Ben Lange Advances to Top Level of Young Guns Program

Washington– The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) announced today that Ben Lange (IA-01) has reached ‘Young Gun’ status, the premiere level of its three-tiered Young Guns program. By advancing to the program’s top tier, Lange has proven his ability to build a winning campaign and achieve substantial fundraising goals. With an anti-incumbent sentiment sweeping throughout Iowa, Lange is poised to pose a strong challenge to two-term Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA).

“Ben Lange is ready to take on Democrat incumbent Bruce Braley, an out-of-touch Washington insider who has recklessly supported his party’s runaway spending spree which has led to unacceptably high unemployment and joblessness,” said NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX). “Ben’s campaign is a symbol of the growing momentum behind Republican candidacies in Iowa and across the country. As Democrats in Washington continue to push their big-government, big-spending policies onto the backs of hard-working families, leaders like Ben Lange will continue to present a clear alternative to a majority that continues to spend too much, borrow too much and tax too much.”

Ben Lange, a native Iowan, overwhelmingly won the 2010 Primary Election for Iowa’s First District by thirty points. After growing up in a working class family in a small town with a population of 499, Lange learned the value of fiscal discipline. He became the first in his family to earn a college degree, and later a law degree. Lange now owns and operates a small business in Independence, IA.

Originally founded in the 2007-2008 election cycle by Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Paul Ryan (R-WI) as a member-driven organization, the Young Guns program has become an official NRCC effort dedicated to electing open-seat and challenger candidates nationwide. Reps. Cantor, McCarthy and Ryan remain actively involved in Young Guns, working together to recruit and prime Republican leaders for victory.

Now that Ben Lange has completed the Young Guns’ benchmarks to place him on the road to victory, he is ready to take on out-of-touch Democrat Bruce Braley in November.

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