Young Guns

WASHINGTON - The Young Guns, the Kevin McCarthy-led group of congressional Republicans who are supporting selected House incumbents and challengers around the country, is considering among its options the bold step of taking sides in upcoming GOP primaries, McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) said in an interview with PolitickerCA.com today.

“We haven’t gotten engaged in primaries,” he said. “If the primaries are late and there is an opportunity, maybe there is one or two that we do.”

McCarthy, pointing to the GOP’s failure in special elections earlier on in the cycle, said the organization had missed an opportunity to “solidify” the party’s standing for the general election.