Tea Party Patriots back Sen. Pat Roberts after spending $75,000 trying to defeat him

Tea Party Patriots back Sen. Pat Roberts after spending $75,000 trying to defeat him
(Image credit: Facebook/Senator Pat Roberts)

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) is getting a last-minute endorsement from a group that months earlier tried to oust him from office.

With one week left until the midterms, the Tea Party Patriots has thrown its support behind Roberts, saying there is "too much at stake not to support" the Republican candidate. It's a sharp reversal from July when the national Tea Party group spent $75,000 on a late advertising blitz attacking Roberts and promoting his GOP primary opponent, Milton Wolf.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.