Dean Picks Up a Whole Slew of Endorsements in the South

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Dean Picks Up Score of Atlanta Endorsements

ATLANTA--During a campaign swing here over the weekend, Governor Dean picked up endorsements from a score of state and local officials here, in addition to his key endorsement from Congressman Elijah Cummings, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The announcement was made Saturday while Governor Dean was at the home of former Sen. Leroy Johnson, Georgia's first African-American legislator in the modern era, and represented the campaign's largest group endorsement of African-American officials to date. The strong support given by the Atlanta community leaders also underscores how Governor Dean's campaign is connecting with Americans across the 50 states.

"For the first time, I'm hearing from a man whose talking about the issues that my constituents care about-quality health and education for our children," said State Senator Gloria Butler.

"We're the answer to the question of whether Howard Dean can campaign in the South," said State Rep. Nan Orrock of Georgia. "This is the South. We're Southerners. We're for Howard Dean."

"I'm honored that so many of Georgia's elected leaders are joining our campaign to take our country back," Governor Dean said.

"Americans across the country realize that this system has stopped working for them, and they want the same change: they want a government that represents the people, not the corporate interests, and they want quality schools and affordable health care. These are not southern issues or northern issues-these are American issues."

The Georgia lawmakers and elected leaders endorsing the governor Saturday include, State Sens. Gloria Butler and Valencia Seay, State Reps. Roger Bruce, George Maddox, Pedro Marin, Billy Mitchell, Howard Mosby, John Noel, Nan Orrock, Ron Sailor, Lanett Stanley-Turner, Pam Stephenson, Curt Thompson, and Stan Watson, County Commissioners Bill Edwards, Burrell Ellis, Hank Johnson, Larry Johnson and Lou Walker, as well as Lithonia Mayor-Elect Darrell Honoree.

The Georgia endorsers join over 10,000 other Georgians who have joined Governor Dean's campaign.

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