1) Zach has a Clear Vision for Our State:



From better schools and universities to healthier children and families — from more high-wage jobs to a modern infrastructure with better roads, bridges and broadband — from strong and conservative state fiscal management to just saying “no” to a state income tax — Zach Wamp has a clear vision of what we need to do to create an even better and brighter Tennessee and to move our state up in the national rankings.



Watch video here – Zach Wamp



2) Zach has a Bold Plan for the Future:



Zach Wamp is the only candidate in the race with the proven experience, energy and passion to get this state excited again around a bold plan to create the high-paying jobs of the future. His creation and bipartisan leadership of the nationally-recognized and highly-successful Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor has already helped create thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars of new investment in our state. Recent next-generation manufacturing successes in his district from Volkswagen in Chattanooga to Wacker Chemie in Cleveland/Bradley County, even in the midst of a national recession, did not just happen by accident. They took clear vision, regional partnerships and hard work. Now Zach will expand his leadership to the rest of the state to create the kinds of jobs and opportunities we need to grow our state economy, put folks back to work, keep our taxes low and raise family incomes for all Tennesseans.



Watch video here – Tom Decosimo



3) Zach will Protect Tennessee’s Way of Life:



From protecting and preserving Tennessee’s natural beauty — to standing firm on important constitutional issues dealing with life, marriage, taxes and the Second Amendment, Zach Wamp has always been and will continue to be a strong and steady advocate for the things we need to do to protect Tennessee’s way of life for future generations.



Watch video here – State Representative Gerald McCormick



4) Zach will Bring Us Together:



Zach Wamp has often said the “power to convene is even greater than the power to legislate,” and Zach has convened people from all walks of life, year after year, group after group, around good causes and important projects. Now Zach’s campaign for Governor will be the biggest and best grassroots campaign ever assembled in Tennessee Republican history with lots of opportunities for input, leadership and participation. With an unprecedented focus and use of the web, email, and internet tools like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and many more, Zach will create a grassroots movement unlike any other in the history of our state.



Watch video here – Kaylee Radzyminiski



5) Zach will Get Tennesseans Talking and Motivated:



Zach Wamp is widely-recognized as one of Tennessee’s best and brightest communicators. He knows how to turn complicated information into clear and simple statements and direction. An open and accessible leader, speaker and motivator, Zach has the media-savvy needed to keep Tennesseans informed, fired up, and ready to take action. He is already stirring big crowds and big enthusiasm at public appearances in every corner of the state.



Watch video here – Kino Becton



6) Zach will Unleash his Secret Weapon — his Family:



Zach is blessed to have the love and support of a beautiful, talented and articulate family. Zach’s wife Kim, and their son Weston and daughter Coty (both students at the University of Tennessee), are hitting the campaign trail, and they multiply the reach and enthusiasm needed to attract more Tennesseans of all ages to the Wamp team.



Watch video here – Beth Wamp



7) Zach starts with the Strongest Republican Base:



During his 15 years in the Congress, Zach Wamp has already been elected by, represented and served 17 East Tennessee counties that represent about 17 percent of the likely GOP Primary vote — a huge head-start in a crowded Primary field. Plus, through his public service and as the founder and leader of the regional Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor, Zach is also very well-known, liked and respected throughout Tennessee’s Second Congressional, which represents another 15 percent of the likely GOP vote, and in the First Congressional District, which represents another 14 percent of the likely GOP primary vote. Starting with this strong and proven East Tennessee base of support and the highest statewide Name ID among the GOP candidates, Zach is now aggressively expanding his reach and populist campaign throughout Middle and West Tennessee.



Watch video here – Steve Jones



8) Zach will have the Money it Takes to Win:



Although he may not spend the most by any candidate in the Primary, Zach Wamp will have the funding it will take to win this campaign. The Wamp campaign has put together a winning campaign plan for the Republican Primary — and is already ahead of schedule in raising the money needed to fully fund it. Bill Baxter, Knoxville business leader, former TVA chairman and former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic Development is serving as State Finance Chairman — and Zach and Bill are building the statewide finance organization needed to raise the money it will take to win.



