FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ameerah
Palacios, Publicist: publicrelations@lennymcallister.com
Phone: (773)
492-0509
"Working Man's
Conservative" Lenny McAllister Announces Candidacy for Illinois' Vacant 2nd
Congressional District Seat
LennyforCongress.com Goes Live
South Side, CHICAGO (December 3,
2012) – Nationally-renowned political commentator and community
advocate Lenny McAllister announced today that he will run for the seat in
Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District currently vacant after the resignation of
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. McAllister calls for the people of the district
to look beyond career politicians and accept a candidate who can reach across
the aisle for bipartisan accountability and accessibility.
"The
Second Congressional District – like much of America – finds itself at a set of
critical crossroads. In this time of economic crisis, political upheaval,
community endangerment, and partisan gridlock, the constituents need leadership
beyond limiting labels," said McAllister.
McAllister
is a noted public speaker and activist that is well known for being outspoken
against both political parties on key issues over recent years on local, state,
national, and international platforms. Known throughout grassroots circles in
the Chicagoland and throughout the nation, McAllister has been instrumental in
efforts that included shaping laws with local leaders that further protect
domestic violence victims and standing along with the NAACP to oppose recent
discriminatory voter laws, including the Pennsylvania mandate that was
overturned before the 2012 presidential election.
McAllister, who is finishing up post-election meetings in
Washington, DC before returning to Chicago, recently provided analysis on the
2012 elections for multiple local, national and international outlets over the
past four months including WBEZ in Chicago, Vocalo Radio, WGN, BET, CNN, HLN,
Radio New Zealand, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, and Sun News Network (in
Canada). He was also featured on a bus tour with liberal-leaning Politic365
throughout Florida and North Carolina to talk with college students about the
2012 election. He finished up the election season touring the swing state of
Virginia.
The
McAllister family resided along the 2nd District border in Hyde Park during
their time in Chicago, and will likely move closer into the
district.
“I enjoy
being within the pulse of the south side, so I am quite attached to this area
and regularly walking the streets and riding CTA with my neighbors and friends
throughout the northern part of the district,” McAllister said. “However, being
more centralized provides value, too, so I’ll talk to my wife and we’ll make a
family decision that allows me to have a presence throughout the district as
well.”
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Lenny
McAllister on announcing his candidacy for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional
District:
“The
Second Congressional District – like much of America – finds itself at a set of
critical crossroads. In this time of economic crisis, political upheaval,
community endangerment, and partisan gridlock, the constituents of the Second
Congressional District need leadership beyond limiting
labels.
The
diverse people of the Second Congressional District, from conservative Kankakee
County to the proud people of the South Side of Chicago that I regularly called
family as a member of WVON, demand and deserve a true statesman that connects
with and serves the full diversity within the district, not more career
politicians that will only pander to their special interests and machine
agendas. These hard-working Americans require a representative that has a record
at the local, national, and international levels of advocating for justice,
holding all sides accountable for the sake of improving communities within the
Second District and America across our rich diversity, even when it is
unpopular, uncomfortable, or unwise from a selfish perspective. After all,
justice, prosperity, and advancement are selfless and have no partisan labels or
no permanent allies. They only have permanent goals for a better future for us
all. Therefore, it’s time for bipartisan accountability and accessibility. It’s
finally time for well-rounded results for the constituents of the district
moving forward.
“That is
why, as the only candidate capable of uniting and serving the full diversity of
the Second Congressional District as “One Big Team” (our campaign slogan), I
announce my candidacy to become the next Congressman to represent the fine
people of the Second Congressional District of Illinois. With my diverse team of
community members, talented professionals, and political veterans already
on-board for this campaign, we stand ready to serve the people of the Second
Congressional District in a manner that befits the best of our aspirations as
Americans in the 21st century.
“You know
me. I am one of you. I have shared regularly how much I love you all as a child
of God, a Black man in America, and a proud citizen of these United States. I
have spoken up for those that often do not have a voice in America regardless of
their demographic backgrounds, even when politics as usual remained silent or
toxic.
Today, I
am humbled and show my love through potentially serving my fellow Americans in
Congress. Like you and like America, I understand the need for the people of the
Second Congressional District to get through a difficult first act in this
century, one marred by the aftermath of September 11, political divisiveness,
and the Great Recession. Like you, I know that once we collectively move past
this first act, the Second Act for us all promises prosperity, safety, and
advancement inclusively.
“I assure
you: the Democratic Machine is willing to say and do anything to win this seat
in the special election, a seat they inaccurately believe belongs to them.
However, because I love the people of this district and Americans across our
rich diversity, at this unique time in our nation’s political history, I am
willing to go through anything that they will do in order to preserve a seat
that we rightfully know belongs to you. You, the people of the Second
Congressional District in Illinois, are hard-working, passionate Americans. You
simply seek to succeed moving forward in a Second Act of prosperity that leads
us past the prior act of economic upheaval, community instability, and
professional and personal disappointments we encountered during past and current
turbulent times. It is time to work together, succeed together, and improve our
communities together."
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