Four months after forming, the committee appears to be shuttering. 'Young Gun' PAC dissolves

A joint fundraising committee formed to raise money for three “Young Gun” Republican lawmakers has disbanded.

The Young Guns Majority Victory Fund was created in August to support the fundraising efforts of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s ERICPAC, Rep. Paul Ryan’s Prosperity PAC and Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s Majority Committee PAC. But four months later, during which time the group raised $248,100, the committee appears to be shuttering, according to documents filed by the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.


Joint fundraising committees allow donors to easily write one check to a political action committee that supports various candidates.

The three lawmakers, who call themselves the Young Guns, aim to bolster the reelection prospects of what they call a “new generation” of conservative lawmakers.

Political action committees of similar names have cropped up in various states including Florida, South Carolina, Texas and Georgia this year using the same address as the national group. According to the media reports, Cantor and McCarthy had headlined fundraising efforts for the South Carolina Young Guns Victory Fund and the Florida Young Guns Victory Fund. The South Carolina committee, which supported freshman Reps. Tim Scott, Mick Mulvaney, Trey Gowdy and Jeff Duncan, also disbanded this month, according to FEC filings.

Former Cantor aide John Murray formed a different PAC in October—the YG Action Fund—also seeking to further the “young guns” brand. It is unaffiliated with the now defunct Young Guns Majority Victory Fund.

In its final act earlier this month, the Young Guns Majority Victory Fund disbursed checks for about $71,000 to each of the three committees: ERICPAC, Prosperity PAC and Majority Committee PAC. According to the report filed with the FEC on Tuesday, no other disbursements were made to federal candidates.

The group’s treasurer, Rose Ann Janis, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.