Tea Party Movement

Tea Party Movement

According to Wikipedia, in 2010 Tea Party-endorsed candidates upset established Republicans in several primaries, such as Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, New York, South Carolina and Utah, giving a new momentum to the conservative cause in the 2010 elections. In the 2010 midterm elections, The New York Times has identified 138 candidates for Congress with significant Tea Party support, and reported that all of them were running as Republicans—of whom 129 are running for the House and 9 for the Senate.[125] The Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll in mid October showed 35% of likely voters were Tea-party supporters, and they favored the Republicans by 84% to 10%.

However the effectiveness of the Tea Party to endorse candidates has come into question as only 32% of the candidates that were backed by the Tea Party won the election.

For a list of Tea Party politicians, see List of Tea Party politicians

  • On January 19, 2010, Republican Scott Brown was elected as the U.S. senator from Massachusetts in the special election held after Ted Kennedy‘s death. The election was notable in that Massachusetts is normally a solidly pro-Democratic state. Brown received Tea Party support.
  • Dean Murray, a Long Island businessman, won a special election for a New York State Assembly seat. He is believed to be the first Tea Party activist to be elected into office.[129]
  • John Frullo won the nomination for the Texas District 84 seat vacated by the retiring Carl Isett, also a Republican. Frullo defeated businessman Mark Griffin, a former Texas Tech University regent.[130] He was elected as a representative.[131]
  • In Texas, April 13, 2010, Charles Perry won the GOP primary against 86-year-old incumbent and fellow Republican Delwin Jones in District 83 and is unopposed in the November 2 general election.
  • In Utah attorney Mike Lee defeated establishment Republican U.S. Senator Bob Bennett (R-Utah) in the GOP senate primary on May 8, 2010. Lee’s win is seen as a victory for the Tea Party Movement, whose supporters were against Bennett’s return.
  • Rand Paul, endorsed by Tea Party groups, won the Super Tuesday GOP Senate primary in Kentucky. Paul, the son of Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, comfortably beat Republican establishment favorite Trey Grayson with 60% of the vote. He was quoted saying, “The Tea Party Movement is about saving our country from a mountain of debt.” Rand won his seat.
  • In the Republican primary in South Dakota for the at-large Congressional seat, Kristi Noem, a Tea Party-approved candidate, defeated incumbent Secretary of State Chris Nelson and state representative Blake Curd.
  • In the South Carolina first Congressional District GOP Primary, Tea Party favorite Tim Scott, defeated two establishment Republicans with long family histories in Republican politics: Paul Thurmond, son of the former South Carolina U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond.[141] and Carroll Campbell, son of former South Carolina Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Scott has spent one term in the South Carolina House, where the businessman became the first African American GOP representative in more than 100 years.
  • Nikki Haley, a 38-year-old Indian-American state representative, beat out three prominent Republican rivals in the South Carolina primary race for governor, capturing 49% of the vote. She defeated the second-place finisher, U.S. Representative Gresham Barrett, in a run-off election on June 22.
  • In Maine, Paul LePage won the GOP primary for governor.
  • In California, Chuck DeVore, who had Tea Party backing, lost the GOP senate primary to Carly Fiorina, who had backing from Sarah Palin.[150] But she lost on November 2, 2010, to Boxer.[151]
  • In New Jersey, Anna C. Little defeated Republican “establishment” candidate Diane Gooch in the Republican congressional primary for the 6th Congressional District on June 8, 2010. Little will face Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone in November.[152] Pallone defeated Little by over 16,000 votes, 55% to 43%.
  • In Nevada, Sharron Angle won the U.S. Senate Republican primary race, defeating the GOP favorite, Sue Lowden, the one-time front runner.[153] Angle was defeated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
  • In Arizona Jesse Kelly beat state Sen. Jonathan Paton, the National Republican Congressional Committee’s preferred candidate, in the August primary for the party’s nomination in congressional district 8.[155] He lost the general election to incumbent Gabrielle Giffords.
  • In Alaska, attorney Joe Miller defeated current U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, in the GOP primary race on August 24, 2010. Murkowski had been appointed to the seat by her father, Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski, who had held the Senate seat for 30 years prior to becoming governor.[156] Murkowski remained in the election as a write-in candidate, eventually beating Miller in the general election.[157]
  • In Delaware, Tea Party-backed candidate Christine O’Donnell defeated veteran Representative Mike Castle in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.[158][159] Her victory was a surprising upset and was seen as a sign of Tea Party movement strength.O’Donnell lost the election.[154]
  • In New York, Tea Party-backed candidate Carl Paladino defeated former Representative Rick Lazio in the Republican primary for governor;[162][163] at the November elections he was defeated by Democrat candidate Andrew Cuomo.
  • In Louisiana, in the last congressional primary of 2010, Tea Party-endorsed Republican Jeff Landry of New Iberia defeated the establishment choice, former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Hunt Downer by a 65–35 percent margin. Landry won the 2010 general election.
  • In Florida, tea party favorite Marco Rubio defeated Independent and sitting governor Charlie Crist for the U.S. Senate seat.
  • In Colorado, tea party favorite Ken Buck won the GOP Senate primary, defeating Republican establishment candidate Lt. Governor Jane Norton.[167][168] In the November general election, Buck was defeated by Senator Michael Bennet.

