Tea Party Gears Up for Delaware
The Tea Party Express is getting ready to start campaigning for Christine O'Donnell, the candidate they support in Delaware:
The Tea Party Express, which spent some $600,000 on Alaska Republican Joe Miller's primary challenge to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), says it's preparing to do the same on behalf of Christine O'Donnell (R) in Delaware.
O'Donnell is challenging Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) from the right in the state's Sept. 14 Senate primary, but she has yet to capture the same kind of attention from conservative activists as other Tea Party-backed candidates have this cycle.
Tea Party Express spokesman Levi Russell said Monday that his organization is already cutting TV and radio ads in Delaware and expects to be on the air by the end of the week. Russell said he hopes to match the support the group offered in GOP primaries in Utah, Nevada and Alaska this year.
"All of our spending is dependent on the enthusiasm of the Tea Party Express members," Russell said. "It's up to that race and that candidate to capture their imagination."
As to whether O'Donnell has done that to this point, Russell admits "not quite yet." But he expressed confidence that the money will flood in over the coming days.
"I'm sure we'll be spending six figures in Delaware," Russell predicted.
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