Watch video here – Bill Baxter



9) Zach is a Winner with a Strong and Experienced Campaign Team:



Zach knows how to win campaigns. He has won 7. Now he has assembled a strong campaign team of seasoned leaders and professionals that bring him additional reach and experience from Mountain City to Memphis in his winning campaign for Governor. Bob Davis, former chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and longtime top aide to former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, serves as Campaign Chairman, and Bob is helping Zach organize the statewide political organization and first-class team of campaign vendors and professionals needed to win in 2010!



Watch video here – John “Thunder” Thornton



10) Zach is a Leader of Unlimited Energy, Passion, Faith and Determination:



No one studies more, works harder and focuses his energies to achieve a positive outcome and objective than Zach Wamp. He is a man of great integrity, faith and force who throughout his public service and his many years as a small businessman has focused on having maximum impact for those he serves and represents. Now he is offering that same level of conviction and commitment to every community across our great state.



Watch video here – Pastor Fred Steelman



That is why Zach Wamp will be the next Governor of Tennessee!

Nashville, Tenn. — Zach Wamp, Republican candidate for Governor, announced today an impressive team of experienced professionals to support all advertising, direct mail, telephone and voter outreach efforts in his growing campaign to become Tennessee’s next Governor.

“We have brought on board perhaps the best and brightest team of advertising and voter contact advisors ever put together for a gubernatorial campaign in Tennessee,” Wamp said. “This team not only brings a strong record of winning campaigns all around the country, but they also have deep and proven experience and success working for other Republican campaigns here in Tennessee.”

Those announced today include:

• Paul Curcio, Ben Burger and SRCP Media of Alexandria, VA, will serve as the creative production and paid advertising team for the Wamp campaign. Curcio, Burger and SCRP have worked for dozens of winning gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional campaigns across the nation. In Tennessee, they previously handled the advertising for winning U.S. Senate candidates Bill Frist and Bob Corker, as well as for the winning mayoral races of Bob Corker in Chattanooga and Bill Haslam in Knoxville. www.srcpmedia.com
• Jay Williams, Michael Clingaman and the Stoneridge Group of Atlanta, GA and Louisville, KY will handle creative design and political direct mail for the campaign. The Stoneridge Group is the most rapidly growing political creative and direct mail firm in the nation. With a winning percentage of over 80 percent for Republican candidates nationally, Williams, Clingaman and SRG have worked for more than 20 state Republican parties across the country, and hundreds of candidates on both a local and national level, including Tennessee. They were recently awarded 6 Pollie awards for their 2008 work, including one for work done in Tennessee. www.stoneridgegroup.com
• Win Chewning and Conquest Communications, a Richmond, VA-based direct contact firm, will handle call center and telephone outreach operations for the campaign. Conquest’s expert team has played a part in thousands of campaign messaging, data research and voter contact projects for hundreds of winning Republican campaigns across the country, including for a dozen successful Republican state legislative campaigns in Tennessee. www.conquestgroup.com

Wamp said he was honored to have attracted such an outstanding group of professionals to his rapidly growing statewide campaign organization

“Our momentum is strong. Our support is growing all across the state,” Wamp said. “And we now have a winning team of top advisors in place to not only help take us the distance, but to put us in a position to attract and involve thousands of more supporters in our campaign.”

Wamp had previously announced four other experienced advisors who are helping lead and organize his campaign, including:

• Bob Davis, Nashville public affairs executive, former chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and longtime top aide to former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, who serves as Wamp’s Campaign Chairman;
• Bill Baxter, Knoxville business leader, former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority and former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, who serves as State Finance Chairman;
• John Crisp, Nashville public affairs executive, veteran campaign consultant and a longtime top aide to former Tennessee Governor and now U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, who serves as a Campaign Strategist and Communications Consultant;
• Ed Goeas, national pollster and veteran campaign consultant with The Tarrance Group in Alexandria, VA, who serves as the General Consultant and Pollster for the Wamp campaign.

Well-known as a dynamic and visionary leader during his more than 14 years of serving Tennessee’s 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, Zach Wamp is now offering his energy, enthusiasm and executive leadership to all Tennesseans.

