There are wrong conclusions being drawn to support specific politics.
The Tea Party did not lose anymore than anybody that loses to an incumbent. Incumbents win. It takes really bad, I mean really bad incumbent to lose. The incumbent Republican Tony Shipley lost here....... he was really really bad
Carr’s loss was more the rule than the exception.
“Carr’s loss was more the rule than the exception.”
It is tough to knock off an incumbent. That’s why it’s relatively rare.