 

US House of Representatives

 

List of Tea Party Politicians

Sandy Adams             Republican      FL 24th Congressional

Robert Aderholt          Republican      AL 4th Congressional

Todd Akin      Republican      MO 2nd Congressional

Rodney Alexander      Republican      LA 5th Congressional

Justin Amash   Republican      MI 3rd Congressional

Sharron Angle             Republican      Running in NV 2nd Congressional

Michele Bachmann     Republican      MN 6th Congressional

Andy Barr       Republican      Running in KY 6th Congressional

Roscoe Bartlett           Republican      MD 6th Congressional

Joe Barton       Republican      TX 6th Congressional

Don Bates Jr. Republican      Running in IN 6th Congressional

Dan Benishek Republican      MI 1st Congressional

Rick Berg        Republican      ND-AL Congressional

Justin Bernier Republican      Running in CT 5th Congressional

Gus Bilirakis   Republican      FL 9th Congressional

Rob Bishop     Republican      UT 1st Congressional

Diane Black    Republican      TN 6th Congressional

Marsha Blackburn       Republican      TN 7th Congressional

Robert Broadus           Republican      Running in MD 4th Congressional

Mo Brooks      Republican      AL 5th Congressional

Paul Broun      Republican      GA 10th Congressional

Ann Marie Buerkle     Republican      NY 25th Congressional

Michael Burgess          Republican      TX 26th Congressional

Dan Burton     Republican      IN 5th Congressional

Lee Byberg     Republican      Running in MN 7th Congressional

Donna Campbell         Republican      Running in TX 25th Congressional

John Carter      Republican      TX 31st Congressional

Tisha Casida    Independent    Running in CO 3rd Congressional

Bill Cassidy     Republican      LA 6th Congressional

Jason Chaffetz            Republican      UT 3rd Congressional

Howard Coble            Republican      NC 6th Congressional

Maj. Mike Coffman    Republican      CO 6th Congressional

Lt. TSgt. Christopher Coutu   Republican      Running in CT 2nd Congressional

Cpt. Chip Cravaack    Republican      MN 8th Congressional

Ander Crenshaw         Republican      FL 4th Congressional

John Culberson           Republican      TX 7th Congressional

Steve Daines   Republican      Running in MT-AL Congressional

Sean Duffy     Republican      WI 7th Congressional

Jeff Duncan    Republican      SC 3rd Congressional

Dan Eichenbaum         Republican      Running in NC 11th Congressional

Renee Ellmers             Republican      NC 2nd Congressional

Kelly Eustis     Republican      Running in NY 23rd Congressional

Blake Farenthold        Republican      TX 27th Congressional

Shane Fast       Republican      Running in WA 4th Congressional

Stephen Fincher          Republican      TN 8th Congressional

Jeff Flake        Republican      AZ 6th Congressional

John Fleming   Republican      LA 4th Congressional

Virginia Foxx Republican      NC 5th Congressional

Trent Franks    Republican      AZ 2nd Congressional

Pat Garcia       Republican      Running in CA 47th Congressional

Nick Garzilli    Democrat        Running in CA 30th Congressional

Phil Gingrey    Republican      GA 11th Congressional

Louie Gohmert            Republican      TX 1st Congressional

Joseph Goldner           Republican      Running in FL 20th Congressional

Paul Gosar       Republican      AZ 1st Congressional

Trey Gowdy    Republican      SC 4th Congressional

Tom Graves     Republican      GA 9th Congressional

Mark Greenberg          Republican      Running in CT 5th Congressional

Cpl. Michael Grimm   Republican      NY 13th Congressional

David Hale      Republican      Running in IL 16th Congressional

Travis Hankins            Republican      Running in IN 6th Congressional

Karen Harrington        Republican      Running in FL 20th Congressional

Vicky Hartzler            Republican      MO 4th Congressional

Wally Herger   Republican      CA 2nd Congressional

