Vaughn Ward was supposed to be the Republican nominee in Idaho’s first Congressional District. Sarah Palin even visited to raise money for him just last week.

But thanks to his own embarrassing gaffes (he even plagiarized an Obama speech) and his failure to vote in the 2008 election, Ward was blown out in last night’s primary by a Tea Partier, state Rep. Raul Labrador, R. The Idaho Statesman has the coverage.