From his website:

Yesterday at massive TEA Parties across Kansas, Senator Tim Huelskamp spoke about the importance of the 10th Amendment. “The 10th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution for one purpose – to restrict the power of the federal government. But for years,” noted Huelskamp, “Washington has increasingly ignored any limits on their power – especially with the passage of their most recent stimulus and bailout

Huelskamp was enthusiastically endorsed by Texas Governor and former Agricultural Commissioner Rick Perry.

Now this from The Pratt Tribune, Aug. 4:

Pratt, Kan. — Early results for the First Congressional District race Tuesday showed a race that could have been easily won by three different candidates. But once Senator Tim Huelskamp took the lead, he never looked the back.

The farmer from Fowler, as many have dubbed him, ran on a platform of conservative values and used a conservative voting record in the state Senate to illustrate his ability to vote against tax increases, spending and government growth.

“This was a hard-fought race, and I had some very worthy opponents,” Huelskamp said following the announcement on his win Tuesday. “My focus going forward is going to be advancing the conservative principles that I’ve campaigned on.”

Huelskamp was declared the winner shortly before midnight Tuesday

Starting today, CNN’s newsgathering will be the primary source of content across all platforms and services, CNN Worldwide President Jim Walton said today in an internal memo to staff. The memo was confirmed by CNN spokesman Nigel Pritchard.

“We are taking an important next step in the content- ownership process we began in 2007 to more fully leverage CNN’s global newsgathering investments,” Walton wrote.

The move lets CNN invest more into its own operation and helps it differentiate from competition, Walton said. CNN started the efforts to own all of its content in 2007, and created a wire service offering articles and videos.

The cable channel also struck a deal with Thomson Reuters Corp.’s wire service to supplement breaking news coverage, according to the memo. CNN is returning to Reuters after dropping the service in August 2007, following a price increase.

AP, a New York-based nonprofit cooperative that supplies articles, photos and videos from around the world to paying members, confirmed it was unable to reach a deal with CNN.

“It is unfortunate that CNN’s viewers will no longer have access to the breaking news and worldwide reporting resources of the Associated Press, the gold standard in journalism,” the AP said in an e-mailed statement.

CNN’s licensing agreement with the AP was set to expire June 30, and negotiations had been going on for some time, Pritchard said.

Falling Ratings

CNN has been coping with declining ratings in prime time following the 2008 U.S. presidential election and amid competition with News Corp.’s Fox News Channel. CNN has also discussed partnerships with other news outlets, Time Warner Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bewkes said on the company’s May 5 earnings conference call. New York-based Time Warner doesn’t break out CNN’s financial performance.

As part of the new model, CNN is expanding the “CNN Wires” team and creating positions on desks and in bureaus to get information on TV more quickly, Walton said. It’s also starting “CNN Share,” which will create an alert system for breaking news and compile editorial content and share it across the website, mobile and TV.

Time Warner fell 42 cents to $32.54 at 4 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have gained 12 percent this year.