Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee endorses local candidate for office.
Announcement made Thursday on Huckabee’s national blog.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
By Kevin Dayhoff
On Thursday former Arkansas Gov. and former 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (R) endorsed Justin Ready, the candidate for District 5A of the Maryland House of Delegates
According to
Washington Post political writer, John Wagner; who
wrote about the endorsement in the Post’s political blog,
Maryland Politics; “Ready, a former executive director of the Maryland Republican Party, served as Huckabee's campaign director for
Maryland in 2008.”
Huckabee announced the endorsement on
his Huck PAC blog. Wagner writes that Huckabee “is eying another bid in 2012…”
District 5A includes Westminster, Finksburg, Manchester, and Hampstead and stretches from the Pennsylvania line to the north, the Baltimore County line to the east, Finksburg to the south and Westminster to the west.
Ready had announced his candidacy for House of Delegates relatively early, on January 29, as the last winter session of the Maryland General Assembly began; and long before incumbent District 5A Del. Tanya Shewell announced on July 1 that she would not be seeking re-election.
The other incumbent, Del. Nancy Stocksdale (R) is running for her seat again. Although there is no Democrat challenger for the seat, two other Republicans have thrown their hat in the ring for the September 14th Republican primary; William Niner of Hampstead, and Dave Wallace of Finksburg.
Ready, who has been quite actively campaigning and has been frequently seen waving his campaign signs along major roads early in the morning and late in the evening as folks commute to work.
He has also gathered quite a few endorsements, including former District 5A Del. Carmen Amedori and retiring Delegate Shewell.
It is not known when the last time such a national know political figure has weighed-in on Carroll County politics or if Huckabee has ever visited the county of if he intends to campaign for ready in the county.
Huckabee wrote on
his blog, “Huck PAC and I are proud to endorse Justin Ready for Maryland State Delegate from District 5A. Justin has the right kind of experience needed to represent the people and he is ready to serve.
“Justin has legislative experience from working in the Maryland General Assembly for two conservative Republican legislators; he’s also served as the Executive Director of the Maryland Republican Party.
“A small business owner, Justin understands firsthand how excessive spending and high taxes wreak havoc on a business and he will fight to reduce taxes and eliminate wasteful spending. Electing Justin Ready will help bring real positive change to Maryland.
“Justin is pro-life, pro-family and strongly supports 2nd Amendment rights. Just has also been endorsed by Maryland Right to Life, so we will never have to question where he stands on the sanctity of life.
“Please join me in supporting Justin Ready for Maryland State Delegate. We can count on Justin to fight for us in
Annapolis.”
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Justin Ready at the 2008 Republican National Convention on September 2, 2008. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff
[20100902 SCE Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee endorses Ready for Delegate]
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