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Meet the 2010 State House and Senate Michigan Tea Party Candidates

by: pbratt

Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 11:54:43 AM EDT

The list of official Tea Party candidates was released earlier today. There are 6 State Senate candidates and 8 State House candidates. Interestingly, they generally chose to run in competitive districts. Here is a listing of the names:

State Senate
District 7: Shelley Niles
District 12: John Young
District 13: Thomas Murdock
District 15: Heather Sartorius
District 26: Andrew Nicholls
District 36: Frantt Whitehall

State House
District 1: Jameson Canto
District 26: Susan Quashat
District 43: Matthew Quinn
District 51: William Guethner
District 64: Sara Summerfelt
District 65: Christopher Dickinson
District 107: Tony Matthews
District 108: David Polzin

Stay tuned for more candidates

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Meet the 2010 State House and Senate Michigan Tea Party Candidates | 6 comments

I am sure (0.00 / 0)

that it is just a coincidence...

by: Nazgul35 @ Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 20:51:14 PM UTC

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I'm sure it's a coincidence (0.00 / 0)

Just like a certain David Polzin from Menominee (in the 108th) donated to Bart Stupak in 2008.

"He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security" - Benjamin Franklin

by: Republican Michigander @ Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 21:18:44 PM UTC

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Better than that (4.00 / 3)

he was the Dem's 2006 candidate for the same seat...but Fox news tells me half the Tea Baggers are Dems anyway, so what's your point?

by: Nazgul35 @ Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 00:32:11 AM UTC

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Republicans (4.00 / 1)

Looking through that list, there is more than one Republican there as well.

by: Brady @ Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 00:46:09 AM UTC

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Sounds like (4.00 / 3)

the Tea Party to me...at least the way Fox portrays them.

by: Nazgul35 @ Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 01:28:08 AM UTC

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This is good news (4.00 / 1)

for John McCain.

by: happy camper @ Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 04:32:08 AM UTC

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