rssChart: How Have the 2010 Tea Party Candidates Fared?
Wednesday, June 09, 2010 at 11:00 am
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A crop of Tea Party candidates have been shaking up primaries and special election contests this cycle. But how have they actually fared in the contests that have already been held? Below is our chart of how a select group of Tea Partiers have done in their elections thus far, including last night’s Tea Party-rich primaries:
Electoral Results of 2010 Tea Party Candidates* — through June 8
| Candidate | Race | Outcome | What Happened |
| Sharron Angle | Nev. Sen Primary | Won | Opponent Sue Lowden’s gaffes helped boost Angle’s campaign |
| Mo Brooks | Ala. 5 Primary | Won | Brooks easily defeated party switcher Parker Griffith |
| Scott Brown | Mass. Sen Special | Won | Brown’s special election win in Ted Kennedy’s old seat was the first major Tea Party victory this cycle — even if Brown has since disappointed TPers with his votes and TP snubs |
| Tim Crawford (D) | Ind. 5 Primary | Won | One of the few Democrats with TP support, Crawford won the primary by about 20 percentage points |
| Chuck DeVore | Calif. Sen Primary | Lost | DeVore never gained traction with the masses and couldn’t muster the finances to remain competitive |
| Tom Graves | Ga. 9 Special | Won | With the help of Tea Party groups, Graves easily bested fellow Republican Lee Hawkins |
| Nikki Haley | S.C. Gov Primary | Survived | Buoyed by Tea Partiers, even an alleged affair couldn’t drag her campaign down, but Haley still faces a runoff |
| Doug Hoffman (C) | N.Y. 23 Special | Lost | Hoffman won prominent GOP support despite his third-party affiliation, but the GOP candidate dropped out too late to consolidate support behind Hoffman |
| Pat Hughes and Don Lowery | Ill. Sen Primary | Lost x2 | Hughes and Lowery, both TPers, were no match for Rep. Mark Kirk, who had party establishment support |
| Raul Labrador | Idaho 1 Primary | Won | Labrador bested establishment favorite Vaughn Ward |
| Mike Lee | Utah Sen Convention | Survived | Lee and Tim Bridgewater both place ahead of Sen. Bob Bennett to oust him at the GOP convention, but now Lee faces a primary against 1st-place finisher Bridgewater |
| Rand Paul | Ky. Sen Primary | Won | By virtue of his father, Rand Paul entered the race a Tea Party icon and defeated party fave Trey Grayson |
| Marlin Stutzman and John Hostettler | Ind. Sen Primary | Lost x2 | Stutzman and Hostettler, both TP candidates, split the vote, clearing the way for a primary win by former Sen. Dan Coats |
| Pat Toomey | Pa. Sen Primary | Won | A national conservative figure, Toomey easily won his primary race |
| Bob Vander Plaats | Iowa Gov Primary | Lost | Conservatives expressed ire for Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Terry Branstad over Vander Plaats, but it failed to play out in the primary |
*Candidates are Republicans unless otherwise noted. List is not comprehensive.
Jimm Phillips contributed to this chart.
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Comment posted June 10, 2010 @ 3:30 am
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Comment posted June 10, 2010 @ 6:54 am
This comparo is a little premature…….
November is still a few months away. Get both parties in the mix, then we'll see how good the baggers have done.
With the nutcases coming out of the woodwork, there's plenty of time to see them prove to the American people what I've been saying. America can't afford the bass-ackward ideology the baggers represent.
“Silent majority”. Give me a break. They can't shut up. Just ask Rand Paul. He's STILL not done shooting down his chances. Angle's own position on Social Security has dashed her chances.
The baggers' own Barbie (re; empty-headed female) is an establishment crony, herself. She's so mesmerized her gang of lemmings that they don't quite see it yet.
November should prove very interesting, indeed.
Comment posted June 12, 2010 @ 1:20 am
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Comment posted June 22, 2010 @ 6:01 am
It is time for a change in this country. It is time to vote for those with records of small government, or no record at all.
GO TEA PARTY CANADITES, OUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOUR VIEWS
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Comment posted December 24, 2010 @ 6:47 am
For the most part, Tea Partiers are ignorant and uninformed people who tout their screwy opinions as if their opinions are the facts. Like Ross Perot’s ditzy supporters, they do more harm than good. They are rank amateurs. They should keep their screwy opinions to themselves, and let the qualified professionals in the RNC select the Republican Party’s candidattes. They and Sarah Palin continue to get on my nerves. They’re insufferable, obnoxious know-it-alls, who are, in fact, shallow, dense and clueless. The MSM loves them, because they make Republicans look like jackasses. I wish that theuy WOULD form a third party and distance themselves from Republicans like me who don’t want to have anything to do with them.
Comment posted December 24, 2010 @ 7:10 am
P.S.
Other than Michael Moore, Joy Bahar, Bill Mahar, Kathy Griffin and Chris Matthews, nobody, but NOBODY on TV annoys me more than little Miss Cutesy, Sarah Palin, does. She is the beauty pageant contestant who lost, but who won’t get off of the stage. Someone with a sheppard’s crook should hook her neck and drag her kicking and screaming off of the stage. Now, there is a visual that should delight a lot of exasperated Republicans and Democrats, alike.
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