Club for Growth scores in GOP primaries
California

... In California, another club-backed candidate, state Sen. Tom McClintock, easily prevailed over former Rep. Doug Ose in the Republican primary to succeed retiring Rep. John Doolittle.

McClintock won by a comfortable 15-point margin, 54 percent to 39 percent, despite facing a $4 million barrage of attack ads from Ose.

McClintock is a well-known icon throughout the state, and while in the Legislature, he has been a vocal opponent of tax increases and wasteful government spending.

“This election has been watched across the country as a bellwether over the future direction of our party — and ultimately of our nation,” McClintock said in his victory remarks. “Let the word go forth from the 4th Congressional District of California that, tonight, voters spoke unmistakably: They want to restore our traditional principles of constitutional government.”

[good news, Tom's a good man {voted for him for governor - but 'the-governator' you know...]

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