About Phil Black
Phillip H. Black of Lexington
County is challenging incumbent congressman Joe Wilson for the
privilege of representing the people of South Carolina Congressional
District 2 in the June 10, 2008 GOP primary election. Black, a
native of Barnwell and current resident of the Lake Murray area of
Lexington County, is a retired employee of the Federal Small
Business Administration and part owner of a Barnwell hardware store.
Black is a former member of the Barnwell 45 and Lexington School District 1 board.
He and his wife, Martha, are members of Lake Murray Baptist Church.
Phil
Black
filing to challenge incumbent Congressman Joe Wilson for the
Republican nomination in the June 10, 2008 GOP primary election.
News Release - 3/16/2008 |
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Columbia, South Carolina
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 16, 2008
CONTACT: Bob Bonner
(803) 356-6256 (Office)
(803) 331-2789 (Cell)
WILSON TO BE CHALLENGED IN GOP
PRIMARY RACE
Philip H. Black of Lexington County filed today
to challenge incumbent congressman Joe Wilson for the Republican
nomination in the June 10, 2008 GOP primary election.
Wilson represents South Carolina District 2,
which stretches from Hilton Head Island to Blythewood, in the U.S.
House of Representatives. Wilson has held the seat since 2001 when
he won a special election following the death of Republican Floyd
Spence. Spence died in office after serving in Congress for 30
years. Wilson ran unopposed for the seat in 2002, and defeated
Lexington Democrat Michael Ray Ellisor in 2004 and 2006. This is the
first time Wilson has faced Republican opposition..
Black, a native of Barnwell and current
resident of the Lake Murray area of Lexington County, is a retired
employee of the Federal Small Business Administration and part owner
of a Barnwell hardware store. He was also a branch manager of the
old State Bank in Columbia, and of Palmetto Savings and Loan in
Aiken. He currently is a residential home builder and land
developer. Black is a former member of the Lexington School District
1 and Barnwell School District 45 boards. He and his wife, Martha,
attend Lake Murray Baptist Church. He states that he is running to
provide a better future for his six grandchildren. Black says that
petty partisan bickering in Washington is keeping Congress from
solving critical national problems such as :
- Unprecedented deficit spending and the
terrible state of the national economy.
- Securing our borders and dealing with the
illegal immigration problem.
- The lack of an effective healthcare system
in the United States, and looming fiscal crises in the MEDICARE
and MEDICAID programs.
- Failure to provide sufficient active
military forces for the Iraq/Afghanistan wars, causing an
overreliance on the Reserves and National Guard.
Black will be actively campaigning and raising
funds in all areas of District 2.
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