By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, March 24 at 4:09 PM
State Rep. Sherman Parker, the lone black Republican in the state house, bucked his party today and filed to run against a fellow Republican, Congressman Todd Akin.
"After careful deliberation with my family and friends, I have decided to seek the Republican nomination for Congress from the second district," said Parker in an email to supporters. "I am running for Congress because our current member of Congress is not responsive to these public policy concerns and lacks the influence in Congress to further our goals."
Parker said he would provide new ideas and leadership that is "unwavering in the face of criticism and steadfast when confronted with adversity."
Parker's website outlines his campaign platform. It also carries an unauthorized photo apparently taken from PUB DEF's photo page without permission.
UPDATE: Parker has apologized for the faux pas and promised to have his webmaster correct it ASAP.
2 Comments:
I already applied to help him in his campaign...
More power to the black man!
Go Sherman!
Hells Yes!
8:00 PM, March 24, 2006
I bet he would do a better job than Lazy Clay.
5:05 AM, March 25, 2006
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