发布时间：2026年3月10日 美国东部时间下午3:17 | 福克斯新闻
佛罗里达州棕榈滩 —— 随着共和党人试图在2026年中期选举中保住其脆弱的众议院和参议院多数席位，他们获得了一个政治影响力巨大且资金雄厚的财政保守团体——增长俱乐部（Club for Growth）的支持。
增长俱乐部主席大卫·麦金托什（David McIntosh）在该团体年度经济会议期间接受福克斯新闻数字频道独家采访时，强调了中期选举“关键所在”，以此为中期选举定调。
“这是特朗普总统和国会山共和党人过去一年取得的所有伟大进步、创造的就业机会、良好经济状况以及扭转美国局面的努力，与让社会主义者重新掌权、他们将摧毁这一切之间的区别。”麦金托什说道。
25年来，该俱乐部一直是共和党候选人及事业的最大支持者之一，它大力推行亲增长和有限政府的保守议程。
参议院共和党竞选负责人虽中期选举环境更严峻仍保持乐观
麦金托什在向该团体主要捐赠人发表的演讲中强调，该俱乐部在2024年选举周期的共和党初选和大选中花费了超过1.6亿美元，“并赢得了近80%的竞选”。
2026年，该团体计划在中期选举中筹集并支出1.75亿美元，并表示已经从捐赠者那里获得了6500万美元。
该俱乐部计划在参议院竞选中花费7500万美元，众议院对决中花费5500万美元，州长选举的选票战中花费2000万美元，以及2000万美元用于支持特朗普减税、推动学校选择和国会重新划分选区等议题宣传（大部分资金已投入）。
资金激增：众议院共和党人打破筹款记录，共和党人全力捍卫微弱多数
“我认为众议院是最易受攻击的，”麦金托什指出共和党脆弱的218-214席位多数时表示。
“所以我们已经开始为大选筹集资金。我设立了一个众议院基金，目标是筹集4000万美元，以帮助我们的候选人获胜，”他补充道，并重点介绍了一个针对众议院共和党现任议员的基金。
作为执政党，共和党正面临传统政治逆风，这通常会导致中期选举中失去国会席位。而民主党则因特朗普重返白宫后的14个月内，在非大选年和特别选举中取得了一系列选票胜利并表现出色而士气高涨，他们将继续专注于通胀持续高企下的经济可负担性问题。
但共和党也面临着中期选举中选民参与度低的问题，这是特朗普颠覆政治格局前他们无需担心的：即当选票上没有特朗普名字时，“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）选民不一定会去投票。
“我们必须争取那些投票给特朗普总统的选民，”麦金托什说，“他们不一定在中期选举中出来投票。我们必须让他们明白选举的关键所在。”
“我们将与特朗普总统合作，让他们知道他希望他们去投票，”他说，“他希望他们出来投票。他需要他们，这样他才能继续前进。”
麦金托什表示，该俱乐部将强调“共和党人有一个计划，将帮助提高经济可负担性。它将继续减税。他们会看到好处。”
“但更大的信息将是，你不能让民主党人重新掌权，因为他们会让一切停摆，”他声称，“这将回到拜登时期，高通胀、更高税收、更少就业机会。这就是关键所在，我们的工作就是告诉选民，你们需要投票，因为这会带来巨大不同。”
经济，尤其是通胀，是2024年推动特朗普和共和党人取得压倒性胜利的关键问题。但在2025年以及2026年目前的情况下，可负担性问题帮助民主党在选票中获胜。
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由于一周半前美国和以色列对伊朗发动袭击，油价和天然气价格飙升，共和党人面临更多潜在政治难题。
但麦金托什预测：“到年底，我们将重回强劲经济，因为特朗普减税政策将发挥作用。人们将保留更多收入。企业将有巨大动力再次在美国建厂，这将刺激经济增长。人们会说，‘是的，我喜欢我们前进的方向。一切都已好转。我们不能让民主党人破坏这一切。’”
显然，大多数民主党人不同意该俱乐部的政治叙事。
民主党全国委员会长期以来批评该团体在“禁止堕胎、削减社会保障和医疗保险”等问题上持“极端立场”。
尽管该俱乐部正为大选对决做准备，但它已经在今年的共和党初选中发挥作用。
在参议院竞选方面，该俱乐部最近做出了重大支持，支持佐治亚州众议员迈克·柯林斯（Mike Collins），后者正卷入一场与共和党提名的激烈三人大战，以在这个东南部摇摆州挑战民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫（Jon Ossoff）。
“我们肯定会在佐治亚州支持迈克·柯林斯获胜，”麦金托什承诺。
前海军海豹突击队员在得克萨斯州共和党众议院初选中失利
3月3日，该俱乐部支持的候选人——得克萨斯州众议员史蒂夫·托特（Steve Toth）在休斯顿地区国会席位的共和党初选中击败了高调的现任议员、前海军海豹突击队员丹·克伦肖（Dan Crenshaw），取得了重大胜利。
但在这次竞选中，该俱乐部对支持托特的努力保持低调，而是将资金投入到一个关联的初创政治行动委员会（PAC）。
麦金托什表示：“我知道，如果增长俱乐部高调介入，那么华盛顿的资金就会流入帮助克伦肖。”
“我们不需要荣耀，也不需要为此邀功，”麦金托什说，并指向托特补充道，“是他做了这份工作，但我们能够筹集资金，让选民知道他们的选择是什么。”
保罗·施泰因豪瑟（Paul Steinhauser）是新罕布什尔州（摇摆州）的政治记者，报道全国范围的竞选活动。
McIntosh: Midterms a choice between Trump’s ‘great progress’ and ‘socialists back in’
Published March 10, 2026 3:17pm EDT | Fox News
PALM BEACH, Fla. — As Republicans aim to hold their fragile House and Senate majorities in the 2026 midterm elections, they’ve got an ally in the politically potent and deep-pocketed fiscally conservative group Club for Growth.