A Chattanooga native, Zach spent twelve years working as a small businessman and commercial real estate broker, where he was named Chattanooga’s “Small Business Person of the Year,” before being elected to Congress. The founder of the nationally-recognized “Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor” economic development organization, Wamp is perhaps best-known for his highly-successful efforts to create more higher-paying jobs for Tennesseans. Wamp and his wife, Kim, have a son, Weston, and a daughter, Coty, a student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Zach Talks About the Need for Manufacturing and Technology Jobs in Tennessee

While in Memphis last Thursday, Zach dropped by Fox13 to appear on “Good Morning Memphis” with Curtis Jay. Zach talked about his focus on attracting new manufacting and technology jobs to West Tennessee through a regional approach to economic growth and development similar to the one that has led to recent investments in East Tennessee.

Nashville, Tenn. — Today, the Zach Wamp for Governor campaign unveiled ten of the top reasons why Zach Wamp will be the next Governor of Tennessee.

Among the top reasons Wamp campaign chairman Bob Davis and campaign strategist John Crisp cite are Wamp’s clear priorities and plans to move Tennessee forward — Wamp’s recognized leadership and success in creating more higher-paying jobs in the Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor — his well-known abilities as a effective executive, leader, motivator and communicator — and Wamp’s clear advantage in starting from and building upon the largest proven base of support in the Republican primary.

“John and I have been around the track many times and we have had the opportunity to work for some of our party’s most respected candidates and public servants over the past 30 years,” said Bob Davis, a former chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and longtime top aide to former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson. “And I must tell you, Zach Wamp has the energy, intellect and passion to be among the very best I have ever had the pleasure to work with or be around. Zach has a clear vision on how he wants to create jobs and move our state forward, and I am convinced he will be the next Governor of Tennessee.”

Other top leaders and regular voters who have worked with and know Zach Wamp well are also singing his praises through a series of video testimonials now on YouTube and on the Wamp campaign web site at www.zachwamp.com/10reasons. Among those featured in the short video testimonials are Knoxville business leader and former TVA chairman Bill Baxter; State Rep. Gerald McCormick; Clinton, TN city manager Steve Jones; Chattanooga business leader and CPA Tom Decosimo; well-known East Tennessee real estate developer John “Thunder” Thornton; Zach’s mother, Beth Wamp; as well as Dr. Fred Steelman, who was the Wamp’s long-time pastor at the Red Bank Baptist Church; and many others.

“What is clear from those who know him best is that Zach Wamp brings together the very best qualities from some of the most effective Republican statesmen in the history of our state,” said John Crisp, a veteran campaign consultant and longtime top aide to now U.S. Senator and former Governor Lamar Alexander.

“Zach combines the clear vision and laser-like focus of a Lamar Alexander, the energy and drive of a Bob Corker, the command of complex issues like a Bill Frist or a Bill Brock, the common sense and straight talk of a Fred Thompson, and the ability to relate to and communicate with folks from all walks of life like a Winfield Dunn or a Howard Baker. That makes Zach a uniquely talented candidate and a major political force, and I believe his momentum will simply be unstoppable as voters in Middle and West Tennessee get to know him as well as folks already do in East Tennessee.”

Well-known as a dynamic and visionary leader during his more than 14 years of serving Tennessee’s 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, Zach Wamp is now offering his energy, enthusiasm and executive leadership to all Tennesseans.

A Chattanooga native, Zach spent twelve years working as a small businessman and commercial real estate broker, where he was named Chattanooga’s “Small Business Person of the Year,” before being elected to Congress. The founder of the nationally-recognized “Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor” economic development organization, Wamp is perhaps best-known for his highly-successful efforts to create more higher-paying jobs for Tennesseans. Wamp and his wife, Kim, have a son, Weston, and a daughter, Coty, both in college at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Nashville, Tenn. – Congressman Zach Wamp announced today an impressive group of highly-experienced advisors to help lead and guide his statewide campaign for Governor of Tennessee:

• Bob Davis, Nashville public affairs executive, former Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and longtime top aide to former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, will serve as Campaign Chairman;
• Bill Baxter, Knoxville business leader, former Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority and former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, will serve as State Finance Chairman;
• John Crisp, Nashville public affairs executive, veteran campaign consultant and a longtime top aide to former Tennessee Governor and now U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, will serve as Campaign Strategist and Communications Consultant;
• Ed Goeas, national pollster, veteran campaign consultant and longtime campaign advisor to Congressman Wamp, will serve as General Consultant and Pollster for the campaign.

