Jenny Beth Martin is co-founder and national coordinator of Tea Party Patriots, the nation’s largest tea party organization with more than 3,400 locally affiliated groups nationwide. She was named to TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential Leaders in 2010 and lives with her husband and twins in Atlanta, Georgia.
Viewpoint: Why the Tea Party Is Here to Stay
On the fourth anniversary of the first Tea Party protests, the movement is refocusing on reining in government spending