Moments after Mitch McConnell’s win Tuesday, a tea-party-backed congressman from Northern Kentucky called him up and vowed to help his campaign despite doing little before. A conservative Nebraska Senate GOP candidate —who previously had a cool relationship with the leader — sent McConnell’s campaign a $2,000 check. And a tea party-aligned group that dropped more than $1 million against McConnell said now it was time for the party to unite. But one key person was still holding out: Matt Bevin, the GOP leader’s tea party-backed primary foe. National Republicans have beat back tea party forces in a spate of […]

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