Bill Hudak      Republican      Running in MA 6th Congressional

Tim Huelskamp           Republican      KS 1st Congressional

Craig Huey      Republican      Lost CA 36th Congressional

George Hutchins         Republican      Running in NC 4th Congressional

Chris Irish       Republican      Running in TX 8th Congressional

Lynn Jenkins   Republican      KS 2nd Congressional

Sgt. Jesse Kelly           Republican      Running for AZ 8th Congressional

Steve King      Republican      IA 5th Congressional

Capt. Adam Kinzinger            Republican      IL 11th Congressional

John Koster     Republican      Running in WA 2nd Congressional

Raul Labrador             Republican      ID 1st Congressional

Doug Lamborn            Republican      CO 5th Congressional

Sgt. Jeff Landry          Republican      LA 3rd Congressional

James Lankford          Republican      OK 5th Congressional

Jason Levesque           Republican      Running in ME 2nd Congressional

Mark Leyva     Republican      Running in IN 1st Congressional

CDR Kirk Lippold      Republican      Running in NV 2nd Congressional

Anna Little      Republican      Running in NJ 6th Congressional

Blaine Luetkemeyer    Republican      MO 9th Congressional

Eric Maloney   Republican      Running in PA 19th Congressional

Kenny Marchant         Republican      TX 24th Congressional

Ed Martin        Republican      Running in MO 2nd Congressional

Tom McClintock         Republican      CA 4th Congressional

Thaddeus McCotter    Republican      MI 11th Congressional

David McKinley         Republican      WV 1st Congressional

Luke Messer    Republican      Running in IN 6th Congressional

Gabriela Saucedo Mercer        Republican      Running in AZ 7th Congressional

Gary Miller      Republican      CA 42nd Congressional

Mick Mulvaney           Republican      SC 5th Congressional

Mike Munzing             Republican      Running in CA 48th Congressional

Randy Neugebauer     Republican      TX 19th Congressional

Teri Newman Republican      Running in IL 12th Congressional

Kristi Noem    Republican      SD At-large Congressional

Daria Novak    Republican      Running in CT 2nd Congressional

Richard Nugent          Republican      FL 5th Congressional

Ilario Pantano Republican      Running in NC 7th Congressional

Ron Paul         Republican      TX 14th Congressional

Steve Pearce    Republican      NM 2nd Congressional

Mike Pence     Republican      IN 6th Congressional

Ted Poe           Republican      TX 2nd Congressional

Tom Price        Republican      GA 6th Congressional

Rocky Raczkowski     Republican      Running in MI 9th Congressional

Denny Rehberg           Republican      MT At-Large Congressional

Art Robinson Republican      Running in OR 4th Congressional

Maj. Phil Roe Republican      TN 1st Congressional

Dennis A. Ross           Republican      FL 12th Congressional

Keith Rothfus             Republican      Running in PA 4th Congressional

Ed Royce        Republican      CA 40th Congressional

Jon Runyan     Republican      NJ 3rd Congressional

Bernard Sansaricq       Republican      Running in FL 23

Steve Scalise   Republican      LA 1st Congressional

Bobby Schilling          Republican      IL 17th Congressional

Tim Scott        Republican      SC 1st Congressional

Jeanne Seaver Republican      Running in GA 12th Congressional

Pete Sessions   Republican      TX 32nd Congressional

Adrian M. Smith         Republican      NE 3rd Congressional

Lamar S. Smith           Republican      TX 21st Congressional

Missy Smith    Republican      Running for Washington D.C. delegate

Darren Spellman         Republican      Running in CA 3rd Congressional

Capt. Cliff Stearns      Republican      FL 6th Congressional

Marlin Stutzman         Republican      IN 3rd Congressional

Bill Tofte         Republican      Running in unannounced TX Congressional

Jacob Turk       Republican      Running in MO 5th Congressional

