Do you plan on remaining in the race after the Tea Party PAC has endorsed your opponenet J.D. Winteregg?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TEA PARTY PAC ENDORSES BOEHNER CHALLENGER
TEA PARTY LEADERSHIP FUND SELECTS WINTEREGG TO BATTLE BOEHNER IN MAY 6 PRIMARY
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After nearly two months of research & advocacy in Ohio’s 8th Congressional District - capped by hosting a forum & straw poll on February 22nd for the Republican candidates registered to challenge Speaker John Boehner - the Tea Party Leadership Fund has announced its decision to endorse educator J.D. Winteregg in the May 5th primary.
“We’ve undertaken a long, deliberative process in deciding who to throw our weight behind to unify conservatives behind an alternative to John Boehner. It was a tough decision with two great candidates, but in the end, there’s one man left standing, and that’s high school teacher J.D. Winteregg, who is a credible challenger to the Speaker of the House,” said Rusty Humphries, spokesman for the Tea Party Leadership Fund’s Primary Boehner campaign.
“As John Boehner has risen to the heights of power over 25 years in Washington, he has forgotten his roots, his promises and the people of the 8th district of Ohio. We will never give a free pass to politicians who ignore the will of the people, their district and his own party by betraying their commitments to control spending, protect our borders, all while cutting benefits of our military veterans while fighting to preserve benefits for members of congress and their staffs,” added Humphries.
The endorsement letter provided by the Tea Party Leadership Fund is pasted below.
About J.D. Winteregg: J.D. Winteregg currently teaches at a local high school, and as an adjunct at a nearby university. He and his wife live in Troy, where they are fixing up a home in the historic district. He earned a B.A. in International Business and French from Ohio Wesleyan University. He also has a M.Ed. in Foreign Language Education (Wright State University), a M.A. in French (Ohio State University), and he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Foreign and Second Language Education (Ohio State University).
The Tea Party Leadership Fund PAC is dedicated to identifying, recruiting, training, and supporting Americans who share the Founding Fathers vision of America as a beacon of liberty, free markets, and hope throughout the world.
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Dear Mr. Winteregg,
It was neither an easy process nor an easy decision of who to support in the effort to unseat Speaker of the House John Boehner. We sent our team into the district on multiple occasions to meet with the challengers and people in the district. We have put up billboards, radio ads, social media and more to get grassroots interest and support. We have had personal meetings, town hall discussions and debates to determine whom the Tea Party Leadership Fund PAC would support in this uphill but most important battle.
In the end our decision came down to who had the energy to run a winning ground game, the steadfast commitment to our core, Constitutional values and the support in the district to win. While we are faced with two exceptional candidates in this race, we have chosen to support you.
I am pleased to inform you that the Tea Party Leadership Fund PAC has endorsed you in the coming May 6 Republican Primary against Speaker of the House John Boehner. The constituents of Ohio’s 8th District deserve better representation than they have received from Mr. Boehner over the past two decades.
We believe your candidacy and election as a committed, Constitutional conservative is critical to the Conservative movement and our Country’s Future. On behalf of the 200,000 - and growing - members of the Tea Party Leadership Fund PAC who have signed a petition urging the defeat of Mr. Boehner, we look forward to standing with you.
Regards,
Rusty Humphries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y34m6Fythhk
Here is the debate. I’m not afraid to let someone make up their own mind. It was cool that I met a fellow freeper there.
In the end it was decided by 8 votes.
Sorry didn’t see the question at the top. I absolutely plan to stay in. That group the Leadership Fund came in to town and didn’t even want to talk to me. They never actually contacted me directly. I was called on a Friday night and told they were in town to talk to one of the other candidates. Someone called me and said the guy from the PAC is at a friends house would I like to meet with them. I said sure and spent probably thirty or forty minutes talking with a small group that included them. Then last week I heard about the debate.
The truth is my phone has been ringing off the hook the last day or so. A good number of local Tea Party folks are not to happy with the decision.
In the end I felt like this couldn’t be about just the Tea Party. With an entrenched incumbent we needn’t to make sure our ground game hit every potential Republican, independent and libertarian.