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ABC News' Guidebook to Tea Party Candidates

ByMAYA SRIKRISHNAN, JOSH GOLDSTEIN and JARED PLINER
September 24, 2010, 2:40 PM

Sept. 27, 2010— -- The Tea Party movement has shaken up the political landscape in 2010, taking down incumbents in Utah and Alaska and defeating the Republican-establishment favorites in Nevada and Delaware during the primary campaign. Now its favored candidates with their fiscally conservative ideals are poised to be a formidable force in the November general elections.

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ABC News has compiled a comprehensive guidebook to all the Tea Party-backed U.S. Senate, House and gubernatorial candidates and where they stand on key issues. All the candidates are running on the Republican ticket, unless otherwise noted.

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