Terri
06-05-2008, 06:53 AM
Politico
The conservative, anti-tax Club for Growth had a big night Tuesday, as the two candidates it endorsed and funded prevailed in hotly contested Republican primaries in New Mexico and California.
In New Mexico, Rep. Steve Pearce narrowly won the Republican primary for retiring GOP Sen. Pete V. Domenici’s seat, defeating his more moderate opponent, Rep. Heather Wilson, 51 percent to 49 percent.
Pearce benefited from running as an unapologetic conservative in a low-turnout Republican primary — and received key assistance from the Club for Growth’s political action committee, which spent $600,000 on ads attacking Wilson as a tax-hiker.
“Club for Growth members are proud to have supported an economic conservative like Steve Pearce in his primary win,” Club for Growth President Pat Toomey said in a statement.
More (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10850.html)
The conservative, anti-tax Club for Growth had a big night Tuesday, as the two candidates it endorsed and funded prevailed in hotly contested Republican primaries in New Mexico and California.
In New Mexico, Rep. Steve Pearce narrowly won the Republican primary for retiring GOP Sen. Pete V. Domenici’s seat, defeating his more moderate opponent, Rep. Heather Wilson, 51 percent to 49 percent.
Pearce benefited from running as an unapologetic conservative in a low-turnout Republican primary — and received key assistance from the Club for Growth’s political action committee, which spent $600,000 on ads attacking Wilson as a tax-hiker.
“Club for Growth members are proud to have supported an economic conservative like Steve Pearce in his primary win,” Club for Growth President Pat Toomey said in a statement.
More (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10850.html)