Rankin County News Announcement

I just emailed a photo and text for a political announcement to Rankin County News. This is the text.




I am Cliff Brown. I am a small business owner. I am retired from the Mississippi Air National Guard. I teach the young adult Sunday School class at Dry Creek Baptist Church. I lived for a while in Starkville, Ms and in Fairfield, CA. but I was born and raised in Brandon, MS. I am a TEA party type conservative and I am a Republican candidate for Senate District 35.

District 35 is a strangely gerrymandered district that snakes its way from Richland in Rankin County all the way to Collins in Covington County. It has parts of Rankin, Simpson, Copiah and Covington Counties but has all of no counties. It is drawn in a way that slightly favors Republicans and heavily favors incumbents.

This is my third time running for this office. This is also the third time to run against the same Republican in the primary. The first time there was a Democrat also running so the Republican voters picked who they believed could more easily beat the Democrat. Several people told me that they believed me to be too conservative to win a general election. The second time there was no Democrat involved but there was a third party candidate so people stuck with the incumbent. This year it is only me and the incumbent who is running for his third term. There will be no general election. The winner of the primary wins the seat. Conservative voters are now free to vote for the conservative candidate. The question for voters is not Republican or Democrat but which Republican.

Experience is very important. Some tell you that only experience in government work or in elected office counts. If you think the job of a state legislator is to do favors and bring home bacon it is true that seniority in office is helpful. I believe that real world experience is more important. I was a state employee for a while but I cashed out of the state retirement system to start a new business. I served on active duty in the Air Force. I worked in a sweat shop factory. I picked up hay bails for a nickel each. I was even a teachers aid in the San Francisco Bay Area for a while and believe me when I say that I got a better education from that experience than my students.

If you agree with me that some of the people running the business of our state government should have experience running a business, please vote for Cliff Brown. If you believe that life begins at conception and marriage is a holy union between a man and woman, please vote for Cliff Brown. If you believe that the government at all levels from local to federal waists too much of your hard earned tax money, please vote for Cliff Brown. If you believe that there are some people who need help from government and charity, but most of the people receiving help would benefit more from being weaned, please vote for Cliff Brown. If you like things the way they are being done now, then vote for the same senator again.

I am not a well financed candidate. I cannot afford slick mail outs or expensive ads. I still have a real business to run so I cannot go to a lot of meetings to shake hands. The legislature played tricks with redistricting and created a short time to campaign so I cannot knock on a lot of doors and put up a lot of signs. This announcement may be all of my campaign so please talk about me. Word of mouth is the best way to get new conservatives elected. You can find more about me on my blog. Go to freespeechroundtable.blogspot.com. You can also find me on facebook.