NRCC Loves Fincher
Farmer and gospel singer Steve Fincher (R) is the latest candidate to make it to stage 2 of the NRCC's Young Guns program, demonstrating the GOP's faith that he can fill a seat being vacated by Rep. John Tanner (D-TN).
Fincher joins 9 other candidates on the list of Young Gun "Contenders." He surprised GOP strategists by raising more than $300K in his first several weeks in the race, and he typifies a non-politician politician identity that some GOPers want to see more of in an anti-incumbent cycle.
Others on the Contender list include ex-Reps. Steve Pearce (R-NM) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Montgomery, AL, city councilwoman Martha Roby, state Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Manchester, NH Mayor Frank Guinta.
Every cycle, staffers at party committees tasked with electing House and Senate candidates pick favorites, and Fincher is clearly one of the NRCC's favorites this year. The NRCC has spent months bashing Tanner, and the committee has already started hitting St. Sen. Roy Herron, the leading Dem in the field.
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