NRA says midterms were best election in a decade

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In case it isn’t quite clear how Americans feel about the Obama administration’s gun policies, consider this: The National Rifle Association is touting the 2014 midterms as its best election in more than a decade.

The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard pointed out this week that the NRA, based on numbers from the Sunlight Foundation, scored a 91.2 percent success rate with its midterm campaign spending.

“Our members came out in droves and voted for their rights and their freedom,” Spokesman Andrew Arulanandam told Bedard.

Overall, the NRA spent about $35 million on the elections; and 229 of the 251 of candidates it endorsed won.

Anti-gun fanatic and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, meanwhile, spent about $20 million to promote candidates with gun control agendas who “got walloped,” according to Sunlight.

But as noted earlier in the month by New York Daily News, Bloomberg didn’t suffer total defeat:

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper: Win.

Bloomberg aides on Wednesday hung their hats on Hickenlooper’s narrow win after the NRA targeted him for defeat due to a background check bill he signed.

Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy: Win.

Malloy won narrowly. Bloomberg political aide Howard Wolfson on Wednesday noted Malloy had used his support for a stronger state gun laws to draw a contrast with his opponent.

Supported Washington State’s Measure 594 for statewide background checks on the sales of guns: Win.

The ballot initiative passed. Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety group said It spent $4 million on the effort, and also helped a competing referendum backed by the NRA

While Bloomberg did support some successful ballot initiatives, 2nd Amendment supporters must keep in mind that the NRA’s pro-gun candidates are good for gun rights if voters only hold them to their promises.

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