Club for Growth boasts over McClintock victory

Republican congressional candidate Tom McClintockThe Club for Growth, the independent conservative organization that advocates low taxes and limited government spending, is crowing over the primary victory of U.S. House candidate Tom McClintock.

With McClintock opponent Doug Ose investing nearly $3 million of his own personal wealth to blast McClintock, the club helped to fill a significant spending void for McClintock, who was relying on contributions to power his bid. The club bundled $200,000 for McClintock’s effort and ran $100,000 worth of television ads on his behalf.

“The Club for Growth PAC is proud to have supported conservative stalwart Tom McClintock. We are confident he will win his general election race in November and will be a conservative star in the United States Congress just as he was in the California Legislature,” said the club in a statement following McClintock’s Tuesday victory.

In its ads, the club slammed Ose, a former U.S. Congressman, as a tax-and-spend liberal who was misrepresenting himself as a tough-on-taxes Republican. Ose, for his part, aired a series of television and radio spots slamming McClintock as a sleazy lifetime politician.

McClintock would go on to win the hard-fought fight by a 15-point margin. He will face off against Democrat Charlie Brown, a retired Air Force officer, in November’s general election.