obama white house the fact that the incumbent senator is holding it and associated press just calling that now. for the latest on the ground and color there, let s turn to alicia at the bennett campaign.
now. for the latest on that and the rest of the races, bret baier standing by in washington bret baier standing by tonight. we have almost all of the vote in for the republican gubernatorial runnoff in georgia. nathan deal is maintaining a small lead over karen handle, they re just coming in now. the winner faces former democratic governor roy barns in november. swrek a call here, soon. voting concluded in colorado, in the democratic senate primary, incumbent michael bennett opened a seven point lead on andrew romanov. for republicans ken buck has a slight lead over jane norton with half of the vote counted so far. let s go live to denver for latest from correspondent alicia. good evening, bret. we re here at the election