Politics & Government

Tea Party Group Launched in Apple Valley

The launch comes as statewide political races are beginning to heat up.

A new Tea Party group is attempting to launch itself in Apple Valley, according to the Sun This Week.

“We were expecting 30 to 50 people, and over 150 people showed up,” Leslie Henschel, one of the South Metro Tea Party’s several organizers, told the newspaper. “We had people standing, we had people sitting on the floor – it was pretty amazing.”

The group's formation comes as challengers begin to come out of the woodwork in the races for governor and for Sen. Al Franken's (D-MN) seat.

Read the rest in the Sun This Week.

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