Rand Paul,a grassroots conservative activist candidate, running under the "Tea Party" banner, scored a blowout win over the hand-picked Republican establishment candidate, Secretary of State Trey Grayson.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Trey Grayson, the director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics, said part of the strategy for both candidates is to convince some voters to stay home by making the alternative look so unappealing.

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