senator orrin hatch , r - utah , holds his 3 - month - old great grandson , beckham wilson after arriving at his campaign headquarters , tuesday , june 26 , 2012 , in salt lake ... ( associated press ) u.s.
senator orrin hatch , r - utah , holds his 3 - month - old great grandson , beckham wilson , as he greets his great grand daughter , 8 - month - old maggie jennings , and her mother , callie jennings , after arriving ... ( associated press ) until this summer , new york – rep. charles rangel survived the toughest reelection fight of his career , overcoming health and ethics troubles to extend his four - decade run in the house with a win in the new york primary tuesday night .
text size - + reset appearing with supporters at his harlem victory party tuesday evening , rangel , 82 , did not address how much longer he plans to serve in the house , only saying that he ’s committed to the next two - year term .
rangel was ahead of state sen. adriano espaillat by slightly more than 5 percentage points , and the associated press declared him the winner .
in a statement just before midnight , espaillat conceded and congratulated rangel .
sen. orrin hatch won the gop primary in utah on tuesday , handily turning back a challenge from tea party forces hoping to jolt the republican party again by defeating an incumbent who occasionally strayed from the movement 's focus on shrinking the federal government .
the 78 - year - old , six term senator is facing ... ( associated press ) u.s.
” the race was the most closely watched house primary of the night , but voters in five states cast ballots .
the 78 - year - old , six term senator is facing ... ( associated press ) former utah state senator , dan liljenquist , right , waves to motorists during last minute campaigning in a primary election against incumbent senator orrin hatch , r - utah , tuesday , june 26 , 2012 , in salt lake city .