Byrne Announces Campaign for Governor

BRADLEY BYRNE ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA
 
Conservative Republican Reformer will focus on Ethics Reform, Education and Economic Development
 

(Mobile, AL) -   Bradley Byrne, Chancellor of the Alabama Two-Year College System, announced his candidacy for the office of Governor of Alabama this morning at a rally in Spanish Fort, the first stop in a four-city opening day campaign tour of the state.    Byrne, 54, had previously served on the State Board of Education and represented Baldwin County in the State Senate prior to his appointment as Chancellor by Governor Bob Riley in 2007.
 
"Alabama needs a proven conservative reformer to lead our state in the coming term that begins the second decade of the 21st century.  I have been tested, I am proven and I am ready.  With my wife and children standing with me, just eight miles from where my great-great-great grandfather settled in the 1780’s, it is with great humility that I offer my candidacy to be the next Governor of the state of Alabama," said Byrne.
 
Byrne announced his candidacy at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center.   He is taking his announcement tour to the Capitol in Montgomery, a Birmingham airport press conference, and will complete the tour at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.
 
After announcing his intention to resign as Chancellor of the Two-Year College System last week, Byrne said "it is time for me to take the reform fight to a new arena."
 
"We have made great strides in cleaning out the corruption of the Two-Year College System.   I was honored to work for the people of Alabama and return the system to its proper core mission – the training and education of Alabamians.  And now, I will take our fight for reform to the next level," continued Byrne.
 
"The Byrne for Alabama campaign will place a command focus on the Three E’s:  Ethics Reform, Education and Economic Development.  The people cannot place their faith in a government that refuses to pass real ethics reforms.   Our children deserve and will receive the best education we can provide them, regardless of the special-interests’ demands for themselves.  Alabama is well-equipped to come out of these hard economic times as a national leader among the states due to our people and our promise," said Byrne.
 
"We will not tax our way out of economic challenges, we will not spend our way out of the recession, and Alabama will not depend on the federal government to provide our way out.  We must find our own way, with our own resources and ingenuities, and today I offer my candidacy to lead Alabama into this next decade," concluded Byrne. 
 
"I pledge to the people of Alabama I will fight for them every single day.  I won’t back down."
 
Bradley Byrne and his wife Rebecca have been married for 28 years.  They are the parents of four children.   Byrne’s campaign website at www.ByrneForAlabama.com provides biographical information, a high resolution profile picture as well as social network opportunities for the media and public to consider in following the campaign.