DUBLIN
– The Pawlenty for President campaign announced today that Bruce
Keough, former New Hampshire State Senator and former Chairman of Board
of Trustees for the University System of New Hampshire, has endorsed
Gov. Tim Pawlenty for President. Keough will be serving on the
Governor’s National Policy Committee and will be joining his New
Hampshire Steering Committee.
"Bruce Keough is
an individual with a track record of fiscal discipline and
accomplishment in both the public and private sector, and I am honored
to receive his support,” Gov.Pawlenty said. “I look forward to
receiving his counsel on crafting much-needed common sense policy
reforms to our nation’s most pressing challenges.”
“The
tangled mess in Washington and the current shutdown in Minnesota
demonstrate why America needs Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s leadership," said
Bruce Keough. “We’ve had enough of the President’s inability to
set
priorities and make difficult choices. This only results in more
out-of-control spending, more endless debt, and more ill-conceived
health care mandates. I’m supporting Gov. Pawlenty because
America
needs a president who is going tell us the truth, not only about the
challenges facing us but the solutions that are needed.”
Keough,
a private investor, served as State Senator from 1995 to 1997 and
served on the University System board from 1997 to 2001. Keough
also
was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2002.
Bruce has served in volunteer leadership roles for a number of New
Hampshire charities, initiatives and campaigns – most recently as
co-chairman of the New Hampshire Romney for President effort in 2007-08.