Club for Growth Endorses Kevin Calvey in OK-05

In its first endorsement of the 2010 cycle, the Club for Growth PAC endorsed former state representative Kevin Calvey for the open seat in Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District.

The current representative, Republican Mary Fallin, is vacating the seat to run for governor, and Kevin Calvey is expected to announce his candidacy for Congress very soon.

As a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, Calvey proved himself to be a genuine fiscal conservative. He sponsored a bill to cut Oklahoma’s income tax, and he was one of only five legislators to vote against a pork spending bill in 2004.

“Given Kevin Calvey’s record in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, we have every reason to believe he will be a strong fiscal conservative in Congress,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. “As Congress seems more and more determined to spend the country into oblivion, Washington could use a fighter like Kevin Calvey to stand up for taxpayer’s hard-earned money. The Club for Growth PAC is proud to issue its first endorsement of the 2010 cycle in support of such a principled candidate.”