Gov Mitt Romney shakes hands with Alabama GOP state party chairman Bill Armistead as he turns in presidential paperwork. Birmingham, AL 8/31/11
Signaling that he doesn’t intend to concede southern votes, Mitt Romney showed up in person at GOP headquarters in Alabama to turn in his paperwork and fees in order to be listed on the Alabama GOP primary ballot:
Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stopped at the Birmingham offices of the Alabama Republican Party on Wednesday to file his papers and pay his qualifying fee to be on the ballot in Alabama in 2012. The one-time frontrunner is the first candidate to qualify in Alabama and told party officials this is the first state he has qualified to run in, according to the party.
The primary in Alabama is scheduled for March 13 and is one of three states with a primary that day, according to the Alabama Republican Party.
“Governor Romney was the first presidential candidate to call and congratulate me after I was elected chairman of the party, so I’m pleased he’s also the first to qualify to run for president in Alabama,” said state party chairman Bill Armistead. “And of course we’re very appreciative that he decided to qualify in person. This testifies to the important role Alabama will play in next year’s primary season. Our decision to move the presidential primary to March has ensured that Alabama Republican voters have significant influence on who will top the Republican ticket come next November.”
“Governor Romney has a well-organized and formidable campaign organization in place and many influential Alabama Republicans supporting him,” Armistead said. “I sincerely hope that this won’t be the last time he decides to visit Alabama before next spring’s primary election.”
Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey is the chairwoman of Romney’s Alabama Leadership Team.
Other members include U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers; former U.S. Rep. Jack Edwards; state Reps. Phil Williams, Lesley Vance, Steve Hurst, and Randy Wood; and Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos. The finance chairman for Romney in Alabama is Lee Styslinger III.
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Brief look at Romney after turning in paperwork at GOP headquarters in Birmingham, AL (Disregard the little slow-mo replay at the end!):
Note: Alabama currently has a 10 % unemployment rate.
► Jayde Wyatt
Our Country needs the leadership that Gov. Romney has proven over and over, again. When will ALL Americans open their eyes and recognize the merits of this remarkable man? Of all the candidates, Mitt Romney is the only person who can turn this Nation around and restore America to its true greatness. Put Mitt Romney in the White House, and you’re putting 25 million people back to work !!!