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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
724-816-0105 – www.VotersforRepublicanValues.com
On February 13th,
the Pennsylvania State Republican Committee is expected to endorse Republican
candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor and U.S. Senate.
No More
Politics As Usual
An
Unaccountable Endorsement Process
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Jim Powers, Communications Director, Voters For Republican Values
724-816-0105
- Votersforrepublicanvalues.com Voters For Republican Values Calls On The Pennsylvania Republican State Committee to Release Voting Records Voters for Republican Values has called on the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee to release the roll call vote taken at its public meeting of September 8, 2007.
***** Republican State Committee Negative Mailer Update ***** The resolution detailed below was pulled in the
Resolution Committee of the Republican State Committee on February 9, 2007. The
North-West Caucus Chair asked that it be withdrawn, so the resolution never made
it to the floor for a vote by the Republican State Committee membership. RESOLUTION
REGARDING POLITICAL MAILINGS IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS Whereas,
promoting the Republican Party, its principles and its candidates are the
primary reasons for the very existence of the Republican State Committee of
Pennsylvania, and Whereas,
candidates for nomination for public office on the Republican ballot that are
selected in Primary elections involve contests by and between members of the
Republican Party, and Whereas, the Republican State Committee should adopt a policy regarding the use of mailings by the Republican State Committee on behalf of a candidate in a Republican Primary,
Now,
therefore, let be it resolved, that the Republican State Committee of
Pennsylvania:
Shall
only send out mailings in a Primary Election that promote a candidate seeking
the Republican nomination for a particular office without mentioning or
referring in any way to any other Republican candidate on the Primary Election
ballot who is also seeking the nomination for that office.
The
Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania shall not authorize, nor permit its
resources or assets to be utilized against fellow Republican candidates in other
media forums, including, but not limited to, TV, radio, newspaper and telephone
banking.
The
Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania shall refuse to accept contributions
for which the designated purpose of the contribution is to be used against any
Republican candidate in other media forums, including, but not limited to TV,
radio, newspaper and telephone banking. An
Open Letter To Pennsylvania GOP Chairman Robert Gleason 01-22-07
Dear Mr. Chairman
Robert Gleason, In the days leading up to the 2006 Primary election, Republican voters were deluged with mailings of negative campaign hit pieces slamming Republican candidates. Most shocking was the Paid For byline on these negative hit pieces. These massive mailings were not paid for by the usual liberal special interest groups, but by our own Pennsylvania State Republican Committee! In some districts, Republican voters received over a dozen negative mailers against Republican candidates, all paid for by the PA GOP. The saturation was so thick that some voters received 2 and 3 negative hit pieces against Republican candidates in the mail per day. As demonstrated by the November election results, the PA GOP cannot simply vilify Republican candidates in an all out scorched-earth policy during the primary, and then not expect to see any residual effects in the general election. We lost the majority in the State House by one Representative in a race that was decided by less than 30 votes. It is one thing to endorse Republican candidates in a primary election, but quite another to spend a small fortune sending full color flyers vilifying non-endorsed Republican candidates. It is especially telling that many of these non-endorsed Republican candidates adhere more closely to the Republican State Committees own Statement of Principles than the Committees endorsed candidates! With the approach of the 2007 Primary Election, Voters For Republican Values urge you to stop this senseless, wasteful and self-defeating practice. Surely we can use the Republican State Committee as a vehicle to elect Republicans, not vilify our own party members. With important state-wide judgeships up this year, we expect a commitment by you before the endorsement process occurs at the next Republican State Committee meeting in February. Will
you, as the Signature:
_______________________________________ Date:
__________ Sincerely, Jim Powers, Director of Communications, Voters for Republican Values
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