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NEW YORK — Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio today withdrew from the race for New York's governor, a decision that helps the chances of the tea party candidate who beat Lazio in the Republican primary.

«This is just a deceptive ploy from an ultra-rich Tea Party candidate who's been running for...

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Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

I used to be a repub till congress was taken over by the tea party and Romney as our candidate.I can not support a man who is a draft dodger and a tax evader.The repub congress has done nothing for vets, nothing for the middleclass.All of the good repubs have gone or have been forced out by the extremists that care nothing for the average joe or veterans like myself.Until we get real candidates that care for the middleclass and vets I will not vote for the repubs.Honor and respect, and caring for this nation is what the repubs used to stand for, now we have wackjobs from the tea party holding america hostage and thats as un patriotic as it gets, it is hurting many americans, our economy and soldiers who are looking for work.

The new candidates who support a different direction for the Party (e.g. the Tea Party candidates) quickly fall prey to the influence of the billionaires, leading to the GOP voters to get even more frustrated.

While in Florida, Clinton will headline a fundraiser for Democratic congressional candidate Patrick Murphy, who is challenging Tea Party Rep. Allen West.

Anyone who supports a TEA Party candidate is as much of a traitor as they are.

In Tea Party activists and in angry voters electing or putting on the ballot, excuse me, in primaries, people like Christine O'Donnell in Delaware — does that create a situation where the Republican Party in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacParty activists and in angry voters electing or putting on the ballot, excuse me, in primaries, people like Christine O'Donnell in Delaware — does that create a situation where the Republican Party in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacParty in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacparty actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfaction?

Much of the excitement was generated by special guest Congressional candidate Sean Patrick Maloney, who is running against Tea Party favorite Nan Hayworth, in the new NY - 18 District in the Hudson Valley.

The tea party - backed candidate who tried to defeat Hanna in a primary two years ago won Tuesday night's three - way Republican contest.

We run candidates and elect representatives who haven't sold out to Wall Street or the Tea Party.

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has been stepping up his endorsements of GOP candidates as the primary draws near, today announced his support of Nan Hayworth, who will face off against the little - known and far less funded self - professed Tea Party candidate, Neil Di Carlo, for Row B next Tuesday.

Angle, a Tea Party - backed candidate who lost to Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page, «The tea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.&raqTea Party - backed candidate who lost to Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page, «The tea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.&rParty - backed candidate who lost to Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page, «The tea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.&raqtea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.&rparty movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.»

Giffords, who was re-elected to her third term in November following a bitter campaign against a Tea Party candidate, survived the shot but was listed in critical condition as of press time Tuesday.

(CNN)- Sharron Angle, the long - shot Tea Party - backed candidate who almost defeated Senate Majority Leady Harry Reid in last year's midterm elections, is hitting the road this week and it looks like another election may be on her mind.

The millionaire Buffalo businessman, who last week became his party's candidate for governor, has shaped much of his Tea Party message by railing against government spending and vowing Draconian bureaucratic bloodletparty's candidate for governor, has shaped much of his Tea Party message by railing against government spending and vowing Draconian bureaucratic bloodletParty message by railing against government spending and vowing Draconian bureaucratic bloodletting.

So far the results are 48 % for the Democratic nominee, 42 % for the Republican nominee, and 10 % to the two other candidates in the race, a Green Party nominee and independent Jack Davis, who was running under the Tea Party label.

Back in 2010, Paladino, a tea - party favorite, stole the nomination from Rick Lazio, who was the chosen candidate of the GOP Establishment — and in particular of Cox, who until he assumed leadership of the New York Republican Party was probably most known for his White House wedding to Richard Nixon's daughter Trparty favorite, stole the nomination from Rick Lazio, who was the chosen candidate of the GOP Establishment — and in particular of Cox, who until he assumed leadership of the New York Republican Party was probably most known for his White House wedding to Richard Nixon's daughter TrParty was probably most known for his White House wedding to Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia.

And the race between Republican state Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, Democrat Kathleen Hochul, the Erie County clerk, and Jack Davis, a once - conservative Democrat who is running as a so - called tea party candidate, is becoming more and more a referendum on House Republican plans to alter Medicare, as both sides filling the airwaves with television ads attacking the other side over Medicare.

Hatch, who is running next year for a seventh term in the Senate, is facing opposition from some in the tea party movement, including FreedomWorks, a major DC - based conservative grassroots organization that is actively working to find a candidate to take on Hatch in next year's primary.

Scozzafava, who is not seeking re-election this fall, endorsed Democrat Bill Owens after she was pushed out of the NY - 23 race by Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate who drew support of Tea Partiers trying to push the national GOP to the right and punish party leaders for backing a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice modeParty candidate who drew support of Tea Partiers trying to push the national GOP to the right and punish party leaders for backing a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice modeparty leaders for backing a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice moderate.

Koch, who is best known as a Tea Party funder (and the guy impersonated by NY - 26 candidate / Buffalo Beast editor Ian Murphy during his prank call to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker), helped finance the counter-protest during the Badger State's union - backed «week of rage.»

Interestingly, the keynote address for that dinner is to be delivered by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the once and possibly future GOP presidential hopeful who endorsed the Tea Party Delaware US Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, who won her primary race this week.

Cuomo will face one of several Republicans candidates, including former congressman Rick Lazio, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy and Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, who is associated with the GOP's tea party movement.

