Sentences with phrase «independent tea party candidate»

Polls have shown Hochul running neck - and - neck with Republican Jane Corwin, most likely thanks to independent tea party candidate Jack Davis.

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.

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The problem the GOP has now that the tea party is trying to hijack their nomination process is that to appeal to the t - baggers any candidate will have to move towards «all kind of stupid» but then he / she will have to try to turn around and make sense to the independents.

This doesn't come as a huge surprise for the Democrat - turned - Republican - turned - independent mayor, particularly considering the extended interview he gave to the NY Times about his endorsements of candidates across the country whom he views as «centrist» in an effort to counteract the polarizing force of the Tea Party.

If all else fails, Paladino is planning to petition his way onto the ballot as an independent candidate, although he will not be naming his self - created line the «Tea Party,» because that would be seen as «an anathema» to activsits, Caputo said.

Jack Davis ran as a small - i independent on the TEA Party line, and Ian Murphy was the Green Party's candidate.

Failed GOP / Conservative gubernatorial contender Carl Paladino is inserting himself into the NY - 26 race, slamming independent candidate Jack Davis for «claiming to be a Tea Party candidate, while supporting Nancy Pelosi, endorsing Barack Obama and supporting radical liberal policies like partial birth abortion.»

The poll, conducted for Hochul's campaign by Global Strategy Group, shows Corwin leading Hochul just 31 percent to 30 percent, with Jack Davis, an independent candidate running on the Tea Party ballot line, picking up 26 percent.

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.

FreedomWorks, which has provided much of the organizational heft behind the Tea Party movement, clashed with the RNC last fall when they endorsed an independent conservative in a New York congressional race over the GOP - backed candidate.

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.