Subject: REMINDER: Breakfast in Houston for Kendrick Meek (TOMORROW MORNING)
From: "Humphries, Laurence A" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:59:20 -0600

REMINDER:

 Kendrick Meek for U.S.
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Mayor Lee Brown | State Senator Rodney Ellis | Laurence Humphries

Nancy McGregor Manne & Neal Manne | Parvin & Marty McVey

 Carrin Patman | Joyce & Ambassador Arthur Schechter | Ellen & Steve
Susman 

 (Host Committee in Formation) 

 Cordially invite you to a Breakfast 

Honoring

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek

Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate 

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

(Please Note New Time & Location) 

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 

 

At the Breakfast Klub 

(in the private room) 

3711 Travis Street 

 Houston, Texas

Chair: Raise or Contribute $2,400   

Host: Raise or Contribute $1,000  

Sponsor: Contribute $500 

Friend: Contribute $250 

 

Please make checks payable to:

Kendrick Meek for Florida

111 NW 183rd Street

Suite 325

Miami, FL 33169

To RSVP online please visit: http://www.kendrickmeek.com/Houston
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Or contact Yael Ouzillou at (512) 440-8791, e-mail
[email-masked]

MEET KENDRICK

Kendrick is not your average Senate candidate.  Raised by a single
mother, Kendrick worked his way through college on a football
scholarship and worked for tips as a skycap at the local Airport.  After
graduating, Kendrick served as a Trooper in the Florida Highway Patrol
where he was the first African-American to rise to the rank of Captain.
Meek then went on to serve in the Florida House of Representatives from
1995 to 1998 and in the Florida Senate from 1999 to 2002. 

As a State Senator, Meek took on Governor Jeb Bush and led a statewide
initiative collecting 500,000 petitions to amend the Florida
Constitution and reduce class sizes in overcrowded public schools.   In
2002, Kendrick Meek was elected to Congress representing parts of Miami.
Congressman Meek has worked hard to provide pragmatic solutions such as
introducing legislation that protects consumers from unfair overdraft
fees and sponsoring legislation to protect homeowners from predatory
lenders. 

STATE OF THE RACE - FLORIDA 2010

Three months ago, pundits believed no candidate could be competitive
against Governor Crist,  however, Florida has now become one of the most
watched races and one of the most important for Democrats to win.
Crist has gone from sky-high poll numbers to now being neck and neck
with former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio.  

Kendrick has cleared the primary field and is the only major Democrat
left in the race.  President Clinton, Senator John Kerry, former Senator
Bob Graham and all of the major Florida Democrats have endorsed Kendrick
for Senate.  He has taken advantage of the multimillion-dollar primary
mess on the other side and has built a solid campaign operation, already
opening offices throughout the state of Florida.  Kendrick Meek has
consistently been among the top three fundraisers among Democratic
Senate challengers and continued this trend in the last quarter of 2009.

In a state with ten major media markets, Kendrick Meek can raise all of
his money for the General Election while Rubio and Crist will spend most
of their resources in one of the most contentious primaries in the
country.  Though Crist has a 5-1 money advantage over Rubio, Rubio just
won Crist's home county's straw poll and continues to climb in the
polls.  As Rubio and Crist drag the Republican primary into a downward
spiral to the hard right of everyday Floridians, Meek is exciting voters
and taking advantage of the 800,000 voter registration advantage that
Democrats have over Republicans.

 

Contributions to this committee are not tax deductible.  Federal
Election law allows individuals to donate up to $4,800 per election
cycle: $2,400 designated for the primary election and $2,400 for the
general election.  Federal multi-candidate PACs can contribute $10,000
per election cycle: $5,000 for designated for the primary election and
$5,000 for the general election.  Federal law requires this committee to
report the name, address, occupation and employer for each individual
whose contributions total $200 or more during a calendar year.

Paid for by Kendrick Meek for Florida  

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