 tea party candidates challenging 13 incumbents  thirteen michigan tea party candidates will be running in the august primary against republican incumbents these races will be a good test of where the voters stand on replacing elected officials who sided with governor snyder and voted ldquo against rdquo the republican majority to pass medicaid expansion and other legislation to read more on the upcoming elections and the tea party challenges to the establishment republicans go online at  http wwwmlivecom lansingnews indexssf 201404 timskubickteapartiersdefyhtml incartriver 19  tea party candidates challenging 13 incumbents  