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Sharron Angle, Nevada
Small business manager/substitute teacher, former state assemblywoman
Opponent: Sen. Harry Reid (D - incumbent)
Endorsed by Sarah Palin
Angle supports gun rights, expanded veterans' benefits, tighter border security, cuts to government spending and making the Bush-era tax cuts permanent. She opposes the new health care law and abortion. She has said she wants to shut down the Department of Education to help balance the budget and make education a local responsibility.
WATCH Angle on "Top Line."
Ken Buck, Colorado
District Attorney, Weld County, Colorado
Opponent: Sen. Michael Bennet (D - incumbent)
Buck opposes the Recovery Act, tax increases, "big government," a path to legal residency for illegal immigrants, and abortion. He supports a strong national defense, gun rights and expanded veterans benefits.
WATCH Buck on "Top Line."
Jim DeMint, South Carolina
U.S. Senator from South Carolina
Opponent: Alvin Greene, unemployed military veteran (D)
Endorsed by Sarah Palin
Leader in Tea Party movement who has endorsed conservative Republican candidates in races nationwide
DeMint supports expanded veterans' benefits, returning education policymaking to state and local levels, and reductions in taxation and government spending. He opposes abortion and a path to legal residency for illegal immigrants.
WATCH DeMint's interview with ABC's Jonathan Karl.
Ron Johnson, Wisconsin
CEO of PACUR, LLC
Opponent: Sen. Russ Feingold (D - incumbent)
Johnson supports cutting taxes and government spending, elimination of the estate tax, cracking down on illegal immigration through employer sanctions and tighter border security, repealing the health care law, and expanded veterans' benefits. He opposes abortion and a path to legal residency for illegal immigrants. He has called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme."
WATCH Johnson announce his candidacy.
Mike Lee, Utah
Lawyer for Howrey LLP
Opponent: Sam Granato, businessman (D)
Lee supports balancing the federal budget by cutting spending, repealing the health care reform law, a flat tax rate, congressional term limits and gun rights. He opposes guest-worker programs and a path to legal residency for illegal immigrants and is against legalized abortion.
WATCH Lee's Tax Day speech.
Joe Miller, Alaska
Lawyer
Opponent: Scott McAdams, mayor of Sitka, Alaska (D); Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R - write-in, incumbent)
Endorsed by Sarah Palin
Miller supports limited government spending and a repeal of the new health care law. He opposes abortion and environmental "cap and trade" proposals. Miller has said the Social Security program violates the "mandates of the Constitution."
WATCH Miller on "Top Line."
Christine O'Donnell, Delaware
Marketing consultant
Opponent: Chris Coons, county executive (D)
Endorsed by Sarah Palin
O'Donnell supports cuts to government spending, lower taxes and a repeal of the health care reform law. She opposes the Recovery Act and abortion.
WATCH O'Donnell on "Good Morning America."
WATCH O'Donnell at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit.
Rand Paul, Kentucky
Ophthalmologist
Opponent: Jack Conway, state attorney general (D)
Endorsed by Sarah Palin
Paul opposes government bailouts of private businesses, a path to legal residency for illegal immigrants, legalized abortion and the new health care law. He supports lower taxes and a dramatic reduction in government spending.
WATCH Paul on "Good Morning America."
Dino Rossi, Washington
Commercial real estate salesman
Opponent: Sen. Patty Murray (D - incumbent)
Endorsed by Freedomworks, although many Tea Party groups supported his opponent, Republican Clint Didier, in the primary
Rossi supports repealing the health care reform law, lowering taxes and a passing balanced-budget Constitutional amendment. He opposes environmental "cap and trade" policy and a path to legal residency for illegal immigrants.
WATCH Rossi on "Top Line."
Marco Rubio, Florida
Lawyer, former Speaker, State House of Representatives
Opponents: Rep. Kendrick Meek (D), Gov. Charlie Crist (I)
Rubio supports a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution, gun rights and a repeal of the health care reform law. He opposes abortion rights and a path to legal residency for illegal immigrants. The son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio initially opposed Arizona's controversial immigration law, but now supports it since it was changed to narrow the circumstances under which people could be asked for their papers.
WATCH Rubio on "Nightline."
Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania
Former U.S. Representative
Opponent: Rep. Joe Sestak (D)
Toomey supports the reduction and elimination of taxes for individuals and small businesses and Second Amendment rights. He opposes the stimulus, abortion rights, and same-sex marriage. When it became apparent that incumbent moderate Republican Sen. Arlen Specter would lose to Toomey in a primary, Specter ran as a Democrat and lost the Democratic primary to Sestak.
WATCH Toomey explains his platform.
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Tom Emmer, Minnesota
State congressman
Opponent: Mark Dayton, former U.S. Senator (DLP)
Endorsed by Sarah Palin
Emmer supports cutting government programs to balance the state's budget, tax cuts to small businesses and individuals, expanded veterans' benefits and gun rights. He opposes health insurance mandates, higher taxes and abortion rights.
WATCH Emmer explains why he's running for governor here.
Nikki Haley, South Carolina
State senator
Opponent: State Sen. Vince Sheheen (D)
Endorsed by Sarah Palin
Haley, an anti-abortion, pro-gun-rights candidate, supports eliminating the corporate income tax and imposing term limits on state legislators.
WATCH Haley accepts the GOP nomination for governor.
Paul LePage, Maine
Mayor of Waterville, Maine
Opponent: Elizabeth Mitchell, state senator (D)
LePage favors cutting income and car taxes, expanding private health care options and gun rights. He opposes legalized abortion and same-sex marriage.
WATCH LePage discusses his background in a campaign video.
Dan Maes, Colorado
Businessman
Opponent: John Hickenlooper, Mayor of Denver (D)
Maes supports reducing or eliminating Colorado's income tax, requiring businesses to use E-verify to check job applicants' immigration status, tort reform and gun rights. He opposes legalized abortion and same-sex marriage.
WATCH Maes discusses his candidacy.
Carl Paladino, New York
Former CEO, Ellicott Development Company
Opponent: Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General (D)
Paladino supports cutting taxes and spending by 10 percent, cutting the state's income tax on manufacturing, cutting optional Medicaid benefits by $20 billion and imposing term limits on state legislators.
WATCH Paladino's victory speech in GOP gubernatorial primary.
Rick Perry, Texas
Governor of Texas
Opponent: Bill White, former Mayor of Houston, Texas
Endorsed by Sarah Palin
Perry supports cutting taxes on individuals and businesses, cutting state spending, enhancing border security operations, tort reform and increasing enrollment in universities. He opposes legal abortion and the health care reform law, and says Texas should not take stimulus money from Washington.
WATCH Perry's victory speech in GOP gubernatorial primary.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Renee Ellmers, North Carolina
Michael Grimm, New York
Vicky Hartzler, Missouri
Jesse Kelly, Arizona
Adam Kinzinger, Illinois
Charles Lollar, Maryland
Rep. Tom McClintock, California
Rep. Walt Minnick (D), Idaho
Star Parker, California
Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana
Rep. Tom Price, Georgia
Tim Scott, South Carolina
Scott Tipton, Colorado
Glen Urquhart, Delaware
Jackie Walorski, Indiana
Allen West, Florida
Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina
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