The Club for Growth is endorsing Rep. Mary Miller over Rep. Rodney Davis after redistricting forced the two incumbent Republicans into the same central Illinois congressional district.
The leading conservative advocacy group opted to back Miller over Davis in the state’s newly configured 15th Congressional District roughly two weeks after former President Donald Trump did the same. In doing so, the Club for Growth cited Miller’s higher score on the organization’s congressional scorecard.
Although the group occasionally crosses Trump in high-profile GOP primaries, it looks to partner with the former president whenever possible.
“Miller is a principled conservative, clearly the only one in the race, and we are proud to endorse her,” Club for Growth President David McIntosh said Tuesday in a statement. The club issued the endorsement through its political action committee.
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Davis, 52, has served in Congress for nearly a decade.
For much of that period, the district he represented, the old 13th Congressional District, was a battleground seat that was competitive for both major-party presidential candidates. Davis’s voting record reflected that and is perhaps why his lifetime score on legislation was just 46% on the Club for Growth’s conservative scale.
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Miller, 62, whose district is being eliminated in reapportionment, holds a deep-red district that Trump won by nearly 50 percentage points in 2020.
The congresswoman’s voting record reflects that trend, although a Club for Growth score was not yet available because she is serving her first term in the House.
The new 15th District is solid Republican territory.
