Club for Growth PAC Statement On Mississippi’s Senate Race

Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC released the following statement on the results of last night’s Mississippi Republican primary runoff:

“We are proud of the effort we made in Mississippi’s Senate race and we congratulate the winner,” said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. “We expect that Senator Cochran and others gained a new appreciation of voter frustration about the threats to economic freedom and national solvency. In light of our experience of the last ten years, we move forward even more confidently than we did the day after the 2004 Pennsylvania primary.”

“Ten years ago, Club for Growth PAC endorsed and funded a challenge against a long-time U.S. Senator in that Republican primary,” continued Chocola. “The GOP Establishment, from the President of the United States on down, came in heavily against our candidate, and he very narrowly lost that election. The state was Pennsylvania. The challenger was Pat Toomey. The incumbent was Arlen Specter. Six years later, Specter switched to the Democratic Party, and Toomey was elected to the U.S. Senate where he now serves with great distinction.”

“In the intervening ten years, the Club for Growth PAC has endorsed and funded several other upstart, underdog candidates who were opposed by the GOP Establishment, including U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Ted Cruz, Jeff Flake, and Tim Scott,” concluded Chocola. “We will continue to work hard to add our current endorsees Tom Cotton, Ben Sasse, and Dan Sullivan to the ranks of pro-growth Senators next year. It is in that context that we view yesterday’s election result in Mississippi.”