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Clean Energy PACs Enter GOP Primaries
Coverage from NYTimes, E&E News by POLITICO, and others
Clean energy investors and renewable-energy interests are increasing independent political spending in Republican primary races, targeting prominent opponents of wind, solar, electric vehicles and related tax credits while supporting selected allies.
The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition spent more than $1 million against Texas Republican Chip Roy, who subsequently lost his attorney general primary runoff, and is considering further campaigns in other states. The activity signals a shift toward more sustained, cross-party political engagement as federal support for clean energy faces cuts.
The story now frames the clean-energy PAC effort as a more explicit national political strategy, not just isolated primary spending, with new emphasis on building a pro-clean-energy congressional majority. It also adds a fresh example of coalition-backed spending in Iowa and notes the group’s intent to keep expanding campaigns.
The biggest update is that the coalition’s anti-Roy spending is now tied to an actual electoral outcome: Roy lost his runoff, though his defeat is still being contested as partly attributable to the spending. The story also adds a broader funding picture, with the coalition claiming roughly $15 million available for further Republican primary activity.