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Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) -- Republicans avoided a major headache on Tuesday night when Thom Tillis, the North Carolina house speaker and establishment favorite, won the Republican Senate nomination outright, dodging a protracted summer runoff fight against a grassroots-backed opponent.
With an assist from big-spending outside groups, Tillis dispatched his two main primary rivals, tea party-backed Greg Brannon and the Baptist pastor Mark Harris, with relative ease, clearing the 40% mark needed to skirt a July runoff election.
Tillis moves on to face Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, one of the Senate's most endangered incumbents, in what's certain to be among the most negative -- and expensive -- races of 2014.
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But that wasn't the only story line unfolding on Tuesday. Here are five takeaways from primary night in North Carolina.
1. Republican establishment passes early test: The GOP establishment that galaxy of Washington-based political operatives, national party committees and business groups who care first and foremost about winning promised early on that they wouldn't let controversial candidates jeopardize their chances of re-taking the Senate this year.
North Carolina was the first test in their mission to make sure that no Todd Akins, Christine O'Donnells or Richard Mourdocks would be on the Senate ballot in 2014.
The Chamber of Commerce and the Karl Rove-backed American Crossroads spent north of $2 million propping up state House Speaker Thom Tillis when the candidate himself lacked the resources to go on statewide television. A few weeks ago, most Republicans in North Carolina were predicting that Tillis would not be able to break 40% of the vote, thereby forcing a July runoff election. But with the help of outside spending, a largely error-free campaign and the inability of his underfunded grassroots challengers to land a punch, Tillis surged late and cleared the runoff hurdle easily. Republicans are breathing easier, confident they have the candidate with the best shot to beat Democrat Hagan.
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Republicans have no intention of listening to Trey Gowdy.
A number of Republican candidates and conservative groups have openly used the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi, Libya, as a cash grab. And thats likely to continue despite a strongly worded rebuke from the new chairman of the Republican select committee assigned to investigate the response to the attacks.
Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, commented on MSNBC Wednesday that he and fellow Republicans should not fundraise off the backs of four murdered Americans creating a new standard by which the party can be judged and opening the GOP up to charges of past, present and future hypocrisy.
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Thats put the party in an awkward spot. Republicans on Capitol Hill are eager to lend the looming committee investigation into the murder of four Americans an air of sobriety, dignity and seriousness. But political strategists are eager to mobilize the GOP base and amp up grassroots fundraising by capitalizing on the bases outrage over how the Obama administration handled the attacks.
The 2012 consulate attack and accusations of a White House cover-up are catnip for grassroots donors and activists. And Benghazi and the select committee assigned to investigate it is a key part of the GOP fundraising and mobilization strategy. This week, the National Republican Congressional Committee rolled out a new fundraising campaign called Benghazi Watchdogs an effort by the aiming to raise money off Gowdys new position. Publicly available domain registration data shows that the site was registered Tuesday.
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Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for the NRSC, said that there hasnt been a coordinated effort from the committee to fundraise off of the issue, even though his committee wrote a blog post with a fundraising solicitation about the hearings.
Part of politics is fundraising. I think fundraising is a separate activity than calling attention to important issues, he said in an interview. Benghazi is going to be a topic of discussion because it deserves answers, and I think its important for both candidates and elected officials to discuss it.
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