Open letter from leading Virginia conservatives:We are writing today to ask you to join us in enthusiastically supporting a strong, pro-family conservative for the United States Senate, Governor Jim Gilmore.
Over the years, Jim Gilmore has stood for the sanctity of life and the preservation of traditional family values time and time again.
As Governor, Jim Gilmore:
· Successfully sought and worked for passage of a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion and signed that bill into law
· Successfully sought and worked for passage of legislation banning the horrific partial-birth abortions in Virginia
· Successfully worked for legislation requiring parental notification for minors seeking abortion.
· Created the Virginia Abstinence Initiative and dramatically increased funding for adoption services
· Worked for and signed into law legislation banning human cloning
· Went to court to try to prevent the removal of a feeding tube and save the life of coma victim Hugh Finn
· Fought for - even putting his legacy and reputation on the line - tax and spending policies that favored Virginia families, not Virginia government.
Governor Jim Gilmore has continued working for Virginia's families, campaigning for the Marriage Amendment to the Virginia Constitution and against job-killing sales and income tax increases.
As our United States Senator, Jim Gilmore will continue to work for our shared values. He will fight to protect traditional marriage through an amendment to the Constitution and oppose attempts by the new Democrat majority to use our taxpayer's dollars to fund elective abortions.
Jim Gilmore will work tirelessly to make the pro-family, pro-job tax cuts permanent and will champion limits on the growth of spending which is robbing our children of their futures.
Jim Gilmore will work to restore some common sense to a federal government that wants to remove God from everything, yet allow almost anything else on network television.
Jim Gilmore will support judges who apply the law, not judges who want to write the law. Governor Jim Gilmore has a record that will motivate pro-family voters to turn out in this election.
And, importantly, Governor Jim Gilmore is the one candidate who can defeat Mark Warner in November.
Think about all of those issues we have mentioned above, and many others. What would a Senator Mark Warner do? Well, we need look no further than his record as a candidate and as a Governor.
Will Mark Warner support pro-life legislation when it comes time to vote?
Will Mark Warner support an amendment to the Constitution supporting traditional marriage?
Will Mark Warner vote for cutting taxes and spending to create jobs and help our families?
Will Mark Warner have the courage to stand up against the liberal leaders of the Democrat Party when it is the right thing to do?
We think you know the answer to those questions already. There is so much at stake in this election. Too much at stake not to unite - and unite now - behind the one conservative candidate with both a proven record and a chance to win.
That man is Governor Jim Gilmore. We have closed ranks behind him and ask you to join us and to invite others to do so. Now is the time to prepare for this important battle.
Can we count on you?
Yours for Life,
Trixie AverillWestern Vice Chairwoman
Helen BlackwellRepublican Party of Virginia Central Committee
Morton BlackwellRepublican Party National Committeeman
James Atticus BowdenFormer 1st Congressional District Republican Chairman
Linwood Cobb7th Congressional District Republican Chairman
Patsy DrainRepublican Party of Virginia Central Committee
Louise D. HartzFormer President, Virginia Society for Human Life
Rick HendrixRepublican Party of Virginia Central Committee
Delegate Bill JanisVirginia House of Delegates
Bill KincaidLongtime Pro-Life Activist
Delegate Scott LingamfelterVirginia House of Delegates
Laura Uzzell LogieLongtime Pro-Life Activist
Senator Steve MartinSenate of Virginia
Bobby MayFormer Buchanan GOP Chair & Long Time Activist
Bruce Meyer2nd Congressional District Republican Chairman
Lynn MitchellRepublican Party of Virginia Central Committee
Senator Steve NewmanSenate of Virginia
Delegate Brenda PoggeVirginia House of Delegates
Robert StuberSpotsylvania County Republican Chairman
Michael ThomasFirst Vice Chair, Republican Party of Virginia
John Van HoyRepublican Party of Virginia Central Committee
Michael Wade3rd Congressional District Republican Chairman
Kristi WayRepublican Party of Virginia Central Committee
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