BEAUFORT COUNTY LEADERS ENDORSE JOHN MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT

For Immediate Release Contact: SC Press Office
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 803-771-4465

COLUMBIA, SC -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced that Beaufort County Councilman Paul Sommerville and Beaufort City Councilman Mike Sutton have endorsed John McCain for President of the United States.

In a joint statement, Mr. Sommerville and Mr. Sutton said, "We are endorsing John McCain because at this crucial time in our country's history John McCain is the one candidate who can win in the general election who has demonstrated, through his service to our country both in the Navy and in the Senate, that he has the leadership qualities, the experience, the diplomatic skills, the resolve and the courage to fight terrorism in all its forms and lead us into a peaceful and environmentally sustainable future."

Both Sommerville and Sutton served in the United States Armed Forces. Sommerville served a tour in the Army during the Vietnam War, and Sutton served as a chemical response chief for the U.S. Coast Guard National Strike Force, the leading first responder to global environmental disasters, for the last six years of his twenty-one year long Coast Guard career.

Senator McCain expressed his gratitude for Sommerville and Sutton's leadership in the Lowcountry, stating, "Paul and Mike are well-respected leaders in Beaufort County. I am honored to have them as part of my team."

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