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NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY
1506
Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, North
Carolina 27605
Tele. (919) 828-6423 · Fax (919) 899-3815 · www.NCGOP.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Wednesday,
April 5, 2006 Bill Peaslee, (919) 828-6423
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(RALEIGH)
–Ferrell Blount, Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, today sent a
letter to Heath Shuler, a new Western North Carolina
resident and Democrat candidate for US House District 11. Blount welcomed Shuler to our state and
reminded him of the upcoming voter registration deadline on April 7th.
“I notice that in the past few years, you’ve been registered
to vote in both Tennessee and North Carolina,” said
Blount in his letter. “Given that you have only voted four times in the
sixteen years you have been a registered voter,” he continued, “I certainly
wanted to make sure you had all the information you would need to actively
participate in your new home of Haywood
County, North Carolina.”
Shuler has been registered to vote since January 1990, but
has voted in only four elections – including once in a Republican primary
on August 1, 2002 in Grainger County,
Tennessee. During that
race, Shuler had strongly endorsed Republican Congressman Ed Bryant in his race
for U.S. Senate, stating: “I appreciate his faith, his Christian witness, his
stand [against] abortion.” A July 23, 2002 article in the Memphis
Commercial Appeal said that Shuler was drawn to Bryant “by a network of
conservative Christians and abortion opponents attracted to his cultural
conservatism.”
A July 18, 2005 article in USA Today further noted
that in 2001 Shuler had also backed Republican Congressman Van Hilleary in his
race for Tennessee Governor, and was even scheduled to hold a fundraiser for
Hilleary.
“Heath Shuler has some strong Republican credentials in Tennessee, and we look forward to his many years of work
in support of Republican candidates now that he has moved to Western
North Carolina,” said Blount tongue in cheek. “The
conservative, pro-life positions he has endorsed in the past lead me to believe
that he will strongly support our own WNC Republican candidates who have been
fighting for family values and conservative principles for years. We just need to make sure Heath Shuler
actually shows up to vote on Election Day.”
**To view the letter Chairman Blount sent to Shuler, visit http://www.ncgop.org/Shuler.pdf
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