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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) lost his Republican primary Thursday night in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, falling 53-47 to former state Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher — despite carrying a personal endorsement from President Donald Trump. It marks Trump's second congressional endorsement loss in a single week, and it didn't happen by accident.
The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC — a dark money vehicle funded by billionaires with direct ties to California Gov. Gavin Newsom — poured nearly $700,000 into the race backing Hatcher. The PAC's top disclosed donor is Chris Larsen, the Ripple Labs crypto billionaire worth nearly $13 billion, who told Politico in May: "I'm a big believer in Gavin." Other contributors include green energy executives from Aligned Climate Capital, CleanChoice Energy, and Nextpower. The same PAC previously spent more than $650,000 trying to knock out Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) in the Texas attorney general race — explicitly targeting conservatives who voted to roll back Inflation Reduction Act clean energy subsidies. Following that race, the group declared it had sent "an unmistakable message to every politician in America: declare war on the clean energy industry, and we will bring the fight directly to your door."
Hatcher is a fifth-generation Tennessee farmer who served as agriculture commissioner under Republican Gov. Bill Lee. The PAC framed him as "an America First conservative who gets things done" — a deliberate attempt to launder a green energy operation as MAGA. Former Gov. Bill Haslam, a moderate Republican and Bridgestone heir, also backed Hatcher. The Freedom Caucus Fund spent roughly $285,000 defending Ogles, but the Newsom money won the air war. Hatcher is a glidepath favorite in the newly redrawn district after redistricting made it solidly Republican, meaning he will almost certainly head to Congress in January. Democrats had actually preferred to face Ogles — their research showed him as the more beatable candidate — which tells you everything about who really won here.
Ogles, a two-term House Freedom Caucus member, had introduced articles of impeachment against a federal judge just days before his primary loss and was among the most vocal conservatives on immigration and judicial overreach. His primary defeat is a case study in how climate billionaires have figured out how to flip Republican primaries without being detectable until it's too late: run a photogenic state official, call him "pro-Trump," flood the zone with money from San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and let local media describe it as a grassroots upset. The establishment playbook works. The question is whether MAGA voters will start reading the fine print on who's funding their "America First" alternatives.
Check out Hatcher's site. NO ON THE ISSUES LINK!!! THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TELLTALE SIGN! THE GOP WERE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL!!!
ALSO, ENDORSED BY GOV BILL LEE!!! WHAT THE HECK???? https://charliehatcher.com/
Another democrat in a RINO custom. The democrats are trying destroy the republican party from within.