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Maverick views?

John Boehner, the likely Speaker of the House of Representatives after the Republicans swept into the majority, gave a clear indication of the sway the Tea Parties now hold over his party’s leadership. He had a conference telephone call with Tea Party activists in his district of Ohio and told them: “I will never let you down.”

Across the board, exit polls suggested that more than one in 10 voters identified themselves as members of the Tea Party movement.

In another important gain for the movement, Nikki Haley, an Asian American, won the governor’s race in South Carolina for the Republicans. Her victory is not only a boon for the Tea Parties but also for Sarah Palin, who endorsed Haley early on.

In New York State, Carl Paladino crashed out against his Democratic opponent Andrew Cuomo.

Paladino was initially enthusiastically backed by the Tea Parties but then became embroiled in a series of damaging revelations, including details of racist and sexist emails he circulated among friends. He also had a contretemps with a journalist.

“Any of my missteps were just me. It's just being human. How can you not misstep in an election process like this?” he said.

Christine O’Donnell, who became the unacceptable face of the Tea Parties, also lost heavily in Delaware. She struggled against media coverage of her youthful dabbling with witchcraft and her maverick views on anything from masturbation to creationism.