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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said challenger Joe Miller's upset of incumbent Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in last week's primary is a sign voters are sick of Republicans who focus on securing funding for state projects instead of sticking to their conservative principles.

"It's encouraging to me what happened in Alaska with Miller," Mr. DeMint told the Wall Street Journal. "It should be a wake-up call to Republicans that politicians who go to Washington to bring home the bacon aren't wantedâ€"even in a state like Alaska that has gotten so much pork under senators like Ted Stevens. Voters are saying 'We're not willing to bankrupt the country to benefit ourselves.'"

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