NY-27: Roberto Gets Tea Party Endorsement
Tags: Brian Higgins, Leonard Roberto, tea party, Western New York
Just in from the Roberto campaign yesterday…
The local Tea Party movement has endorsed Leonard Roberto for U.S. Congress in the 27th District-NY. The group Tea New York, which is comprised of a coalition of Western New York tea party organizations, is opposed to higher taxes and seeks to achieve government reform through political and citizen action and policy development. Tea New York called the endorsement of Roberto a “no-brainer” in an e-mail released to its members on July 24.
Roberto was given the group’s endorsement after he won a vote of over 200 members of Tea New York at a meeting held by the group on June 12, 2010. Roberto was also a featured speaker at that meeting where he said that he would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and he would focus his efforts on restoring fiscal responsibility to the U.S. Congress in the form of lower taxes, less spending and opposition to further bailouts and stimulus programs.
Leonard Roberto is a local small business owner and is the founder of Primary Challenge, a group dedicated to reform in the election process. Roberto is also the endorsed candidate of the Republican and Conservative parties to run against Brian Higgins in the 27th Congressional District this year.
Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at Blogs For Victory. Follow Matt on Twitter.