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Washington (CNN) -- There's a fight brewing and it could get ugly. CNN
Washington (CNN) -- There's a fight brewing and it could get ugly.http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/politics/2014-republican-civil-war/
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In all, Club for Growth spent $18 million in 2012, the Center for Responsive Politics says. Nearly $10 million was spent to defeat other Republicans. Mourdock was one of its candidates. He beat longtime Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana in the primary but ended up losing to Democrat Joe Donnelly in the general election.
"I refer to them as the Club for Democratic Growth," LaTourette said about the group and its efforts.
Incumbent Wayne Gilchrest was another Republican defeated in a primary challenge. A moderate, he lost to Andy Harris, a Club for Growth-backed and financed candidate in the 2008 primary for Maryland's 1st Congressional District.
"Some very thoughtful, deep-thinking smart people have been voted out" because they didn't completely align with tea party credentials, Gilchrest told CNN.
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