The other big upset came in the 13th Congressional District in Detroit, which has been represented for years by Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick, the mother of former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, lost to State Sen. Hansen Clarke by a 47-to-41 percent margin. Clarke turned the contest into a referendum on Kilpatrick's son and her former husband, Detroit Democratic power broker Bernard Kilpatrick. The son is currently in jail on corruption charges, and the ex-husband is the target of a federal corruption probe.
Krikpatrick becomes the sixth incumbent lawmaker and the fourth sitting member of Congress to lose a re-election bid in a year that is shaping up as a tough one for incumbents of both parties.
In other notable primary news, voters in Missouri approved a ballot question that allows state residents to opt out of the individual mandates contained in the Obama administration's
health insurance plan. The new law will certainly face a challenge from the administration in court.
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