“I cannot think of a stronger or more experienced management team to help guide and lead my campaign as we attract and organize support all across Tennessee,” Wamp said. “This is a winning team that collectively has more than 100 years of direct experience in campaign consulting, government and public service. They are first-rate, and they are just one more reason why we are going to win in 2010.”

To help support the legal and accounting operations of his campaign, Wamp also announced that:

• Dan Johnson, a long-time business, political and civic leader in Chattanooga, current Chief of Staff to Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield and the founder of a well-respected Chattanooga accounting firm, will serve as Campaign Treasurer;
• Ammon Smartt, an attorney with the Nashville law firm of Waller Lansden, will serve as Legal Counsel for the Wamp campaign.

Wamp said this core team of advisors will be supported by thousands of other volunteers and seasoned campaigners across the state. He said more announcements will be made soon about other key advisors, volunteers and vendors for the Zach Wamp for Governor campaign.

Well-known as a dynamic and visionary leader during his more than 14 years of serving Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, Zach Wamp is now offering his energy, enthusiasm and executive leadership to all Tennesseans.

A Chattanooga native, Zach spent twelve years working as a small businessman and commercial real estate broker, where he was named Chattanooga’s “Small Business Person of the Year,” before being elected to Congress. The founder of the nationally-recognized “Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor” economic development organization, Wamp is perhaps best-known for his highly successful efforts to create more higher-paying jobs for Tennesseans. Wamp and his wife, Kim, have a son, Weston, and a daughter, Coty, both in college at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

To get involved or to learn more about Zach Wamp, please visit www.ZachWamp.com.

Bios in brief for each of those announced by Wamp today follow here:

Campaign Chairman – Bob Davis, a seventh generation East Tennessean who grew up in Maryville, is President of RJD Group, a Nashville-based public relations and government relations firm. From 1994 to 2002, Davis served as former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson’s State Director and top aide in Tennessee, and he served as Senator Thompson’s statewide Campaign Manager in 1996 when Thompson received more votes than any other candidate previously in Tennessee history. A campaign consultant and veteran to dozens of Tennessee political campaigns, Davis served as Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party from 2004 to 2007, playing an integral role in helping Republicans gain a majority status in the State Senate for the first time in 140 years. Davis, who lives in Nashville with his family, is a 1984 graduate of the University of Tennessee.

State Finance Chairman – Bill Baxter, a well-respected Tennessee business, civic and political leader, is Chairman of Knoxville-based Holston Gases, a distributor of propane, industrial, medical and laboratory gases with multiple distribution facilities across Tennessee. Active in dozens of business, civic and charitable organizations, in recent years Baxter has served as Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, and as Chairman of the United Way of Greater Knoxville. A former state finance leader in Fred Thompson’s first U.S. Senate campaign, Baxter has been an active fundraiser and donor in dozens of Tennessee political campaigns. Baxter, who lives with his family in Knoxville, is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Tennessee School of Law.

Campaign Strategist and Communications Consultant – John Crisp is President and CEO of AkinsCrisp Public Strategies, a 20-year old public affairs firm with offices in Nashville, Oak Ridge and Washington DC. A long-time former aide to Lamar Alexander, Crisp served as a top aide to Alexander in the Tennessee Governor’s office and in the U.S. Department of Education. Crisp also served as the campaign consultant to former First District Congressman Bill Jenkins when Jenkins defeated 11 other prominent Republicans in a highly-competitive GOP primary in 1996. A veteran campaign and communications consultant, Crisp spent several years working with the national political consulting and advertising firm of Bailey, Deardourff and Sipple in Washington DC, where he consulted with more than 40 political campaigns at all levels across the country. Crisp, who lives with his family in Brentwood, is a 1980 graduate of the University of Tennessee.

