Editor's correction: The Marter campaign sent IR a correction Wednesday evening, saying their press release had listed the wrong group endorsement. The National Taxpayer Union does NOT endorse candidates. The campaign asked the endorsing group to be correctly identified as the Taxpayers United of America and extended their apologies for the error in their previous campaign statement.
From Marter campaign spokesman Paul Hurst:
…We noticed after sending you today's release, that our contact person appeared in TWO tax advocacy organizations' online searches and this led to some confusion. While both NTU and TUA oppose Lauren Underwood, it is actually TUA (Taxpayers United of America) that has confirmed their endorsement of James Marter this time. Our contact was speaking on behalf of TUA, not NTU. Therefore, I thought I should send you our correction in case you wish to issue one.
OSWEGO – There's a clear contrast in tax policy between the Republican and Democrat candidates running for Illinois' 14th Congressional District in 2022, challenger James Marter said Tuesday.
UPDATE 1x: A spokesperson for the National Taxpayers Union Taxpayers United of America confirmed the group will be officially endorsing GOP challenger James Marter, while Democrat 2-term incumbent Lauren Underwood received an F Grade from the NTU every year she has been in office.
“She is no friend to the hard working taxpayers of Illinois,” Marter said. “She has no intention of ending her tax and spend spree and this is particularly obvious with her recent votes. Her record is getting worse not better, even though her score is already the lowest it can be. Her F rating doesn’t hurt her, it hurts us, the people she swore to represent. It hurts our nation and hurts future generations of children growing up in America. We need to retire Underwood now and that’s what my campaign is about. I will protect the people’s hard earned dollars."
Marter has a solid record of opposing the tax and spend policies that have resulted in out of control government debt. Marter announced the renewing of his promise to be relentless at reducing the size and scope of the federal government and attacking the waste, fraud and abuse that enriches politicians at our expense, the campaign said.
