Lawmakers get earful from wary voters Sep 9, 2009
Republican Chris Chocola held the seat for two terms before Donnelly beat him in the 2006 Democratic takeover of the House. Its clearly a swing district, said Chocola, who is now president of the conservative group The Club for Growth. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Club for Growth Looks to Drain Specter's Coffers Jun 27, 2009
"Senator Specter agreed to return the contributions he received before switching parties, and we want to help him make good on that commitment," said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola, a former Indiana congressman. The Club could get donor information from the Federal Election Commission database, but the FEC has a restriction against using its published material to solicit donations. (Newsmax)
NYT: GOP debate Broad party or purer one? May 1, 2009
We strayed from our principles of limited government, individual responsibility and economic freedom, said Chris Chocola, a former Indiana congressman who is head of Club for Growth, a group that has financed primary challenges against Republicans it considers insufficiently conservative. We have to adhere to those principles to rebuild the party. (MSNBC -- Politics)
The Specter of a shrinking GOP Apr 29, 2009
"This cynical play for political survival calls into question whether Pennsylvania taxpayers can believe anything Arlen Specter says," the club's president, Chris Chocola, said in a statement. "If his only principle is personal ambition, can he really be trusted with the serious issues that face our country?" Chocola, who lost his Indiana congressional seat in 2006 in part because of past support for Social Security privatization, took over the presidency of the Club for Growth just two weeks... (Salon)
Specter Inquiry Rebuffed by Club for Growth's New President Apr 15, 2009
Chris Chocola -- did today. Chocola essentially told Specter to buzz off. (Human Events Online)
