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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Friday, May 29 2009 Jarrettsville, Maryland - Jim Rutledge declares his candidacy in the race for the U S Senate in 2010. Rutledge has published his principles, ideas, and policies at his website rutledgeforussenate.com. Rutledge will vie for the Republican party's nomination to challenge the long-standing incumbent Senator Barbara Mikulski. When asked why he running for the U S Senate, Rutledge explains, "Maryland needs a Senator with a clear vision to create opportunity, security and prosperity for the hard working citizens of our great State. My education and training, my life's experience and work, have given me a passion, insight, and abiding respect for the creativity and ingenuity of the human spirit. I will be guided by my belief that our greatest hope is not found in an expanding and unaffordable bureaucracy but is found in the hearts and minds of a free people." Rutledge's "Campaign for Freedom" will focus on federal policies and issues that are having a profound impact on the freedoms and quality of life of all Marylanders. Putting the American citizens first, Rutledge is carrying his campaign directly to the people. From his solidly middle class roots, Rutledge boldly addresses the need to create jobs by encouraging the free enterprise and creativity of the American people. The citizens need to be freed from the destructive burdens of excessive taxation, reckless spending, and stifling regulation. Providing parents with meaningful school choice and educational freedom will create a new generation in Maryland better equipped to pursue their dreams. Rutledge places a high value on human dignity and is committed to defending those individual freedoms guaranteed to the people in the United States Constitution. To learn more about Rutledge's campaign, go to his website at rutledgeforussenate.com. About Jim Rutledge: Rutledge attended North Harford High School (1979) before graduating with his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia (1983), Magna Cum Laude. While at the University of Georgia, Rutledge was admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and was the Captain of the University's club lacrosse team. Rutledge obtained his law degree from the University of Maryland in 1986 With Honors, where he represented the poor and disenfranchised of Baltimore, Co-Chaired the Moot Court Board, and served as a Special Master of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore City. Rutledge's diverse legal career has taken him to the state and federal courts of Maryland and Georgia and has included substantial work on constitutional law and civil rights issues, criminal law, health care law, and administrative law, business law, work with the elderly and disabled, and agricultural preservation and conservation programs. Rutledge has done extensive volunteer work including founding a Habitat for Humanity Chapter and serving as its charter President, working for the sight and hearing impaired in the Jarrettsville Lions Club where he served as President, and teaching character to boys and young men as a youth lacrosse coach for many years. Rutledge, and his wife Kim, have been married for 25 years with two children. Current Law Practice Past Legal Experience James B. Rutledge, III, Attorney at Law, Statesboro, GA District Attorney's Office, Ogeechee Judicial Circuit, Statesboro, GA Edenfield, Stone & Cox, Statesboro, GA King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, Baltimore, MD Contact Info:
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