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Mount Vernon, AL (PRWEB) August 2, 2006

A week after the republican primary runoff, a group of republicans from Semmes are dissatisfied with their republican nominee for the November Election for House District 102. A group of republicans who voted in both the primary and the primary runoff elections has endorsed democrat Gary Johnson for the November Election.

Mr. David Whitley a 52 year old from Semmes is leading a group of republicans that has endorsed Gary Johnson for State Representative over their own party nominee Chad Fincher of Tanner Williams. Mr. Whitley says he is unhappy with the republican nominee and believes he wouldn’t be an effective representative for District 102. Mr. Whitley has named his group the “Republicans for the Right Choice.” The group says they did not support Chad Fincher in the republican primary and will not in the general election. Mr. Whitley says Chad Fincher is to close to the Montgomery Insiders before he is elected and is not what he campaigns to be.

Mr. Whitley and his group of twenty or more republicans say they are happy to endorse Gary Johnson a moderate democrat, and encourage more republicans to do the same. Mr. Whitley contends that the future is very important for House District 102. This is the first time since I have been voting republican to buck against my own party, but Chad Fincher is not my choice or this group’s choice says Whitley.

I am glad to have this group of republicans on my side, and it’s great to know that they see the difference in my campaign and Mr. Fincher campaign. I am a real representative I care from my heart about the people and this district says Johnson. If elected District 102 will receive effective leadership. Gary Johnson states that he doesn’t know Mr. Whitley personally or any others of his newly formed group, but we have established a great friendship. “Mr. Whitley and his group is not the only group of republicans that is backing my campaign, I have been in talks with other republicans that didn’t support Fincher in the primary as well.”

Mr. Whitley and his groups are planning a fundraiser for Mr. Johnson campaign.

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Birmingham, AL (PRWEB) August 9, 2006

Earl F. Hilliard, Jr., son of former United States Congressman Earl F. Hilliard (AL 7, 1992-2002, Alabama’s first African-American Congressman since Reconstruction), won the Democratic primary election for the Alabama State House of Representatives, District 60, which covers a large part of western Birmingham and surrounding areas.

Hilliard won forty percent (40%) of the votes cast in the Democratic primary on June 6, 2006 and was the top candidate in a field of five candidates. He received fifty-seven percent (57%) of the votes in the July 18th runoff election. Hilliard does not have any opposition in the November general election.

Hilliard is a graduate of Morehouse College (BA 1991) and Howard University School of Law. After completing law school, Hilliard worked as a Civic Affairs Specialist in Corporate External Affairs for The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. Subsequently, he worked in Washington, D.C. as the Director of Government Relations for Morehouse College.

Mr. Hilliard now practices law with the law firm of Hilliard, Smith & Hunt, LLC with his father, Former U.S. Congressman Earl Hilliard, his wife Janine Hunt-Hilliard and his sister, Alesia Hilliard-Smith. Hilliard is also a filmmaker and president of Magic City Films, Inc. which has produced two feature films and is currently producing a documentary on the campaign. Mr. Hilliard is also a lifetime member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. He is married and has two children.

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