Victory for True Conservative Canidates

As many of you know I had decided a couple of months ago to dedicate my time writing emails to constituents and posting in the Letters sections of News Papers in areas where "Club for Growth PAC's" http://www.clubforgrowth.org/ has been supporting True Conservative Candidates. While there have been a few disappointments the overall record of these Candidates has been phenomenal. I would like to share with you an email I received form Chris Chocola President of Club for Growth on 6/9.
I need to state here that my actions with Club for Growth PAC's are of my own volition and have not been discussed with nor endorsed by any member of the Rome/Floyd GA Tea Party 2010.



Dear Roger,

We did it! Or rather, you did it. Last night may have been the biggest night in the Club for Growth PAC's history. Our candidates won two huge races, including an upset win in the biggest Republican primary of the year. And we could not have done it without you. Thank you.


Thanks to your generous, timely contributions, we helped elect a new congressman in Georgia, put two world-class state legislators another step toward Congress in South Carolina, and in Nevada, pro-growth superstar Sharron Angle won the right to take on liberal Harry Reid this fall!



If you don't know Sharron's story, you will soon. She has been the strongest fiscal conservative in the state for years, was the true pro-growth conservative in the Senate race, and will give Nevadans a clear choice in the fall between Harry Reid's failed spending schemes and the pro-growth principles of limited government and economic freedom. When we endorsed Sharron, she was neck-and-neck with her opponents. In 21 days, Club members contributed more than $150,000 to her campaign, and we spent more than $400,000 in PAC dollars to help her combat the negative attacks that came in the final weeks. Your support made this victory possible.



Sharron Angle's victory last night was one of the great stories in the history of the Club's PAC: Congratulations!



In Georgia, Tom Graves won his runoff special election with 56.5 percent of the vote and is on his way to Washington, to make an immediate difference the moment he's sworn in, likely early next week. Tom will be a terrific leader for our limited government principles. Club members donated $219,109 to Tom's campaign, and thanks to your generous donations, our PAC was able to run $113,000 in TV and other ads to help him win.



In South Carolina, both of the Club PAC's endorsed candidates made their runoff elections, which will be on June 22.



In South Carolina's first district, Tim Scott led a nine candidate field to make the runoff with 31 percent of the vote. He faces Paul Thurmond, son of former Sen. Strom Thurmond in just two weeks! Tim has a terrific record as a fiscal conservative on the Charleston County Council and in the South Carolina Legislature, while Thurmond is a go-along-to-get-along politician. If Scott wins the runoff in this district, which is likely to go Republican in November, he will be the first black Republican to win in South Carolina since Reconstruction.



Last but not least, State Rep. Jeff Duncan made the runoff in South Carolina's third district, taking 23 percent in a six-candidate field in which four candidates got between 19 percent and 25 percent of the vote. Jeff has one of the best records in the South Carolina Legislature on taxes and spending, and if elected will help push the Republican leadership in Congress to stay true to limited government principles.



Sharron Angle, Tim Scott and Jeff Duncan all need your support now. All three need to replenish their campaign funds to kick start the next phase of their races. Duncan and Scott now face the shortest runoff period in American politics - just two weeks.



And Angle? She has won the battle, but now the war begins. Already just today, Harry Reid and his liberal allies have opened up their massive bank accounts to start attacking Sharron. Reid is as nasty a campaigner as he is a legislator, and he wants to smear Sharron Angle right away, before she has the resources to defend herself. Harry Reid has more than $7 million in his bank account. Sharron Angle's account is depleted.



I don't need to tell you that at this critical time, WE are those resources. Every dollar we can send to Sharron NOW is a dollar she can use defending herself from Harry Reid's political war machine and exposing Reid's liberal record. Sharron needs pro-growth, fiscal conservatives in Nevada and around the country to rally to her cause, to stand with her in what will be a brutal and expensive fight. She can win. And if she does, all America will win with her leadership in the Senate. But she needs your help, today.



I thank you for all you have done and continue to do to make our victories for limited government possible.



Best Regards,

Chris



Chris Chocola

President, Club for Growth

2001 L Street, NW, Ste 600

Washington, DC 20036

PH: 202-955-5500