Million-Dollar Super PAC Battles GOP for Control of Clean Energy Villain's Throne

KEY POINTS

•Invest in Tomorrow Coalition poured an extra $700,000 in GOP primary against Rep. Andy Ogles, topping $1.3 million spent so far.
•Polls from July 26-28 show Ogles leading GOP rival Charlie Hatcher by a narrow 4-point margin with a ±5% error.
•Despite Trump’s endorsement and a tele-rally, Ogles faces scandals, ethics investigations, and a new district favoring Hatcher with big-name endorsements.

In a plot twist stranger than Tennessee barbecue on a solar panel, the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition dropped a cool $700,000 last week to dethrone Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), the GOP's least subtle clean energy enemy. Already drowning in $1.3 million from ITC, plus a dash of $500k from House Freedom Fund, Ogles faces challenger Charlie Hatcher, polling neck and neck at 37% to 33% with a spicy ±5% margin, aka political rock-paper-scissors. Ogles, Trump’s endorsed MAGA warrior, is getting tele-rallied into June by the ex-president himself, despite an ethics probe, FBI snooping halted by Trump’s comeback, and repeated Islamophobic tweets. Meanwhile, Hatcher rides in style with endorsements from ex-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Sonny Perdue, flexing farming creds to woo newly redistricted rural voters. The stakes? Clean energy tax credits slammed in the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' AKA GOP's solar scuffle. And yes, this game of political hot potato has more debt than Ogles’ campaign bags: $70,000. Spoiler alert: neighborly solar CEO Tom Matzzie warns politicians opposing clean energy do so at their own peril — Ogles, meet your doom.