Ken Blackwell | RNC Chairman

I was very happy to announce yesterday that Steve Forbes agreed to be the Honorary Chairman of my campaign for RNC Chairman. Steve is one of the top conservative leaders in our country and his support and counsel is invaluable.

Today I am very pleased to announce that former Republican National Committeeman Chuck Yob has decided against running for Chairman and instead has endorsed my candidacy. As you know, Chuck was on the committee for twenty years and served in almost every leadership capacity at one time or another including Co-Chairman of the Republican National Convention, RNC Vice Chairman, RNC Resolutions Chairman, Republican National Convention Credentials Committee Chairman, and numerous others. His advice on this campaign will be crucial.

Chuck had a number of RNC Members supporting him and his endorsement is very important news for our efforts. We will be announcing the support of key RNC Members around the country in the next couple of days so please stay tuned.

Please read the letter below from Chuck.

Dear RNC Member,

I want to thank those of you who offered your support for my potential candidacy for Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Your friendship over the years means a great deal to me and I appreciate it.

I am writing you today to announce that I have decided against running for Chairman and instead urge my supporters and friends on the committee to support Ken Blackwell.

In my years of involvement on the RNC there have been few candidates for RNC Chairman with the qualifications of Ken Blackwell.

His conservative credentials cannot be questioned.

He is on the board or a fellow for several national conservative organizations such as the National Rifle Association, Club for Growth, Family Research Council, and Heritage Foundation.

He has experience as a candidate winning elections.

Ken has run for public office seventeen times and was successful in thirteen of those campaigns. He was elected statewide in Ohio as Treasurer, Secretary of State, and was the Republican nominee for Governor.

He has tremendous experience fighting the Democrat attempts to steal elections.

He was tapped by Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich to lead GOP efforts in the census battle against the application of ’sampling’ techniques that Democrats tried to use to game the system. He traveled to all fifty states (literally) and fought the good fight for our party in courtrooms and political arenas across the country.

He took on the Democrats in 2004 as Secretary of State of Ohio and prevented them from stealing the election from President Bush.

He can represent our party on the national stage.

When I was considering running for Chairman there was a possibility of joining with Fred Thompson in a General Chairman/National Chairman leadership structure. I was open to that possibility because I strongly believe that our party needs a leader who can quickly command the stage as the counterweight to the Obama administration.

Ken has the experience giving the conservative message on national media organizations such as CNN, Fox News, and regularly appears on the editorial pages of publications across America. He doesn’t have to build credibility. He has instant credibility.

He is the right man at the right time.

Ken is a strong conservative who knows how to win elections as a candidate, fought the Democrats across the country in their attempts to steal elections, can represent our party on the national stage, and simply put is the right man at the right time to lead our party.

I hope you will strongly consider joining me in support of Ken Blackwell for RNC Chairman and ask my supporters in the RNC Chair race to join me in endorsing him.

Your Friend,

Chuck Yob

Former Candidate for RNC Chairman

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