General Consultant and Campaign Pollster – Ed Goeas is President and CEO of The Tarrance Group, one of the most respected and successful Republican survey research and strategy teams in American politics today. Widely recognized as one of the country’s leading political strategists, Goeas most recently served on the polling team and provided strategic counsel to the McCain for President campaign. In his more than 30 years of working professionally in politics, Goeas has advised and consulted on dozens of political campaigns at all levels of government, including the previous campaigns of Congressman Zach Wamp. Goeas lives with his family near Washington, DC.

Campaign Treasurer – Dan Johnson, a well-known Chattanooga business, civic and political leader, currently serves as Chief of Staff to Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield. He was previously the Founder and Partner in Johnson, Hickey & Murchison PC, a well-respected Chattanooga accounting firm formed in 1977. Very active in Tennessee business, civic and political affairs, Johnson is the former President and Chairman of the Tennessee Jaycees, the former Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party, the campaign treasurer for U.S. Representative Zach Wamp in his Congressional campaigns and an active leader of dozens of other state and regional civic organizations. Johnson, a 1962 graduate of the University of Tennessee, lives with his family in Chattanooga.

Campaign Legal Counsel – Ammon Smartt is an attorney with the Nashville law firm of Waller Lansden in the firm’s Corporate practice. Smartt is a 1999 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a 2005 graduate of the University of Memphis School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Memphis Law Review. Smartt is also a certified public accountant in the state of Tennessee. He lives with his family in Brentwood.

Zach was a guest on Hallerin Hill’s Knoxville radio show Thursday morning and talked about the stimulus package and his run for governor.

Here is the link: http://www.wnoxnewstalk.com/Article.asp?id=1185736&spid=18042

You can also listen to Zach on the air in Jackson, TN a few weeks ago with Mike Slater:
http://thenewtj105.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/congressman-zach-wamp-stops-by/

After making a guest appearance on Fred Thompson’s radio show earlier in the day, Congressman Zach Wamp joined CNN’s Rick Sanchez on the air Thursday afternoon to talk about current issues and his bid for governor.

Sanchez told Zach, “a lot of my buddies in Tennessee say the good betting money has you being the next governor of that state. And that’s probably a pretty good bet I would imagine given your reputation.”

Nashville, Tenn — Zach Wamp, Republican candidate for Governor, continued to set the pace in the 2010 Governor’s race by releasing today the names of more than 250 Tennessee leaders from all across the state that are already actively working in their local communities on his rapidly-expanding grassroots campaign.

“I am very pleased and honored that so many local leaders in every corner of our state are willing to lend their time, talent and treasure to our campaign so early and to help us build our winning campaign organization in their local counties and communities,” Wamp said.

“These folks are not just passive supporters. They are active volunteers who believe as I do that with a clear 20/20 vision for Tennessee’s future, we can create the kinds of jobs and opportunities we need to grow our state’s economy, to put folks back to work, to keep our taxes low and to raise family incomes for all Tennesseans,” Wamp said.

Wamp said today’s list of local campaign leaders is just a representative sample and a snapshot in time of those who are already hard at work in support of his campaign. He said the list of active county and community campaign leaders is growing daily as he moves across the state on his ongoing listening and learning tour.

“These early volunteers are vitally important because the next Governor of Tennessee is not going to be chosen by big money. The next Governor of Tennessee is going to be chosen by the people,” Wamp said. “With the help of these key leaders — and the help of thousands of others that will be joining them in the days ahead, we are putting together the biggest and best grassroots campaign ever assembled in Tennessee Republican history with lots of opportunities for input, leadership and participation at every level.”

Today’s announcement is just the latest by Wamp in a series of key organizing steps unveiled by his growing campaign. Wamp had previously announced the team of campaign professionals who will be handling all polling, advertising, direct mail, and voter outreach efforts for his campaign — as well as a group of experienced Tennessee campaign and fundraising veterans, led by former Tennessee Republican Party chairman Bob Davis and former TVA chairman Bill Baxter, who are leading his statewide campaign.

From better schools and universities to healthier children and families — from more high-wage jobs to a modern infrastructure with better roads, bridges and broadband — from strong and conservative state fiscal management to just saying “no” to a state income tax — Zach Wamp has a clear 20/20 vision of what we need to do to create an even better and brighter Tennessee and to move our state up in the national rankings.

