Attention West Virginia NRA Members:

You may have recently received an orange postcard urging you to support Hiram Lewis in the May 9 Republican primary election for U.S. Senate. The postcard was purportedly mailed to West Virginia NRA members and looks like the NRA-PVF's standard endorsement postcard. As the card closely resembles NRA's endorsement mailings, some recipients may have been misled into believing NRA-PVF has made an endorsement in this race.

In order to clear up any misconceptions related to this mailing, we deem it necessary to clarify NRA-PVF's position. The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) has made no endorsement in the Republican Primary election for U.S. Senate in West Virginia.

The postcard sent out by the Lewis campaign bears a striking resemblance to the card and format used by NRA, including the "Dear West Virginia NRA Member" salutation. We can only assume it was done with the clear intent of deceiving West Virginia voters into believing NRA had endorsed Lewis in the primary election.

While five candidates running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate have been rated an "A" by NRA-PVF, including John Raese, "Bud" Railey, Rick Snuffer, and Zane Lawhorn, Lewis has not received NRA-PVF's endorsement.

The postcard sent by Hiram Lewis is a blatant attempt to mislead West Virginia voters and NRA members.

Sincerely,

NRA Political Victory Fund