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The minor party is also expected to name former tea party activist Frank Seabrook of Wading River against State Sen. Kenneth LaValle of Port Jefferson, who is a cousin of the GOP county leader.
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Strategists for front - running gu bernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo have concluded that they prefer wealthy, bomb - throwing Tea Party activist Carl Paladino to nearly bankrupt and lackluster former US Rep. Rick Lazio as their GOP opponent, The Post has learned.
Caputo also urged support for Cuomo's first budget deal, which caused another former Paladino campaign aide and WNY Tea Party activist, Rus Thompson, to accuse Caputo of going rogue and acting without Paladino's permission.
Steve Lonegan, former mayor of Bogota, New Jersey, two - time N.J. gubernatorial candidate and director of the New Jersey chapter of Americans for Prosperity, and «Barbara from Harlem,» a regular guest on Sean Hannity's radio program, will address the Tea Party activists about the 2012 elections and the state of politics in the United States today.
The senator, who's part of a political dynasty in Alaska, was upset in the August 24 primary by once - longshot attorney Joe Miller, who enjoyed strong support from Tea Party activists and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
McCain is locked in a three - way primary — the election is Aug. 30, and early voting begins this week — against former state senator Kelli Ward and tea party activist Clair Van Steenwyk.
Age: 57 Hometown: West Hartford Occupation: Businessman, former West Hartford Town Council member Background: A far - right conservative, Visconti is a staunch gun rights activist who identifies with the Tea Party movement.
In Tennessee, Tea Party activists have vowed to take out Lamar Alexander, the veteran senator, former cabinet officer and two - time presidential candidate.
In Florida, where the national party has signaled its preference for centrist Gov. Charlie Crist in the GOP Senate primary, tea party activists are lining up behind former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in reaction to Crist's public backing for President Barack Obama's stimulus package.
NEW YORK — In a surge of support fueled by Tea Party activists, Republicans picked former CIA officer and author Gary Berntsen as their candidate against Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Murkowski was defeated in Alaska's GOP primary by the once - little - known Miller, who enjoyed the backing of Tea Party activists and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
A Behavior Research Center survey released Thursday indicates that 64 percent of likely Arizona Republican primary voters support McCain, with19 percent backing former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, five percent supporting Jim Deakin, a Tea Party activist, and 12 percent undecided.
Carl Rove, the former GOP strategist and adviser to former president George Bush, suggested O'Donnell - who swept to victory with the help of Tea Party activists - could cost the Republicans a chance to retake a senate seat from the Democrats.