The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed Republican Joni Ernst in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race.
Rob Engstrom, the group’s national political director, says they’re “all in” for Ernst because her opponent is “actively hostile” toward businesses. Engstrom spoke during an event at an Indianola hardware store, praising Ernst as an advocate of the free enterprise system, but directing most of his remarks at Braley.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent over 35 million dollars supporting Republican candidates in 2012 and the group this year has already spent more than half a million on behalf of just one incumbent Republican senator from Mississippi. Ernst will now benefit from U.S. Chamber of Commerce campaign ads run on her behalf in Iowa.
Ernst spoke at an event staged in an Indianola hardware store. Braley, her opponent, says Ernst will find the endorsement from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to be a “liability.”
The Koch brothers are billionaires who support Ernst and are expected to spend 300-million dollars this election cycle to back conservative candidates and causes.
