- Sen. Ted Cruz
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Press Release from Cruz for President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Rick
Tyler |
News Release | Catherine
Frazier |
February 16, 2016 |
Cruz for President Announces Liberty Leaders for Cruz South Carolina Leadership Team
HOUSTON, Texas
– Yesterday, Presidential candidate Ted Cruz held a Liberty Leaders for
Cruz rally with special guests Glenn Beck and National Chair Bob Barr
in addition to announcing a Liberty Leaders South Carolina team. Liberty Leaders for Cruz consists
of 34,488 members nationwide.
“The liberty movement is growing as thousands across the country join
forces within our campaign,” Cruz said. “Under Bob Barr’s leadership,
Liberty Leaders for Cruz has grown to tens of thousands of members. I
am excited to see our South Carolina Liberty Leaders team expand as we
push forward and work to be very competitive in South Carolina!”
As announced previously,
former U.S. Congressman Bob Barr chairs Liberty Leaders for Cruz. The
South Carolina Liberty Leaders for Cruz leadership team is comprised of
Senator Lee Bright, Steven Long, Josiah Magnuson, and Sheriff Ray Nash.
Senator Lee Bright endorsed and worked to get Ron Paul elected in 2012
and is a Cruz for President South Carolina Co-Chair. Senator Bright has
been a member of the South Carolina Senate representing District 12
since 2008. He has been a relentless advocate for conservative causes
on issues ranging from pro-business to pro-life. A member of Roebuck
Baptist Church, Senator Bright has served as a board member of the
Palmetto Family Council, as a member of the Attorney General’s
Commission on the Family, on the board of visitors for the Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary, and on the Ethics and Religious
Liberty
Commission.
Steven Long is running to represent District 37 in the South Carolina
House of Representatives. He was raised in Boiling Springs and
graduated from Boiling Springs High School, Spartanburg Community
College, and USC Upstate. While in high school, Steven earned the Eagle
Scout award and founded the Spartanburg Teenage Republicans. Steven is
an insurance agent and currently works for the Bright Agency in
Spartanburg. He is a member of Boiling Springs First Baptist Church and
the Gideons International, as well as other community organizations.
Josiah Magnuson is Director for Americans for Constitutional
Government. ACG is a non-partisan civic study and action
organization
located in Greenville, SC. Josiah also founded Young Christian Leaders
Alliance when he was fifteen.
Sheriff Ray Nash has had a career in law enforcement that spans over 32
years. He started in high school and went on to become one of the
nation’s youngest police chiefs at age 23. He was sheriff in Dorchester
County from 1996 until 2008. After retiring, he served in Afghanistan
as a Professional Mentor to the Afghan National Police and as a Police
Advisor for the US Department of State working out of the Embassy in
Kabul. He has provided consulting services and leadership training to
law enforcement agencies all over the U.S. and internationally. He is
active in his church and community in Summerville.
Cruz’s former colleague at the Federal Trade Commission, Theodore A.
Gebhard, wrote in the American Thinker that,
“economic
libertarians
and
others
who place a high value on property
rights, the right to earn a living, and the right to open a business
will find no better friend than Texas senator Ted Cruz.”
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