[Release] David Blount to Challenge Sen. Richard White

David Blount, communications director for Secretary of State Eric Clark, announced his intentions today in the following press release (which actually contains substance?a departure for many of the announcements we’ve seen so far this season).

David_Blount_for_Senate.pdf

He also just e-mailed around the following letter/verbatim:

January 24, 2007

Dear Friends:

Today, I filed qualifying papers to run for the State Senate (District 29 ? Hinds County).

Also, today I have given Secretary Clark notice that I will no longer be serving as Communications Director for the Secretary of State?s Office.  I expect my last day in the office to be Wednesday, January 31, 2007.  After more than 12 years in my job, I hope to make a smooth transition and then devote all my energies to the campaign.

The issues of the campaign will be basic: fair taxes (including cutting the grocery tax), full funding for our local schools, strong support for law enforcement, quality health care (including Medicaid and access for those with disabilities), and giving the people of Hinds County hard work based on strong values.

But that?s politics.  If you would like to know more about the campaign, I hope you will call me personally.  You can also reach me on my personal e-mail (not my Secretary of State e-mail) at .  I need your help.

It has been an honor to work with you for almost 13 years.  I have always tried to bring a reporter?s eye to everything we do in state government: to be skeptical of jargon and bureaucracy, to be open-minded and not afraid to question the status quo.  I believe the Secretary of State?s Office has operated in that way.  I hope we have built a reputation over the years for being candid, responsive, and professional.

It has been an honor for me to work for Secretary Clark, whose integrity, values, and commitment are a model of public service.  And it has been an honor to work for the taxpayers of Mississippi.  Public service is a calling.  I hope to follow that calling in the future.

Thank you and best wishes,

David Blount

Posted by ladd at 01:30 PM in Legislature,  Elections,  Releases | Email this entry

Comments:

Y’all may remember the controversy surrounding the race between White and Dewayne Thomas last time around.  I think Blount has a very real chance at this if he runs a good, visionary campaign with lots of face to face interaction with voters.

Posted by Tom Head  on  01/26  at  02:58 AM | #

Sen. Trent Lott’s surprise announcement that he was quiting at the end of the year has turned Mississippi politics upside down. The list of potential appointees and the trial balloons being sent up by potential candidates is keeping the political junkies occupied.
Everyone has discussed the usual suspects. The most discussed is 3rd District Rep. Chip Pickering, testking 1z0-050 but I don’t see how he could at first say he was coming home to spend time with his family and then run for the Senate. The word is Gov. Haley Barbour is not hot on the idea of Pickering. 1st District Rep. Roger Wicker probably is in the driver’s seat. That way, Barbour gets a new representative out of the deal as well.
The most intriguing potential mentioned this week is state Treasurer Tate Reeves. Reeves is a nice guy who has done an admirable job, but Senate would be a big step.
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