Republican U.S. Congressman Paul Broun easily beat his well-funded challenger Barry Fleming for the District 10 Republican nomination.

With 96 percent of the precincts reporting, Broun has 71 percent of the votes.

An NBC Augusta crew visited Fleming at his home in Harlem Tuesday night.

We asked if he thought the negative ads he ran during his campaign kept him from beating Broun.

"I think there were two things that were very decisive in this race. The first and most important is that there is a deep dissatisfaction, as I sensed, in the Republican base and that's who comes out to vote in primaries. Mr. Broun did a very good job tapping into that dissatisfaction. Votes that normally would raise eyebrows, he actually turned that into "At least I know what's going on in Washington," said Fleming.

Fleming went on to say that the numbers in the Northern district were very tough for his campaign.

Our crew also asked Fleming about future political aspirations.

"The aspirations at this point are to take some time off from a long hard campaign and that's what I'll be focusing on right now," said Fleming.

The 10th Congressional District stretches from Augusta to Athens and is considered to be one of the nation's most conservative.

Broun will face Democrat Bobby Saxon, who runs a computer consulting firm in the Athens area.

Saxon was also awarded the Bronze Star for his service during the Iraqi war in 2005.