AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry
today received the endorsement of Ohio conservative leader,
entrepreneur and free market advocate Ken Blackwell in his
campaign for
president.
“I am proud to endorse Texas Gov. Rick Perry for president,” said
Blackwell. “Gov. Perry’s successful record of job creation shows
that he has the skill, experience and ideas necessary to get our nation
working again. His proven conservative values, and his proven executive
experience are exactly what this country needs to reverse the failed
policies of the Obama Administration.”
Blackwell, a long time conservative GOP leader from Cincinnati,
was
elected to statewide office in Ohio three times—once as Treasurer and
twice as Secretary of State. He has also served as mayor of
Cincinnati, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, and
member of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform. He
is the first African-American to be elected to statewide executive
office in Ohio. In 2008, he served as a vice-chair of the Republican
National Convention Platform Committee. Blackwell is a best-selling
author, serves on the boards of directors of the Club for Growth, the
National Taxpayers Union and the National Rifle Association. He is also
a member of the executive committee of the Council for National Policy
and chairman of the Ohio Faith and Freedom Coalition.
“Ken Blackwell has been a strong, conservative leader in the
Republican
Party for many years, and I am honored to have his endorsement,” said
Gov. Perry. “His support will be instrumental to
this campaign and I look forward to partnering with him as I travel the
nation to share my vision to get America working again.”
For more information about Gov. Rick Perry’s record, presidential
campaign and plan to get America working again, please visit: www.rickperry.org.