Ken Vaughn    Republican      Running in VA 11th Congressional

Rev. Tim Walberg       Republican      MI 7th Congressional

Jackie Walorski           Republican      Running in IN 2nd Congressional

Joe Walsh (Illinois politician) Republican      Illinois 8th Congressional

Brent Wangen             Libertarian       Running in DE-AL Congressional

James Watkins            Republican      Running in WA 1st Congressional

Dan Webster   Republican      FL 8th Congressional

Lt. Col. Allen West     Republican      FL 22nd Congressional

Lynn Westmoreland   Republican      GA 3rd Congressional

Chuck Wilkerson        Republican      Running in CA 30th Congressional

Michael Williams        Republican      Unannounced TX Congressional District

Joe Wilson (U.S. politician)    Republican      SC 2nd Congressional

Mike Yost       Republican      Running in FL 3rd Congressional

US Senate

Rusty Bliss      Republican      Running for US Senate (OH)

Jon Bruning     Republican      US Senate (NE)

Tom Coburn    Republican      US Senate (OK)

Ted Cruz         Republican      Running for US Senate (TX)

Laureen Cummings     Republican      Running for US Senate (PA)

Scott D’Amboise         Republican      US Senate (ME)

Jim DeMint     Republican      US Senate (SC)

Andrew Ian Dodge     Republican      Running for US Senate (ME)

Chad Dewey   Republican      Running for US Senate (MI)

Eric Lamont Gregory Republican      Running for US Senate (OH)

Adam Hasner Republican      Running for US Senate (FL)

Barry Hinckley            Republican      Running for US Senate (RI)

Rick Hoover    Republican      Running for US Senate (MD)

E.W. Jackson Republican      Running for US Senate (VA)

Ron Johnson   Republican      US Senate (WI)

Mike Lee         Republican      US Senate (UT)

Ian Linker       Republican      Running for US Senate (NJ)

Josh Mandel    Republican      Running for US Senate (OH)

Col. Mike McCalister Republican      Running for US Senate (FL)

Jerry Moran     Republican      US Senate (KS)

Richard Mourdock      Republican      Running for US Senate (IN)

Rand Paul       Republican      US Senate (KY)

Jamie Radtke Republican      Running for US Senate (VA)

Marco Rubio   Republican      US Senate (FL)

Marc Scaringi Republican      Running for US Senate (PA)

Greg Sowards             Republican      Running for US Senate (NM)

Michael Stollaire         Republican      Running for US Senate (CA)

Pat Toomey     Republican      US Senate (PA)

US Governors

Jan Brewer      Republican      AZ Governor

James Broadwater       Republican      Running for MS Governor

Chris Christie Republican      NJ Governor

Nikki Haley     Republican      SC Governor

Bobby Jindal   Republican      LA Governor

John Kasich     Republican      OH Governor

Paul LePage    Republican      ME Governor

Bill Maloney   Republican      Running for WV Governor

Susana Martinez          Republican      NM Governor

Lt. Col. Bob McDonnell         Republican      VA Governor

Rob McKenna             Republican      Running for WA Governor

Phil Moffett    Republican      Lost KY Governor

Sarah Palin      Republican      Former AK Governor

Capt. Rick Perry         Republican      TX Governor

Rick Scott       Republican      FL Governor

Scott Walker   Republican      WI Governor

Others

Pam Bondi      Republican      FL Attorney General

Ken Cuccinelli            Republican      VA Attorney General

John Frullo      Republican      TX House of Representatives, Dist. 84

Jack Kimball   Republican      NH GOP Chair

Tom Morrissey            Republican      AZ GOP Chair

Dean Murray   Republican      NY Assembly, 3rd Dist.

Charles Perry   Republican      TX House of Representatives, Dist. 83

Dale Peterson Republican      Lost AL Agriculture Commissioner

David Prosser, Jr.                    WI Supreme Court Justice

Kirby Wilbur   Republican      WA GOP Chair

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