Over 125 volunteers from all 22 localities across 5th
District helped Hurt amass over 3,000 signatures to get his name on the ballot
and be the first candidate to appear on the ballot for GOP primary on June 8th
Chatham,
VA – 12pm on Tuesday, March 23rd marked the beginning of the filing
period to submit candidate petitions to appear on the ballot for the Republican
Primary on June 8th. Hurt’s campaign handed in well over 3,000 signatures from
every locality across the Fifth district and he will be the first candidate on
the ballot. Over 125 people from across the
district helped Hurt achieve this goal.
State
Senator Robert Hurt, conservative Republican congressional candidate in
Virginia’s 5th District, released the following statement:
“I’m
humbled and honored by the level of grassroots support our campaign has
received from citizens across the entire Fifth district. This was not an easy
task, but because of the hard work of over 125
volunteers for our campaign, we reached over 3,000 signatures from every
locality across the Fifth district. I’m also proud of the fact that we were
able to identify volunteers in every
locality in the Fifth District to help us achieve this goal.
Make
no mistake; Tom Perriello will have millions of dollars from special interest
groups and hundreds of volunteers from liberal activist groups coming in to the
Fifth district to help him win. We need a candidate who has strong grassroots
support from across the entire district and this is yet another example that we
are building the best team to take on Perriello in November and give us a voice
in Washington again.”