Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Bill Lusk, Mayor of Signal Mountain, TN and former Democratic Candidate

Good evening,

I am pleased to endorse Chip Forrester and ask for your support of his re-election as chairman of the TNDP. As Mayor of the Town of Signal Mountain and a former Democratic candidate for State Representative for District 27 in 2006, I know the importance of having a strong party at the state and county level and the result when leadership fails.

Chip Forrester is the only party chair in my experience to promote a 95 county strategy for our state. He is the only party representative to call not just for money but for input. He is the only chair to actively visit each county to meet with party activists to discuss our party’s direction and seek advice. He is the only party chair to unabashedly promote true Democratic values. This is the kind of chair we need to bring unity to the party and rebuild a Democratic majority in the state.

Our party’s decline has been measurable over the last ten years, but most significantly from 2000 to 2008-the 2010 election cycle was a train wreck in waiting. From losing the state for Al Gore in 2000, to losing our majorities in the General Assembly, we have endured party chairs and functionaries who promoted only targeted races at the expense of some very capable candidates and thus we find ourselves in the minority. To rebuild our majority will take a capable party leader with a solid vision, a commitment to the values that make Democrats great, and the willingness and experience to do the hard work necessary to get us there. We need to recruit great candidates for every race in our state, from school board to town council to county commission to the General Assembly and show everyone in the great state of Tennessee that Democrats know how to govern, and with the well being of our residents in mind.

Republicans made this same kind of commitment some ten years ago and it may take us as long to accomplish our goals. It worked for them and it will work for us; but not without the kind of leadership offered by Chip Forrester. Please give Chip your support this Saturday.

Best regards,

Bill Lusk

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