Our PAC's 2006 Election Record
Wins 7 of 8 Top Tier House Races
WASHINGTON - Last night, the Club for Growth PAC demonstrated its unrivaled ability to help elect to Congress committed, limited-government, pro-growth, economic conservatives. Despite Republicans losing at least 28 seats in the House of Representatives, seven of the eight candidates whom the Club's PAC helped win their competitive House primaries went on to win their general election races.
We consider the following group as our top tier of pro-growth candidates because the Club's PAC and Club for Growth members supported them every step of the way, from their competitive primaries -- and for the primary winners -- through to their hard fought general elections.
| House | Candidate | Primary | General |
| CO-05 | Doug Lamborn - R | W | W |
| ID-01 | Bill Sali - R | W | W |
| OH-04 | Jim Jordan - R | W | W |
| NE-03 | Adrian Smith - R | W | W |
| MI-07 | Tim Walberg - R | W | W |
| TX-28 | Henry Cuellar - D | W | W |
| CA-48 | John Campbell - R | W | W |
| CO-07 | Rick O'Donnell - R | W | L |
| NV-02 | Sharron Angle - R | L | n/a |
| OK-05 | Kevin Calvey - R | L | n/a |
| MN-06 | Phil Krinkie - R | L | n/a |
| Senate | Candidate | Primary | General |
| RI-Sen | Steve Laffey - R | L | n/a |
| Gubernatorial | Candidate | Primary | General |
| OH-Gov | Ken Blackwell - R | W | L |
| In addition to the candidates whom the Club's PAC helped to win their primaries, our PAC also supported the following candidates in their general election races. | |||
| House | Candidate | Primary | General |
| OH-01 | Rep. Steve Chabot - R | n/a | W |
| MN-06 | Michele Bachmann - R | n/a | W |
| IN-02 | Rep. Chris Chocola - R | n/a | L |
| SC-05 | Ralph Norman - R | n/a | L |
| IL-08 | David McSweeney - R | n/a | L |
| IA-01 | Mike Whalen - R | n/a | L |
| WI-08 | John Gard - R | n/a | L |
| Senate | Candidate | Primary | General |
| AZ-Sen | Sen. Jon Kyl - R | n/a | W |
| VA-Sen | Sen. George Allen - R | n/a | L |
| MI-Sen | Mike Bouchard - R | n/a | L |
| MD-Sen | Michael Steele - R | n/a | L |
| WA-Sen | Mike McGavick - R | n/a | L |
"While we are very disappointed with the general outcome of yesterday's elections, we take comfort in knowing that our PAC and, most of all, Club for Growth members, have helped to make the House Republican Conference more pro-growth and more committed to free markets than it was before this election," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "We congratulate each of the great candidates our members and PAC supported and look forward to working with them during the next Congress to rebuild a new Republican majority with a renewed commitment to pro-growth principles." |
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