Cliff Stearns Continues Struggles with Tea Party in Straw Polls
Tea Party members continue to show their support for large-animal doctor Ted Yoho in the primary for the new District 3 congressional seat.
With 131 people casting ballots in a straw poll held Saturday at Olustee Park by the Lake City Tea Party, Yoho garnered 60 percent of the vote, followed by Clay County Clerk of Court Jimmy Jett at 17 percent.
State Sen. Steve Oelrich, R-Gainesville, came in third with 14 percent and U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, continued to struggle with the tea party crowd, taking 9 percent of the vote.
In previous straw polls held by tea party groups in the new district, in Gainesville and Gilchrist County, Stearns has attracted 10 percent of the vote.
The district includes: Alachua, Gilchrist, Levy, Dixie, Lafayette, Suwannee, Columbia, Bradford, Union, Hamilton and Clay counties, along with the eastern portion of Madison County and the north-western portion of Marion County.
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6:13PM JUL 3RD 2012
Way to go Dr Yoho!! We need you to stand for us in Washington. Enough of the same 'ole gang racking up debt which is the greatest threat to our national security.
1:38PM JUL 3RD 2012
Ted Yoho is going to win this thing! Never new him before but I'm now completing supporting him. This is what we need to save America.
1:33PM JUL 3RD 2012
Go Yoho! Finally we're getting a good man in Congress. About time people woke up and saw Stearns is no longer there for us. Dr. Yoho is all about the people and that's what we need. People let's take our country back!
