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The Indiana Senate race Tuesday night did not contain good news for Chuck DeVore — the Tea Party-blessed GOP candidate for Senate in California, who we wrote about in today's dead tree edition. There in Hoosierland, the Tea Party-blessed candidate Marlin Stutzman lost, finishing second behind GOP "establishment" candidate Dan Coats

The significance: Chuck D touts his blessing from the Senate Conservatives Fund, which is fronted by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-SC. Only a few conservatives in the country have received such a Tea-soaked endorsement. The difference: The Conservative Fund raised $200,000 for Stutzman — while campaign finance reports show that the Fund has only given Chuck D $10,500.
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DeVore will finish third in June

Marty Wilson, the campaign czar for Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, received an invitation he wasn't expecting Tuesday: An invitation to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer's San Francisco fundraiser — featuring President Obama.

The May 25 event at the Fairmont Hotel begins with a 4:30 p.m. cocktail reception. You know what they say, it's always, uh, 4:30 p.m. somewhere. On a Tuesday. The "photo reception and dinner" begins at 5:30 p.m. at the home of Ann and Gordon Getty in S.F.
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