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The following American politicians were affiliated with the Tea Party movement, which was generally considered to be conservative, libertarian-leaning, [1] and populist. [2] [3] [4] The Tea Party movement advocated for reducing the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing federal government spending and taxes.
In Florida, former veterinarian and Tea Party supporter Ted Yoho defeated 12-term GOP Rep. Cliff Stearns in the GOP primary in August [90] Yoho easily defeated Democrat J.R. Gaillot, 64.8 percent to 32.4 percent in the general election. [91] Also in Florida, Tea Party favorite Allen West lost to Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy.
The Christian Science Monitor has reported that Tea Party activists "have been called neo-Klansmen and knuckle-dragging hillbillies", adding that "demonizing tea party activists tends to energize the Democrats' left-of-center base" and that "polls suggest that tea party activists are not only more mainstream than many critics suggest", [183 ...
“This voter guide never tells you how to vote but only provides the candidates’ positions on various issues, in their own words,” the church said. SLO County church publishes voter guide ...
The organization was founded and officially incorporated on 14 May 2009, [1] by Christian Coalition founder Ralph Reed, who described it as "a 21st century version of the Christian Coalition". [6] Reed designed the coalition as a bridge between the Tea Party movement and evangelical voters. [ 7 ]
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In 1990, the national Christian Coalition, Inc., headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia, began producing non-partisan voter guides which it distributed to conservative Christian churches. Complaints that the voter guides were partisan led to the denial by the IRS of the Christian Coalition, Inc.'s tax-exempt status in 1999. [10]
The American Council, started by members of Destiny Church, has pumped more than $20,000 into local school board elections. Christian conservative school board candidates take lead in Placer ...