Atlanta, GA – Three of Georgia’s top
conservative leaders will help lead Newt Gingrich’s just launched
campaign for President. Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and
U.S. Senator Zell Miller will serve as national chairman for Newt 2012
and Governor Nathan Deal will chair Newt 2012 in Georgia. The
three leaders bring decades of conservative leadership credentials to
Newt Gingrich’s campaign to find the right policies and the right
results for America.
“I’m proud to have three very important Georgians helping lead
our campaign,” said Gingrich. “Sonny, Zell and Nathan are good
friends and have always provided good counsel. They will be three
very important voices as we talk to the American people about the right
policies we need to win the future.”
"America, at this critical juncture, needs a leader who has the
discernment and understanding of where America needs to go, and the
courage and leadership to implement that vision,” said former Governor
Sonny Perdue. “Newt Gingrich has what it takes to do both."
“Newt is a leader,” Zell Miller said, “Newt’s election as
president is critical to the future of our country. We need a
leader who has proven they can make big things happen. You don’t
do big things by being a wall flower.”
In addition to his efforts in Georgia, Governor Deal will be a
liaison to other Governors for the 10th Amendment Enforcement project.
The effort will identify areas where the federal government has
overstepped its bounds or imposed burdensome regulations that restrict
job growth.
“There is a lot going on in Washington that can be done a lot
better if left to the states,” Gov. Deal said. “Newt understands
the role the federal government should and shouldn’t be playing in our
lives.”
Zell Miller was Georgia’s 79th Governor serving from 1991 to 1999
and a United States Senator from Georgia from 2000 to 2005. In
2003, Sonny Perdue became Georgia’s first Republican Governor elected
in over 150 years. Governor Nathan Deal was sworn into office in
January 2011, previously he served in the U.S. House of Representatives
from 1993 to 2010.