The Conservative Victory Project was a political initiative launched in 2013 by Karl Rove, the prominent Republican political activist, and the super-PAC American Crossroads. Its purpose was to support "electable" conservative political candidates for political office in the United States. The effort was prompted by embarrassing failures of several Tea Party and independent conservative candidates in the elections of 2012. The project was strongly criticized by some other conservative activists, including Newt Gingrich who described it as a "terrible idea."
The initiative was mostly defunct by 2014, largely in part due to incumbent candidates not being in as much risk to losing to Tea Party candidates compared to the previous election cycle.
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- Jeff Zeleny (February 2, 2013). "Top Donors to Republicans Seek More Say in Senate Races". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- Jeff Zeleny (February 6, 2013). "New Rove Effort Has G.O.P. Aflame". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- Brett LoGiurato (February 20, 2013). "Newt Gingrich Blasts Karl Rove's New Super-PAC: It's 'Dangerous' And A 'Terrible Idea'". Business Insider. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
We don't want to become a party in which a handful of political bosses gather up money from billionaires in order to destroy the candidates they don't like, and that's what you're talking about.
- Benen, Steve (16 April 2014). "Conservative Victory Project wins by losing". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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