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(ATLANTA, December 22, 2009) — Having won several polls in the Governor’s race across the state in the past month, Ray McBerry’s campaign continues to pick up steam across the state.
In the past month, McBerry won first place in the governor’s race straw poll conducted in Tifton the week following two candidate forums in south Georgia, one in Tifton and another in Valdosta. Even Austin Scott, a native of Tifton, came in second to McBerry among the seven Republicans.
Meanwhile, Ray McBerry scored overwhelming victories in the online polls for the Governor’s race that were conducted by both the Augusta area Young Republicans in east Georgia and the Paulding County GOP in west Georgia.
In north Georgia’s Walker County, the McBerry Campaign came in second place in the Republican party’s straw poll, being bested only by Nathan Deal, in whose “back yard” the straw poll was conducted.
For several months now, there have been record turnouts each time that Ray McBerry has spoken at different county GOP meetings across the state, leading to an increase in the number of speaking invitations from other county chairmen.
Additionally, Ray has been invited to be the “kickoff” speaker for nearly a dozen ” tea party patriot” groups springing up around the state — groups who are looking for candidates who are not part of the current Democrat and Republican establishment. The most recent of these events was this past Thursday evening in Dalton in which approximately 200 people turned out to hear Ray speak on the subject of “States’ Rights.”
The record turnout at both Republican-sponsore d events and these “town hall” type meetings every time that Ray McBerry is invited to speak have certainly gotten the attention of many within the Republican Party. Being called “the best public speaker in Georgia today” by a number of statewide candidates, Ray’s message of “States’ Rights” is resounding incredibly well in all areas of the state and among all groups, including “blue dog” Democrats, Libertarians, and Independents, as well as traditional conservative Republicans.
The McBerry Campaign team continues to grow with each new week and is the largest volunteer organization in the governor’s race among both Republican and Democrat contenders. With the rapid growth of the campaign, the success in numerous recent polls, and the increasing demand for his speaking across the state, Ray McBerry appears to be rising like a meteor in the Republican race for Governor.
For more information or to contact Ray McBerry’s campaign about interviews and speaking engagements, please visit the campaign website at www.GeorgiaFirst.org
Editor’s Note: Ray is a personal friend of mine, and I am helping out his campaign so I am obviously biased, but he is one of many “liberty candidates” that are challenging the GOP Establishment in 2010. I encourage you to take a look at his website. His views are very consistent with those espoused here at CHT. The above is a press release that I am passing along. I plan to write more on Ray and other liberty candidates in the near future.
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HarrisonBergeron2 on 29 Dec 2009 at 11:17 pm #
Ladies and gentlemen, we are indeed living in interesting times.
It looks like folks are grasping that there’s no reforming the District of Corruption.
Sean Scallon on 30 Dec 2009 at 12:19 am #
By all means keep up the info, biased or not. Glad to hear he’s made an impact with the activists first and foremost. He needs to keep hammering away at the establishment.
PalmettoPatriot on 30 Dec 2009 at 10:20 pm #
Thanks for the report. Encouraging news like this is always welcome. I wish we had a clone of Ray in SC… and others for all the States of the South.
Al Benson Jr. on 31 Dec 2009 at 6:45 pm #
I don’t live in Georgia, but if I did Ray would surely get my vote. Were he to be elected governor it would be the best thing that has happened to Georgia in a long time.
All Ray needs to do is to make sure the state’s Republican establishment does not find some way to get him and his message sidelined so they can replace hm with one of their usual talking heads as happened with Ron Paul in the last national election. I have no doubt they will try.
Al Benson Jr.
laura on 05 Jan 2010 at 10:17 pm #
Go Ray!! Win for GA – and win for the USA!!
He’s better than Ron Paul from my point of view.
He’s got more fire… and more guts.
I love how he tells Washington DC to “get the h out of Georgia!”
Diana on 08 Jan 2010 at 1:27 am #
Ray McBerry has my vote. Go Ray!!!!! Come to Savannah!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lv on 05 Aug 2010 at 3:22 pm #
It looks like folks are grasping that there’s no reforming the District of Corruption.