The Washington Post put together a list of 10 freshmen in the 112th Congress to watch that includes Sen. Coons.
Sen.-elect Chris Coons was widely expected to lose to Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in the race to permanently replace Vice President Joe Biden (D-Del.). But Christine O’Donnell’s tea party-driven win over in the September 2010 GOP primary transformed the race. During the 2010 campaign, Coons stressed his “independence” after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) bizarrely referred to the Democrat as his “pet.”
Oops, Washington Post, Coons is not Senator-elect, but actually a Senator.