Small Business Group Names First Endorsements; Trust in Small Business PAC Launches Pro-Candidate Ad Campaigns

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(Comtex Business Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sep 25, 2006 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) --Trust in Small Business PAC (TISB), a national political action committee supporting pro-small business candidates, announces its first candidate endorsements since it was formed earlier this year. TISB has endorsed candidates in 12 races across the country, four of whom will be further supported by the organization's first flight of television ads.



To receive TISB's endorsement, candidates must have demonstrated both their support for the interests of the tens of millions of small business owners across the country and their belief that the free enterprise system will grow the American economy. The following candidates have received the endorsement and an "A" rating from TISB:

U.S. Senate Candidates:

-- Conrad Burns, Montana

-- Bob Corker, Tennessee

-- Mark Kennedy, Minnesota

-- Jon Kyl, Arizona (see note 1)

-- Mike McGavick, Washington

-- Jim Talent, Missouri (see note 1)

U.S. House of Representatives Candidates:

-- John Gard, Wisconsin-8 (see note 1)

-- Gus Bilirakis, Florida-9

-- Clay Shaw, Florida-22

-- Mike Sodrel, Indiana-9

-- Rick O??Donnell, Colorado-7 (see note 1)

-- Mike Whalen, Iowa-1

Note 1: TISB will be running its first flight of television ads in support of these candidates.

The ads, as well as TISB's full endorsements can be viewed online at http://www.trustinsmallbusiness.com. The ads are scheduled to hit the airwaves on Monday, Sept. 25.

This is the first set of candidates the newly created political action committee has endorsed, but Chairman and CEO Ed Pinto Jr., said it won't be the last.

"Small business represents half of our national economy and jobs, but is sorely underrepresented in Washington. The case for small business is made all the more compelling by the fact that voters trust small business more than any other group," Pinto said. "We want small business owners and their employees to know which candidates support small business."

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Trust in Small Business PAC was created in 2006 to grow and maintain majorities in both Houses of Congress that are friendly toward small business. TISB is a non-partisan, transparent, member-driven organization.

Paid for by Trust in Small Business PAC, not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Web: http://www.trustinsmallbusiness.com

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Mari Rusch of Trust in Small Business PAC,
703-399-1004, or [email protected]

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