The agency has acknowledged that it gave extra scrutiny to tea party groups applying for federal tax exemptions. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Tenney, a conservative who has received strong support from Tea Party groups in the past, is viewed by Hanna as too extreme to represent the eight - county district. (syracuse.com)
In that respect, it would have been counterintuitive for Bloomberg to endorse Cuomo's GOP opponent, Carl Paladino, who has the support of Tea Party groups in New York and espouses a far - right ideology. (nystateofpolitics.com)