ICYMI: Club for Growth PAC President David McIntosh Discusses Midterm Strategy with Fox News

“It’s the difference between all the great progress, the jobs, the good economy, turning America around versus letting the socialists back in, they’ll shut it all down.” – David McIntosh, President, Club for Growth PAC

Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Club for Growth PAC President David McIntosh joined Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser to discuss the upcoming midterm elections from Club for Growth’s annual economic conference in Palm Beach, Florida. McIntosh outlined Club for Growth Action’s goal of investing $175 million this cycle to grow Republican majorities in the House and Senate and keep the United States on the right economic path for the remainder of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Click here to read the full piece from Paul Steinhauser on Fox News.

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As Republicans aim to hold their fragile House and Senate majorities in the 2026 midterm elections, they’ve got an ally in the politically potent and deep-pocketed fiscally conservative group Club for Growth.

Framing the midterms, Club for Growth President David McIntosh emphasized in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview on the sidelines of the group’s annual economic conference “what’s at stake” in the midterms.

“It’s the difference between all the great progress, the jobs, the good economy, turning America around,” that McIntosh said President Donald Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill have accomplished over the past year, “versus letting the socialists back in, they’ll shut it all down.”

For a quarter-century, the club has been one of the biggest backers of Republican candidates and causes, as it pushes its pro-growth and limited-government conservative agenda.

McIntosh, in a presentation to major donors to the group, highlighted that the club spent more than $160 million in the GOP primaries and general election during the 2024 election cycle, “and won nearly 80%” of its races.

In 2026, the group aims to raise and spend $175 million in the midterms, and says it’s already brought in $65 million from donors.

The club plans to spend $75 million on Senate races, $55 million on House showdowns, $20 million in ballot box battles for governors, and $20 million — mostly already spent — on issue advocacy in support of Trump’s tax cuts, school choice efforts and the push for congressional redistricting.

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“So we’ve already started raising money for the general. I’ve got a House fund, an ambitious goal of $40 million to help our guys win,” he added as he spotlighted a fund for vulnerable House Republican incumbents.

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“We’ve got to get the folks who voted for President Trump,” McIntosh said. “They don’t necessarily come out in the midterms. We have to share with them what’s at stake.”

“We’re going to work with President Trump on that so they know he wants them to vote,” he said. “He wants them to come out. He needs them so he can keep going.”

McIntosh said the Club will highlight that “Republicans have a plan that will help make things more affordable. It will keep cutting taxes. They will see the benefits.”

“But the bigger message is going to be, you can’t let the Democrats back in, because they’ll shut everything down,” he claimed. “It’ll be back to the Biden days, high inflation, higher taxes, fewer jobs. That’s what’s at stake, and our job is to tell the voters, we need you to vote because it makes all the difference.”

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… McIntosh predicted that “by the end of the year, we’re going to be back to a robust economy because the Trump tax cuts are going to kick in. People will keep more of their money. There’s a huge incentive for companies to build factories back here in America again, and that will kick in. People will say, ‘Yeah, I like the direction we’re going. Things are turned around. We can’t let the Democrats ruin that.’”

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While the club is ramping up for the general election showdowns, it’s already playing in this year’s GOP primaries.

In the battle for the Senate, the club recently made a major endorsement, backing Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia, who’s involved in an ugly three-way fist fight for the Republican nomination in the race to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the southeastern swing state.

“We’re definitely going to be there in Georgia to help Mike Collins win,” McIntosh pledged.

The club enjoyed a major victory March 3, as the candidate it was backing, Texas state Rep. Steve Toth, toppled high-profile incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL officer, in the GOP primary for a Houston-area congressional seat.

But in this case, the club kept quiet its efforts to support Toth, as it put its funding in an aligned startup PAC.

McIntosh said he “knew if Club for Growth came in guns blazing, then the Washington money would come in to help Crenshaw.”

“We don’t need the glory. We don’t need to take credit for it,” McIntosh said. And pointing to Tosh, he added, “He did the job, but we were able to bring the funds in that let the voters know what their choice was.”