Stephens was chairman of the Club from 2010 to 2019. Principal accomplishments of the Club during Stephens’ board membership and chairmanship include:   By 2019, Club-endorsed candidates formed the backbone of the conservative caucus in the Senate to include: Senator Ted Cruz (Texas), Senator Tim Scott (South Carolina), Senator Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania), Senator Marco Rubio (Florida), Senator Rand Paul (Kentucky), Senator Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician), Senator Mike Lee (American politician) (Utah), Senator Tom Cotton (Arkansas), Senator Ben Sasse (Nebraska), Senator Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator) (Alaska), Senator Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee), and Senator Josh Hawley (Missouri). Club milestones  Upon joining the board, Stephens helped expand the Club’s focus from Republican House primaries into U.S. Senate races. In the 2004 Senate race, Pat Toomey challenged Senator Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania) who was supported by President George W. Bush and his cabinet and a cadre of professional politicians including Bush’s senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, Karl Rove. Stephens was Toomey’s principal supporter. Although Toomey lost the primary by less than 2 percent, the campaign effectively launched the Club into the center of key Senate races and established the Club as a significant force in American politics. Toomey became the Club’s president, and in 2010 was elected senator (Pennsylvania). In 2004, the Club also successfully targeted Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (South Dakota). Angered by this defeat, the Democratic leadership filed a complaint against the Club with the FEC, which then issued a consent decree signed by Lois Lerner when she was still the director of the Exempt Organizations Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Stirred into action, the Club executive director, David Keating, with support from the board, filed suit against the FEC. Keating’s SpeechNow.org v.FEC was a landmark case. Keating and the Club eventually won the court battle in 2010, and the Court reprimanded the FEC. This decision allowed for the creation of super PACS. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was a similar case that allowed for unlimited expenditures but was not the enabling legislation for super PACS that SpeechNow.org spearheaded. Club’s Conservative Platform  Stephens and the board helped formulate the eight-point conservative agenda for which the Club is known today:   Free markets, pro-growth policies, and creating economic prosperity are core principles for The Club for Growth Foundation.