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Press Release – SC Club for Growth PAC Announces 2010 General Election Endorsements

10/14/10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Matt Moore
803-454-1134

October 14, 2010

Columbia, SC – South Carolina Club for Growth PAC today announced eleven endorsements in advance of the November 2 general elections.

The upcoming November 2 elections will be among the most important in our history. It is absolutely critical that we elect even more defenders of limited government and economic freedom. I’m confident that each of these endorsed candidates will stand up for taxpayers in Columbia,” said PAC Chairman Bauer Vaughters.

SC Club for Growth’s mission includes:

* Promoting economic freedom

* Lowering the tax burden on South Carolina families

* Creating an efficient and accountable state government

* Reducing wasteful state spending

* Protecting South Carolina small businesses from onerous regulations

* Reforming our pension system and entitlement programs to avoid unfunded liabilities

SC Club for Growth PAC’s diverse board of directors includes former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Fred Dent, Spartanburg businessman Bill Lowndes, Columbia businessmen Ben Rast and Bill McAfee, Greenville businessman Dave Ellison, Kiawah Island businessman Bill Baker, Hilton Head businessman Buzz Yount, Charleston physician Cleave Ham, Charleston businessman Don McLaurin, and Aiken physician Bauer Vaughters.

SC Club for Growth PAC Endorsed Candidates – 2010 General Election

Click on each name to learn more about the candidates:

Nikki Haley for Governor

Richard Eckstrom for Comptroller General

Mick Zais for Superintendent of Education

Tom Corbin for House 17

Wendy Nanney for House 22

Eric Bikas for House 26

Eric Bedingfield for House 28

Bill Chumley for House 35

Rob McCoy for House 44

Kevin Ryan for House 108

Lee Edwards for House 119

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About SC Club for Growth PAC:

South Carolina Club for Growth PAC is the state’s largest network of fiscal conservatives dedicated to expanding the prosperity of working families through the Reagan doctrine of lower taxes, smaller government and strong free enterprise.

SC Club for Growth PAC’s efforts are funded through the contributions of hundreds of South Carolinians from around the state who are fed up with politicians saying one thing at home and doing another once in Columbia.

In the past two and a half election cycles, SC Club for Growth PAC members have contributed over $1 million to the PAC’s endorsed candidates, who have won over 70% of their races. The PAC chooses elections where its members’ collective investments can make THE difference in electing strong, fiscal conservative reformers.