Mandy Powers Norrell

October 7th, 2008

Today the Norrell for Senate campaign announced the formation of "Republicans for Mandy," a group of residents of Lancaster and York Counties who feel Mandy Powers Norrell is the best candidate to send to Columbia to serve in the State Senate.

Those serving as co-chairs of this growing group come from all areas of District 16 and represent a broad array of experience in government, education and business. The co-chairs of "Republicans for Mandy" are: Lancaster County School Board Member Don McCorkle, former Lancaster County Councilman Stanley Smith, former Kanawha President Ward Tucker and his wife Margaret, retired Highway Patrolman Ernest Deese and Holly Lyver, recipient of the 2007 Lancaster County School District's Celebrate Great Teaching Award for Middle School.

Mandy had this to say:

"I will work to stop the tax and spend mentality in Columbia so that government lives on a budget just like families. Particularly in these tough economic times, I think that message resonates across party lines and I am blessed to have received so much support from many Republicans, Democrats, and Independents."

The announcement is a further sign of Mandy's surging candidacy and shows that voters have responded to her message of cutting government waste and protecting public schools from private school vouchers. More and more people are joining Mandy's campaign daily when they realize the stark difference in substance and character between her and her opponent.

Co-Chairs of Republicans for Mandy had this to say:

Don McCorkle: "I am a lifelong Republican, but I will always choose principle over party and it is clear that the race for State Senate is one in which principle is far more important. I have to question so called 'Republicans' who have taken funds and, still worse, promote the ideology of people far removed from South Carolina as to whom and what cause they really serve."

Ernest Deese: "I support Mandy Powers Norrell because I know her to be someone with a strong Christian faith and someone who will look out for retirees and those on fixed incomes."

Stanley Smith: "I support Mandy Powers Norrell and I am sure we will be proud to call her our Senator. I know Mick Mulvaney personally and I don't think he has the honesty or character to serve. He is a politician in the worst sense of the word - the kind that will say or do anything to get elected and who is more concerned about power and his own pocketbook than the citizens he pretends to represent."

Holly Lyver: "As a schoolteacher, I am reminded every day that we need strong leaders in Columbia to protect our educational system from the disasters that would come from private school vouchers. Knowing that our kids' futures are more important that any political party, I support Mandy because she is the only candidate in the race who will fight to improve public education and make sure teachers have all the tools we need to succeed."

If you would like a "Republicans for Norrell" sign, please come to the campaign headquarters at 212 S. Main Street, Lancaster or call (803) 287-6956.