Sentences with phrase «tea party candidates lost»

Also it is now 2012 not 2010, many tea party candidates lost their reelection bid.

Not exact matches

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Tea Party candidates were less successful in the 2012 election, winning four of 16 Senate races contested, and losing approximately 20 % of the seats in the House that had been gained in 2010.

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What does the Tea Party or any conservative group have to gain by attacking New York WFP in one of the very few jurisdictions in the country a Tea Party candidate is going to lose in a walk?

Their candidate in that Bishop race lost too, although the Tea Party people claimed a sort of moral victory there.

Finding out whether Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman wins or loses won't resolve the race's biggest mystery: What does the successful inner - party insurgency in the race mean for the GOP in the Tea PartyParty candidate Doug Hoffman wins or loses won't resolve the race's biggest mystery: What does the successful inner - party insurgency in the race mean for the GOP in the Tea Partyparty insurgency in the race mean for the GOP in the Tea PartyParty era?

The following year, he lost his primary election to a tea - party candidate, Trey Gowdy.

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.

He's won 14 terms in office with just one close call for his seat: the 2010 primary when he almost lost to a Tea Party candidate.