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The Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF) is a United States political action committee (PAC) that supports conservative Republican Party candidates in primaries and general elections. The SCF primarily focuses on supporting United States Senate candidates. The PAC was founded by then-U.S. Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina in 2008.
A leading figure in the Tea Party movement, DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and is the founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund. DeMint served as the United States representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. He was elected to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina in 2004 and reelected in 2010.
Jim DeMint – Senate Conservatives Fund – Alexandria, VA; Chris Dodd – Citizens for Hope, Responsibility, Independence & Service (Chris PAC) – Washington, D.C. Byron Dorgan – Great Plains Leadership Fund – Washington, D.C. Rahm Emanuel – Our Common Values PAC – Chicago, IL; Dianne Feinstein – Fund for the Majority – Burbank, CA
The Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) was founded in 2017 by former US Senator Jim DeMint, who serves as the organization's chairman. [1] [7] Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to then-president Donald Trump, joined as a senior partner in January 2021. [8] Trump's Save America PAC donated $1 million to CPI. [9]
He was immediately endorsed by the Club for Growth and Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund. McDaniel was initially thought to have no chance of beating Cochran in the primary, [2] as summed up by the Jackson Free Press, who remarked that if McDaniel challenged Cochran, it would be the "beginning of [the] end of [his] political career". [12]
It was relaunched by Jim DeMint in 2013 with $300,000 of his leftover campaign money. Its president and chief executive officer is Ellen Weaver. [5] The organization's board of directors includes Rick Timmons, Jim DeMint, Dan Adams, Mike Brenan, Stu Rodman, Van Hipp Jr., Phil Hughes, Wendy Damron, and Barry Wynn. [6]
In the 2014 election cycle, the Uihleins made at least $5 million in political contributions, mostly to right-wing PACs ($1.8 million to Liberty Principles PAC; $670,000 to Americas PAC, and slightly under $500,000 to Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund and affiliated super PAC). [9] The Uihleins gave $22 million in the 2016 election cycle. [12]
After losing the race, Inglis returned to work as a lawyer, practicing commercial real estate and corporate law. He was succeeded in the House by Jim DeMint, who had been an informal adviser to Inglis. 2004. In 2004, DeMint opted to run for Hollings's open Senate seat instead of seeking re-election to the House.