A Hamilton County Republican group hopes to raise money for local races by tapping into conservative anger over national issues.
“At our nation’s capital, they are curtailing freedoms outlined by the Constitution and placing additional, undue burdens on the middle class and small-business owners — the backbone of our economy,” states an e-mail sent last week from the Majority Builders. “Why can we become very impassioned about a presidential or congressional race, but only feel lukewarm in our attention to partisan, county races where a conservative, Republican candidate can make a difference in our lives right here? Well, we shouldn’t.”
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Matthew Bryant, chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party, said organizing the group will help gather the basic tools for winning local elections.
“I do think there is an enormous amount of attention given by conservatives to national issues, and rightly so,” he said. “But we feel that, as a county Republican Party, we must be about the business of taking care of ensuring victory at the local level.”