Check this out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_the_Tea_Party_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_the_Tea_P... Pay a

Check this out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_the_Tea_Party_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_the_Tea_P... Pay attention to the 2010 primary races that happened within GOP. There were also some high profile races where the Tea-party/Traditional-GOP split even caused Dems to win some seats (like Christine O'Donnell in Delaware) After that cycle, mainstream republicans mostly co-opted the movement and the rift wasn't that evident in successive elections.