House Republicans Come Together to Make First "Patriot Day" a Success

June 24, 2009

House Republicans Come Together to Make First “Patriot Day” a Success
First “Patriot Day” Event Anticipated to Generate $90,000-$100,000 for Each of 10 Republican Incumbents

Washington- On June 25, the NRCC will hold its first “Patriot Day” event, a fundraising event hosted by the House Republican Leadership that includes the entire House Republican Conference and benefits the ten eligible Patriot Program Members. Each Patriot is expected to raise $90,000 to $100,000 through the event to strengthen their campaigns and ensure victory.

“These ten Patriots have shown a quantifiable commitment to building strong, competitive and effecitve campaigns as members of the Patriot Program,” said NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions. “Under the leadership of our Incumbent Retention Chairman Mike Rogers, Patriot Day will provide these Republican Members with the resources they need to build strong campaigns and help us fight our way back to the Majority. I would like to thank each and everyone who made this event a success.”

The following are the first 10 Patriots who have worked tirelessly to build winning campaigns with the full support and participation of the NRCC and the entire House Republican Leadership:

Rep. Judy Biggert (IL-13)
Rep. Brian Bilbray (CA-50)
Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-44)
Rep. Anh Joseph Cao (LA-02)
Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
Rep. Chris Lee (NY-26)
Rep. Dan Lungren (CA-03)
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (MI-11)
Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN-03)
Rep. Dave Reichert (WA-08)

Working with the NRCC, Patriots develop aggressive goals, and detailed plans to meet those goals, for fundraising, coalitions outreach, grassroots development, eCampaign operations, volunteer recruitment, and a number of additional aspects of their re-election campaigns.