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Calls Perry County voters ‘important part' of team

LITTLE ROCK – Second District Congressional candidate, U.S. Army Reservist and former U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin today named long-time Perryville residents Charles and Mark Smith as his campaign’s Perry County Chairmen.

As chairmen, the Smiths will serve as points-of-contact for Perry County voters interested in supporting Griffin’s campaign to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder.

Griffin won Perry County in the May 18 Republican Primary with 55% of the vote.

“Perry County voters are an important part of the team we are building for victory in November,” Griffin said.  “We will fight for every vote in every county in order to take common sense leadership to Congress and retire Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  I am proud to welcome Charles and Mark Smith to our team and look forward to working with them as we reach out to voters in Perry County.”

“Perry County needs common sense leadership in Congress, and Tim Griffin will offer that leadership,” Charles Smith said. “I am calling on all voters--Democrats, Independents and Republicans--to stand with Tim and elect him to Congress.”

“I am worried about the future we will be leaving to the students I teach,” Mark Smith said. “I am supporting Tim Griffin because he is focused on changing the culture in Congress and seriously addressing the deficit and debt our children face.”

Charles Smith finished a 37-year career at Perryville High School in 2001.  A former teacher and school counselor, he also served on the board of Counseling Associates from 1999-2009.  He also serves the community as an ordained Church of Christ minister.

Mark Smith is a 1991 graduate of Perryville High School and 1995 graduate of Arkansas Tech University. He has served as a teacher at Russellville High School since 1997. 

About Tim Griffin

Tim Griffin is the principal in the Griffin Law Firm, PLLC and in Griffin Public Affairs, LLC, both based in Little Rock.  He is a graduate of Hendrix College in Conway and Tulane Law School in New Orleans and attended graduate school at Oxford University.  He has served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 14 years, was deployed to Iraq and holds the rank of Major.  He also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Special Assistant to President George W. Bush in the White House.  He is a 5th generation Arkansan and lives in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.

For more information, visit www.TimGriffinforCongress.com, stop by our Little Rock campaign headquarters at 300 River Market Avenue, Suite 5, or call (501) 353-0899. Griffin supporters can also follow the campaign on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/GriffinCongress and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/TimGriffinforCongress.

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