Perhaps no Republican politician other than Sarah Palin has seen his star rise higher in the past two years than South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint. Once little-known outside his home state, DeMint has ...

The knives were out for Jim DeMint in the Senate last week, as Republicans laid into the South Carolina senator for supporting Tea Party favorite Christine O’Donnell over Rep. Mike Castle in ...

The Senate Tea Party Caucus met for the first time Thursday as Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) rebuffed the notion that the caucus would lead to Washington insiders co-opting the grassroots movement. “It’s ...

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:40:51 GMT — WASHINGTON (AP) " Sen. Jim DeMint on Thursday dismissed worries by some of his fellow Republicans that tea party-backed politicians like Delaware Senate candidate ...

Conventional wisdom is congealing in the elite media and political precincts that the GOP would have won a 50-50 split in the Senate Tuesday, but for those wild-eyed Tea Party radicals recruited by ...

As the Republican campaign to replace President Barack Obama heats up in early voting states like South Carolina, U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is releasing a book discussing the roots of the tea party crusade ...

Despite the fact the outrageous fight for his former seat, former Senator Mel Martinez has been relatively quiet on the political front. Though Martinez, who also had brief stints in George W. Bush’s ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Republican Senator Jim DeMint, perhaps the most influential advocate in Congress for the anti-tax, small government Tea Party movement, is resigning from the U.S. Senate.

South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint, one of the most conservative of conservatives leaders in the U.S. Congress and a founder of Washington's Tea Party movement, will resign from the Senate to take ...