Continuing on with that AP piece:

The Kansas Chamber of Commerce raised $163,000 for the effort last year - a significant sum in a less populous state like Kansas - with more than $36,000 coming from Koch Industries Inc., the company led by Charles Koch.

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So far this year, conservative challengers in Texas have unseated three state House committee chairmen who were accused by tea party adherents of cooperating with Democrats on legislation. A conservative opponent knocked off a moderate state senator in the Colorado primary.

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Oh, the horror… cooperating!