Kentucky businessman Matt Bevin, the newly announced Tea Party-backed primary challenger to Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, said Wednesday he’s willing to use his own cash to finance his 2014 race.
“[McConnell] can pretend I’m a nuisance, but the fact is, I’ll be the biggest nuisance he’s ever had in his political career,” Bevin told Bloomberg News Wednesday. “I’m not going to match him dollar-for-dollar; I’m going to match him on ideology.”
“What I bring to the equation that Mitch McConnell does not is an understanding of how the private sector actually works,” Bevin, who was once a private-equity executive, added. “I’ve been the CEO of a company that makes bells and the CEO of companies that produce billions of dollars for which people are fiduciarily responsible.”
Meanwhile, a number of influential conservative groups haven’t endorsed either candidate yet, leaving open the option of backing Bevin. They include the Club For Growth, Madison Project and Senate Conservatives Fund, according to the Louisville-based WHAS11.
