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NRCC failed Rep. Gilchrest, aide contends
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| Last Edited | RBH Feb 29, 2008 01:51am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, February 26, 2008 07:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A top aide to ousted Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) criticized the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Tuesday for not sharing polling information it had on the race prior to the Feb. 12 primary.
Campaign manager and chief of staff Tony Caligiuri also suggested that Gilchrest didn’t receive help from the committee because he hasn’t raised much money for the party in years past. He said that sends a strange message to other incumbents who might face primaries in the future.
“If you’re asking members of Congress to raise a lot of money, contribute a lot of money and come up with 30 grand for the President’s Dinner every year, and you do find yourself in a political bind, you’d want to know that the party’s going to be there,” Caligiuri said.
Gilchrest, a political maverick whose votes against funding the Iraq war led to a conservative challenge, has never raised much money for the party or, until this year, his own campaign.
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Caligiuri left open the possibility that Gilchrest might endorse Kratovil in the general election after a nasty primary battle with Harris. Harris defeated Gilchrest 43-33, bringing an end to the centrist incumbent’s 18-year House career.
Gilchrest has regularly won two-thirds of the general election vote, making his endorsement potentially key to an uphill battle for Kratovil. |
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