The founder of the nationally-recognized “Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor” economic development organization, Zach Wamp has become well-known as a dynamic and visionary leader during the past 15 years of serving Tennessee’s 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Wamp and his wife, Kim, live in Chattanooga, and they have a son, Weston, and a daughter, Coty, who is a student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

To get involved in the campaign or to learn more about Zach Wamp, please visit www.ZachWamp.com.

Knoxville, TN — Congressman Zach Wamp announced tonight at a fundraising event at the Knoxville home of Ginger and Bill Baxter that he has raised another $250,000 for his campaign for Governor.

“Thanks to the generous support and hard work by so many Knoxville supporters, we did what many did not expect. We came into town and raised more than a quarter million dollars at tonight’s event alone,” Wamp told those assembled in Knoxville.

“While we are taking nothing for granted, I am pleased to report we are way ahead of where we expected to be in fundraising so early in this campaign,” Wamp said. “And I am particularly humbled and gratified to have demonstrated so much early support right here in Knoxville.”

The announcement came during the fundraising event that was co-hosted by Bill and Ginger Baxter, Darrell and Deborah Akins, and two dozen other Knox-area leaders.

Bill Baxter is the former Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, a former state finance leader in Fred Thompson’s first U.S. Senate campaign, and one of the state’s most respected business and civic leaders.

Darrell Akins is a former state commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Personnel under former Governor Lamar Alexander, the former head of the Greater Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, past treasurer of Congressman Jimmy Duncan’s campaign committees, and well-known and respected business, political and civic leader in the state.

“I am very grateful to have the strong and early support of folks like Bill and Ginger Baxter, and Darrell and Debbie Akins, and of so many others who have so generously contributed and pledged their early support to me,” Wamp said. “And I am also very grateful to all of those who continue to go to my web site at www.ZachWamp.com, to get involved and to contribute whatever amount they can, large or small, to my campaign.”

Chattanooga, TN — Congressman Zach Wamp announced tonight during a fundraising event in Chattanooga that he has already received cash and commitments of more than $1 million dollars in his campaign for Governor.

The announcement came during Wamp’s first major campaign fundraising event in the Chattanooga home of Eileen and John “Thunder” Thornton that was co-hosted by more than four dozen other East Tennessee leaders. The honorary chair of the event was former U.S. Senator Bill Brock who has already publicly endorsed Wamp in his campaign for Governor.

“Tonight, thanks to the generous support and hard work by so many people, we exceeded all expectations and raised more than $600,000 from tonight’s event alone for my campaign for Governor,” Wamp told those assembled in Chattanooga. “And with hundreds of thousands more dollars in specified pledges both from tonight and in support of upcoming events, I am pleased to report that we are way ahead of where we expected to be so early. I am humbled and gratified that we have so quickly crossed the $1 million dollar mark in cash and commitments in just about three short weeks of active campaign fundraising.”

Wamp said tonight’s event in Chattanooga would be the first of dozens of large and small fundraising events that will be organized during the next two years to build continued support for his statewide campaign for Governor.

“I am very grateful to leaders like Thunder Thornton and Bill Brock and to so many others who have generously contributed and pledged their early support to me,” Wamp said. “And I am especially grateful to all of those who have gone to my web site at www.ZachWamp.com, and contributed whatever amount, large or small, that they were able to contribute in these tough economic times.”

“The people of Tennessee will ensure that money alone will not decide the outcome of this race for Governor, and we may not end up raising and spending the most money in this race, but we feel confident we will meet our goals to be successful on election day, “Wamp told those assembled. “And after traveling all around the state this past month, I can also report to you that we already have what no other campaign has in all three grand divisions of our state — and that is the vision, energy, passion and support needed to create a better and brighter Tennessee for our children and grandchildren.”

Known as a dynamic and visionary regional leader during his more than 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Zach Wamp is now offering his energy, tenacity and executive leadership to all Tennesseans. A Chattanooga native, Zach spent twelve years as a small businessman and commercial real estate broker before being elected to Congress. He and his wife, Kim, have a son, Weston, and a daughter, Coty, in college at the University of Tennessee. Zach’s family actively attends Red Bank Baptist Church, where he has helped lead an adult Sunday school class for nearly two decades.