U.S. Sen. Richard Burr says he isn't concerned as he looks ahead to the 2010 election about any so-called rift in the Republican Party.

Burr's comments came a day after Democrat Bill Owens defeated Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in New York's 23rd Congressional District special election, a race that drew national attention as divisions arose between moderate and conservative Republicans, handing Democrats their first victory in the right-leaning, upstate district since before the Civil War. More ...