A super PAC called Invest in Tomorrow Coalition, funded by a left-wing billionaire, is spending millions of dollars to try to defeat Rep. Andy Ogles in the Republican primary in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District.

The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition super PAC has spent around $1.3 million to oppose Ogles and support his Republican challenger, Charlie Hatcher, and has bought another $700,000 worth of ads.

The group has raised $6.7 million this year, with a significant portion of it being spent on opposing Ogles. The super PAC is funded by Chris Larsen, a California-based billionaire who is the chairman of Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses.

Larsen has donated $6 million to the super PAC since February 2026, including a recent $5 million donation. He also donated $5,444,975 to Future Forward PAC in 2024 to support Kamala Harris's presidential campaign.

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Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is seen leaving a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on July 22, 2025.

Larsen has also donated over $1 million to the Jane Fonda Climate PAC and over $1 million to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as well as over $300,000 to support Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

Ogles believes that the spending against him is an attempt to show Republicans what happens when they try to reduce government investments in renewable energy sources.

Ogles told Fox News Digital that the group's spending shows how much money they are making from government subsidies and that they are upset that the subsidies are being taken away.

Larsen is an angel investor and climate philanthropist who has made climate change his top priority, according to his online bio.

Larsen founded the Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation in 2021 to guide his climate philanthropy and is an active early investor in climate tech companies and climate funds. His philanthropic priorities include the climate-driven home insurance crisis and carbon dioxide removal.

Ogles, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, has been one of the most outspoken Republicans calling for a reversal of energy initiatives passed under President Joe Biden, including clean energy subsidies in the Infrastructure and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Ogles thinks that his proximity to Trump has made him a target for the super PAC's spending.

Ogles said that he is being targeted because of his closeness to the president, his outspokenness, and his plain speaking on the issues.

Trump, who has endorsed Ogles, reaffirmed his support for the conservative firebrand ahead of the primary, saying that Ogles will be one of the best congressmen and has been a great help and source of inspiration to many people in Congress.

Figures who have donated to Invest in Tomorrow have framed energy policy as an issue with electoral consequences, hinting that Ogles is on the wrong side of the issue.

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The executive chairman of the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition super PAC, Tom Matzzie, said that the campaign is meant to show that politicians who oppose clean energy do so at their own political peril and that Ogles is next.

Matzzie is also the CEO of a solar energy company called CleanChoice Energy.

Ogles said that he doesn't think his views on energy are at odds with those of the voters and has characterized the opposition spending as an attempt to buy a seat that energy groups can control.

Ogles said that if trying to build a self-reliant energy sector makes him an extremist, then so be it, because it's a national security issue.

Ogles stands by his all-of-the-above energy stance, saying that it's not the government's job to pick winners and losers in the energy market, especially given the country's overspending challenges.

Ogles said that he is not against solar energy and has even considered putting solar panels on his shop to help run his farm, but he doesn't want a government subsidy to make it work.

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Rep. Andy Ogles walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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Ogles said that at the end of the day, he voted for conservative policies, which is what America wants right now, and the country is barreling towards $40 trillion in debt.

The Tennessee primary will take place on Thursday, August 6.

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital and was previously a reporter with World Magazine.