Framing the midterms, Club for Growth President David McIntosh emphasized in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview on the sidelines of the group’s annual economic conference “what’s at stake” in the midterms.
“It’s the difference between all the great progress, the jobs, the good economy, turning America around,” that McIntosh said President Donald Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill have accomplished over the past year, “versus letting the socialists back in, they’ll shut it all down.”
For a quarter-century, the club has been one of the biggest backers of Republican candidates and causes, as it pushes its pro-growth and limited-government conservative agenda.
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McIntosh, in a presentation to major donors to the group, highlighted that the club spent more than $160 million in the GOP primaries and general election during the 2024 election cycle, “and won nearly 80%” of its races.
In 2026, the group aims to raise and spend $175 million in the midterms, and says it’s already brought in $65 million from donors.
The club plans to spend $75 million on Senate races, $55 million on House showdowns, $20 million in ballot box battles for governors, and $20 million — mostly already spent — on issue advocacy in support of Trump’s tax cuts, school choice efforts and the push for congressional redistricting.
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“I think the House is the most vulnerable,” McIntosh said as he pointed to the GOP’s fragile 218–214 majority.
“So we’ve already started raising money for the general. I’ve got a House fund, an ambitious goal of $40 million to help our guys win,” he added as he spotlighted a fund for vulnerable House Republican incumbents.
As the party in power, Republicans are facing traditional political headwinds which usually result in the loss of congressional seats in the midterms. And Democrats are energized, thanks to a slew of ballot box victories and overperformances in off-year and special elections in the 14 months since Trump returned to the White House, as they stay laser focused on affordability amid persistent inflation.
But the GOP also is dealing with a low propensity midterms issue that it didn’t have to worry about before Trump upended the political order: MAGA voters who don’t always go to the polls when Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot.
“We’ve got to get the folks who voted for President Trump,” McIntosh said. “They don’t necessarily come out in the midterms. We have to share with them what’s at stake.”
“We’re going to work with President Trump on that so they know he wants them to vote,” he said. “He wants them to come out. He needs them so he can keep going.”
McIntosh said the Club will highlight that “Republicans have a plan that will help make things more affordable. It will keep cutting taxes. They will see the benefits.”
“But the bigger message is going to be, you can’t let the Democrats back in, because they’ll shut everything down,” he claimed. “It’ll be back to the Biden days, high inflation, higher taxes, fewer jobs. That’s what’s at stake, and our job is to tell the voters, we need you to vote because it makes all the difference.”
The economy, and specifically inflation, was a key issue that boosted Trump and Republicans to sweeping victories in 2024. But affordability boosted Democrats at the ballot box in 2025 and so far in 2026.
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And with oil and gas prices surging since the start of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran a week and a half ago, Republicans face more potential political headaches.
But McIntosh predicted that “by the end of the year, we’re going to be back to a robust economy because the Trump tax cuts are going to kick in. People will keep more of their money. There’s a huge incentive for companies to build factories back here in America again, and that will kick in. People will say, ‘Yeah, I like the direction we’re going. Things are turned around. We can’t let the Democrats ruin that.’”
Most Democrats obviously disagree with the political narrative coming from the club.
And the Democratic National Committee has long criticized the group for its “extreme positions on banning abortion and cutting Social Security and Medicare.”
While the club is ramping up for the general election showdowns, it’s already playing in this year’s GOP primaries.
In the battle for the Senate, the club recently made a major endorsement, backing Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia, who’s involved in an ugly three-way fist fight for the Republican nomination in the race to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the southeastern swing state.
“We’re definitely going to be there in Georgia to help Mike Collins win,” McIntosh pledged.
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The club enjoyed a major victory March 3, as the candidate it was backing, Texas state Rep. Steve Toth, toppled high-profile incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL officer, in the GOP primary for a Houston-area congressional seat.
But in this case, the club kept quiet its efforts to support Toth, as it put its funding in an aligned startup PAC.
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McIntosh said he “knew if Club for Growth came in guns blazing, then the Washington money would come in to help Crenshaw.”
“We don’t need the glory. We don’t need to take credit for it,” McIntosh said. And pointing to Tosh, he added, “He did the job, but we were able to bring the funds in that let the voters know what their choice was.”
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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