Ian Murphy, who received national attention for posing as Tea Party funder David Koch in a phone call to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, was the Green Party candidate in the special election of May 24 for the 26th congressional district.

The mayor has endorsed Mark S. Kirk, an Illinois Republican running for the Senate who beat back a Tea Party primary candidate, and he is supporting Joe Sestak, a Pennsylvania Democrat, for the Senate.

The 12 - term Republican lawmaker, who represents Ohio's 8th Congressional district, is expected to easily defeat challenges from two tea party candidates.

Already, Republicans who won primaries with Tea Party backing — notably Senate candidates Sharron Angle in Nevada and Rand Paul in Kentucky — are facing withering Democratic attacks.

(CNN)- A leading national tea party group Thursday will endorse a conservative candidate who is primary challenging longtime Republican Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana.

«Jane Corwin is the only endorsed Tea Party candidate and the only candidate who will stand up to Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi and their out - of - control spending agenda.

Gingrich also compared the Tea Party voters who propelled Paladino to victory in the Republican primary to the people who supported third - party candidate Ross Perot in the 1Party voters who propelled Paladino to victory in the Republican primary to the people who supported third - party candidate Ross Perot in the 1party candidate Ross Perot in the 1990s.

Want to help the Tea Party activist who realizes that the only meaningful pain they can inflict upon the political party that has betrayed them is to vote for another candidate that stands for what they belParty activist who realizes that the only meaningful pain they can inflict upon the political party that has betrayed them is to vote for another candidate that stands for what they belparty that has betrayed them is to vote for another candidate that stands for what they believe?

The May 24th special election pits Republican New York State Assembly member Jane Corwin against Democrat Kathleen Hochul and independent Tea Party candidate Jack Davis, a conservative former Democrat who may siphon votes from Corwin.

«Look at what happened to the moderate mainstream Republicans in America who didn't defend their views against a Tea Party - led lurch to the right — eventually they ended up with Donald Trump as their candidate.»

Former senator Dan Coats triumphed in Indiana's Republican Senate primary on Tuesday night, beating out two candidates who had sought to upend the longtime legislator by tapping into the energy of the national «tea party» movement.

Tea Party candidates have also emerged in races against Democratic incumbents in Alaska — Joe Miller, who beat Senator Lisa Murkowski in her last primary, has resurfaced — Colorado, Louisiana and North Dakota, and for open seats in Georgia, Iowa and South Dakota.

WCF candidates can be of any political party as long as they support reproductive health choices, so pro-life Tea Party superstars Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann will not be coming to the gilded six - story East 72nd Street townhouse of Marjorie and Michael Loeb, who are hosting one of Monday's dinner parparty as long as they support reproductive health choices, so pro-life Tea Party superstars Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann will not be coming to the gilded six - story East 72nd Street townhouse of Marjorie and Michael Loeb, who are hosting one of Monday's dinner parParty superstars Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann will not be coming to the gilded six - story East 72nd Street townhouse of Marjorie and Michael Loeb, who are hosting one of Monday's dinner parties.

A spokesman for Turner said the candidate has not endorsed Paladino, who won last week's Republican primary, has been cheered by the Tea Party movement and is running against Democratic state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Paladino is the candidate of choice for 77 % of likely voters who support the Tea Party.

Republicans are concerned that Davis, who is a former Democrat, but was able to get enough signatures to run on the ballot as the Tea Party candidate, is drawing conservative support from Corwin.

Well, there's the Tea Party / GOP candidate for governor of Colorado who says Denver's bicycle sharing program is part of a plan to put US cities under UN control.

The challenge for Caligiuri, an establishment candidate, is securing the support of the Tea Party activists who backed Republican Mark Greenberg in the primary while also appealing to the 45 percent of voters in the district who are registered independents.

Ayotte, who was considered the GOP establishment candidate, pulled out a narrow victory in the final hours of the primary against her main opponent, Ovide Lamontagne, who enjoyed the support of many Tea Party activists.

Among Republicans, the candidates most frequently mentioned include Mr. Weiner's 2010 rival, Bob Turner; Councilman Eric A. Ulrich; and Andy Sullivan, a construction worker who is also a Tea Party activist.

In other mosque news, Tea Party candidate Carl Paladino said if he were elected Governor of New York, he would use eminent domain to halt the project and «make the site a war memorial instead of a monument to those who attacked our country.»

However, CNN has identified 21 candidates in the «CNN 100» list of most competitive House races who were either Tea Party activists or whose campaigns were helped significantly by the Tea Party movement.

O'Donnell, the Tea Party backed candidate who upset the mainstream Republican favorite in the primary, appeared nervous at the start but quickly went on the attack, accusing Coons of raising taxes and offering a «rubber stamp» to Obama administration policies if elected.

Though the law was initiated and signed by a Republican president, presidential candidates like Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, who once supported it, now talk about getting the federal government out of education, echoing Tea Party members who deem federal involvement a constitutional travesty.

Rep. Bob Inglis, a six - term Republican Congressman from South Carolina and member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, lost his primary bid for re-election to a Tea Party - backed candidate who accused him of not being conservative enough, at least in part because of his record of accepting reality on climate change.

An analogy would be the Tea Party candidate for office who shares his credentials and accomplishments with prospective voters, knowing all of the resources that would be brought to the job and could be of benefit to all, will never be realized if voters choose the Leftist that promises everything but delivers nothing.