PERSON: Niger Innis

TheTeaParty.net

Executive director

A prominent black conservative and civil rights activist, Innis most recently ran an insurgent Congressional campaign in Nevada’s 4th district, and is rejoining TheTeaParty.net after a seven month hiatus on the campaign trail. Innis previously served as TheTeaParty.net’s chief strategist and is returning to lead the entire organization.”After a raucous Congressional run, I’m pleased to rejoin my tea party family at a time when the national tea party groups are under attack. Liberals and GOP political elites alike have simultaneously assailed the tea party movement as racist, radical, and now irrelevant.

— TheTeaParty.net