Drew Pritt, Democrat, who became the first openly gay person to seek statewide office in Arkansas when ran for Lt. Governor earlier this year, says he is ready to return to the stump in a bid for the U.S. Senate.
"Mark Pryor is someone I have supported in the past, but I cannot support his votes or his decisions of who to support as of late," said Pritt. "This is a fundamental contest between a true blue Democrat such as myself
and someone who does not vote as a Democrat but runs with the party label to get elected."
I made the decision this past week to run for United States Senate. Now, it may take a second to fathom what I just said. The reason I decided to run were many reasons, including a lifelong desire to serve in the United States Senate. However, I have found three reasons specifically to challenge a fellow Democrat.
Now you need to understand, I have supported Mark Pryor for many years. In 1994, when he challenged a fellow Democrat, Winston Bryant for Attorney General. I supported him in 1998 for Attorney General again, this time successfully and in 2002 for U.S. Senate. I have been disappointed by three major decisions Senator Pryor has made.
1.) Senator Pryor's decision to become a member of the Gang of 14, who made an agreement whereby the seven Democrats would no longer vote along with their party on filibustering judicial nominees (except in "extraordinary circumstances"), and in turn the seven Republicans would break with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and the Republican leadership on voting for the "nuclear option." in opposition to judicial nominees in the U.S. Senate in early 2005.
2.) On September 28, 2006, Pryor was one of 12 Senate Democrats who voted to adopt S.3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which restricts from an entire class of people the writ of Habeas Corpus, admits as legal evidence information obtained by coercion or torture, and provides for an effective amnesty to government officials who might otherwise face criminal charges for having authorized torture or abuse of prisoners prior to the bill's passage.
3.) After Ned Lamont defeated Senator Joe Lieberman for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut, Pryor turned his back on the legal and rightfully elected Democratic nominee and supports Lieberman over Lamont.
Senator Pryor is the ironically the Vice Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. This will be a hard race. I have filed my FEC Paperwork and will await my FEC I.D. number so I can set up an ActBlue account.
Until then, would you be willing to financially invest so we can begin to get postage, send out fundraising letters, and raise money?
I need support from people all over. We can and we will return people to Congress who stand for what they believe in, especially when its people oriented.
You can donate online at http://www.DrewPritt.com/...
The limit is $2,000 per person. I am asking for an investment of $100 - $250 right now. You can also snail mail by sending to :
Drew Pritt for U.S. Senate
3204 Fair Park Blvd.
Suite #1S
Little Rock, AR. 72204