The PAC spent $2 million opposing Ogles and boosting his primary rival, Charlie Hatcher — more than both candidates spent combined. All three had pushed congressional leaders for a rapid phaseout of renewable energy incentives. Instead, they hammered Ogles on missed votes and boosted Hatcher's conservative credentials — a strategy designed to avoid triggering exactly the kind of anti-renewable backlash Trump has spent years stoking. Ogles didn't go quietly, blasting the PAC's billionaire backer as "some libtard in California" and warning the loss would have "a chilling effect" on conservatives in Congress. The group isn't purely punitive – it spent $125,000 in June boosting Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who leads the Conservative Climate Caucus, showing Republicans there's a reward for cooperation.