Tea Party Candidate Wins Seat In Tennessee State Legislature

Mark White, the Tea Party backed candidate who earlier scored an upset victory in the Republican primary, last night won a resounding victory in a special election for a seat in the Tennessee General Assembly. White won the race in the 83rd District with a resounding 68% of the vote. Mark Skoda, organizer of the Memphis Tea Party, the group which backed White early on, credited the on the ground get-out-the vote efforts of local tea party members for White's primary and general election wins. CHQ