Retiree Group Endorses Halter Over Lincoln

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Here’s a good get for Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter, who’s challenging Blanche Lincoln in the Arkansas Dem primary.

Halter has just picked up the endorsement of the Alliance for Retired Americans, which has more than 20,000 members in the state and over 4 million nationwide. ARA, which will announce the news later today, informed Halter of the endorsement in a letter to the Halter campaign that was sent over by a source:

Your positions have consistently demonstrated a strong determination to improve the quality of life for older Americans. During your tenure as a senior official at the Social Security Administration, you worked to ensure and enhance the financial stability of the Social Security Trust Fund and provide better service to America’s seniors. In addition, you have been a steadfast opponent of privatizing Social Security and actively worked against President Bush’s privatization schemes.

The Alliance for Retired Americans believes that your election as a United States Senator from Arkansas will enhance the quality of life for older Americans.

ARA’s support is key for a couple of reasons. First, it could help neutralize a key attack on Halter — that he supported privatizing Social Security — a line that’s being currently pushed in third party group’s ads in the state.

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/senate-dems/retiree-group-endorses-halter-over-lincoln/