Posted on 02/17/2010 5:15:36 PM PST by LdSentinal
Dean Murray, a 45-year-old Long Island, N.Y., businessman who organized Tea Party protests, will be sworn in as the new Republican state assemblyman representing Long Island's eastern 3rd Assembly District after being certified the winner of a special election held last Tuesday.
The Tea Party followers can boast about their first elected official.
Dean Murray, a 45-year-old Long Island, N.Y., businessman who organized Tea Party protests, will be sworn in as the new Republican state assemblyman representing Long Island's eastern 3rd Assembly District on Monday, after being certified the winner of a special election held last Tuesday.
Murray defeated his Democratic opponent, 28-year-old Lauren Thoden, 51 to 49 percent, making him what is believed to be the first Tea Party organizer who has attained public office. His district has been in Democratic hands for the last 13 years and he is the third Republican to hold the seat in the last 37 years. The assemblywoman he replaced, Patricia Eddington, resigned to take another post as a town clerk.
"I'm thrilled," Murray told Fox News after a week-long recount in the close race. "The phone's been ringing off the hook and the e-mails are coming in like crazy."
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Awesome! That’s how REAL movements are started... at the local level. I hope similar things happen across the nation.
RNC Steele will be shooting his face off pretty soon now....
Yahoo!!!!!!!!
From the ground up. I love it!
It would have been sweet if he ran ONLY as an official Tea Party affiliation. The GOP is run by RINOS but beggars cant be choosers. Congrats Mr. Murray and good luck.
THIS is how the Tea Party operates. We are NOT a third party, we ARE a movement.
Massive FR bumps to you Dean.
Murray's Tea Party affiliation became an issue during the campaign. A group called the Long Island Progressive Coalition said the loss by Attorney General Martha Coakley to Brown in Massachusetts "shows progressives that who is elected matters and that special elections can send a powerful message that resonate well beyond state or district borders. ... Dean Murray, is a Tea Party organizer. If he is elected to a seat held by a Democrat, it will only embolden the Tea Party right and hurt progressive causes throughout Long Island."YES!Murray said hopes his special election triumph will indeed send a message beyond his district's borders.
YES; I felt the same way! Great ending..sometime storybooks (or real life) really do have a happy ending!!..
This was a NY Assembly race there was concern that we might not have won since it was so close, but it was certified in our favor.
So we netted 2 Assembly seats from the NY specials 10 days ago. From little acorns . . . .
Oh, please don’t say “Acorn.” *shudders*
Lower-case a, DJ. : )
More good news on the special election front.
thanks, bfl
Wow, I’m surprised there’s only 15 responses to your post. I’ve been in the beautiful boonies in OKlahoma for a month, come home and turn on Greta and I see this Dean Murray win. Wow!
BTTT
"If he is elected to a seat held by a Democrat, it will only embolden the Tea Party right and hurt progressive causes throughout Long Island THE ENTIRE COUNTRY."
Oh, YEAH! There. Fixed it. Let's roll.
Going up at NOON today from RINO FREE. How to help John McCain retire. period!
BUMP.
And in LI of all places.
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