Activist group accelerates poll-watching training ahead of midterm elections

Published September 6, 2026 6:00am ET



EXCLUSIVE — The nation’s largest Tea Party group, Tea Party Patriots Action, is emerging as a leader in training thousands of poll watchers and workers across several battleground states before the midterm elections.

The next training for the group will occur a day after the Republican National Committee midterm convention ends next week. Tea Party Patriots Action will host a training for hundreds of poll watchers and poll workers in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada. Other states that are targeted for training include Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, while trainings have already been held in Ohio, Texas, and Georgia.

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