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NRCC Releases New Web Video: Leading the People’s House

Yesterday, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released a new web video “Leading the People’s House,” highlighting Speaker Boehner, NRCC Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), and incoming (and current deputy) chairman Rep. Greg Walden’s (R-OR) efforts to retain the GOP Majority in the House of Representatives.

Following is video and transcript: 

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Race of the Day: Jonathan Paton #AZ01

Jonathan Paton is running in an open seat in Arizona’s First Congressional District. Paton faces liberal Flagstaff Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick on November 6. 

As Arizona’s Explorer News reported yesterday, the race comes down to who is the better candidate to fight for more jobs and more freedom: 

“Paton is big on taking government out of business, and pushing to get already-established industries, such as mining and drilling, back on track.... Paton said rural Arizona lives and dies by decisions made by the federal government. ‘Your only real government becomes the bureaucrat from Washington,’ he said. ‘In this district, you’ll find somebody who has experienced it, or knows someone who has. You can be a farmer in Marana, a rancher in Safford – at some point they’ve all had to deal with the federal government.’....

“Paton is just as confident in his chances to win the Nov. 6 election that is now less than a week away.

‘I’ve served our country, I’ve served in the legislature,’ Paton said. ‘An NRCC poll showed I am five points ahead, and we feel good about where we are headed. We clearly have the momentum.’”

CNN noted yesterday that “national Republicans have invested heavily in this race to help close the gap in TV ads. This seat is a top priority for both parties.” 

 

 

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Race of the Day: Dan Benishek #MI01

Dr. Dan Benishek is running for reelection in Michigan’s First Congressional District.  A surgeon and GOP Patriot Program member, Dr. Benishek first learned valuable lessons about fiscal responsibility as a young man working in the family business, the Iron River Hotel. After graduating from Wayne State Medical School, he served as a general surgeon in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Jobs and the economy are the top concerns of Dr. Benishek in his race for reelection, as TV-6, the local Fox affiliate, reported recently:

“Benishek said he has spent his first term working to create jobs that utilize natural resources, like the proposed copper mine in Ironwood Township and the development of Marquette County Road 595. ‘This is Northern Michigan, where we've depended on the timber and the mining issues for generations, and these guys in Washington, they don't understand how much we need jobs up here,’ he said...

“Benishek said government regulations are preventing job growth in other areas, too. ‘People in small business, the job creators here in Northern Michigan, they tell me the same thing over and over again,’ he said. ‘It's the regulations that are making it tough for them to hire. They can't expand their business because they have so many costs due to regulations, they don't know what their taxes are going to be.’”

The First Congressional District is a rematch of the 2010 election, where Dr.  Benishek defeated Democrat Gary McDowell. 

To support Dr. Benishek’s candidacy, and that of other like-minded Republicans, consider supporting the Freedom Project today.

 

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Race of the Day: Ann Wagner #MO02

Ann Wagner is running in Missouri’s Second Congressional District, an open seat just west of St. Louis. A Young Gun Vanguard, Wagner was selected by Speaker Boehner to deliver the Republican Weekly Address this weekend. In making his announcement yesterday, Speaker Boehner noted that: 

“Americans want a real agenda to create jobs and long-term growth, but President Obama is offering nothing but excuses, gimmicks, and the same failed economic polices that have buried middle class families over the past four years. We can do better. Ann Wagner grew up working alongside her parents at her family’s business, and she understands that real economic recovery won’t happen until we stop out of control Washington spending and get government out of the way of small business job creators.  Like Governor Romney and Republicans running for Congress across our great nation, Ann Wagner has the courage to lead, and I’m looking forward to hearing her address.”  

Wagner grew up working at her family’s retail carpet business in Manchester, Missouri, where she saw firsthand how government can be an obstacle to hiring and expanding.  Wagner later went on to college at the University of Missouri-Columbia and worked in the private sector before serving as RNC Co-Chair and U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg under President George W. Bush.  

Missouri’s Second District needs to send Ann Wagner to Washington.  To support her candidacy, and that of other like-minded Republicans, consider supporting the Freedom Project today. 

 

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