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Bongino Endorsed by Rutledge

Dan Bongino just received the endorsement from 2010 US Senate candidate Jim Rutledge. Rutledge, who never held public office before, ran a fiery primary campaign in 2010 against Eric Wargotz coming in a close second place in the statewide primary that year. I supported Rutledge in the primary (see my interview here), so it's great to see him come out for the candidate that I also support in 2012. Here's the transcript from the presser:

Jim Rutledge, former U.S. Senate candidate, has officially endorsed Dan Bongino, candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland.

"Dan Bongino will bring to the U.S. Senate what has been seriously lacking for some time in Maryland; a person that can truly relate to and speak for the average Maryland family," said Jim Rutledge. "Dan has an impressive life story and an accomplished record on the front line of law enforcement rising from the ranks of the NYPD to the Secret Service. Washington is awash with a culture of corruption. Dan Bongino is a man of courage and integrity. Dan Bongino knows that jobs, opportunity, and prosperity can only thrive in a free-market economy. We need a new beginning here in Maryland and that will start when we elect Dan Bongino. "

A former U.S. Senate candidate, Jim Rutledge is a partner with the Baltimore County law firm of Rutledge & Aitken, with over 25 years of legal experience representing Maryland's small businesses, average citizens, and farmers. Jim Rutledge is an advocate for constitutionally limited government and for the protection of American sovereignty, private property, free market capitalism, the rule of law, and the defense of our unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. A respected member of his community, Jim Rutledge currently resides in Harford County with his wife, Kim, where they raised their two children.

"It is an honor to receive Mr. Rutledge's endorsement. He has spent his career striving to bring about better government and providing a voice for those fighting against the powerful establishment," said Bongino. "As U.S. Senator, I will bring that fight. I will work to ensure that our federal government becomes more responsive to the needs of the people of Maryland."

Dan Bongino, a devoted husband and father, served in the United States Secret Service for more than a decade, in which he was assigned to the elite Presidential Protection Division. He represented the U.S. as a lead government security official in over 25 countries. Holding graduate degrees in Business Administration and Psychology, Dan has gone on to start several successful businesses in Maryland. As an entrepreneur, he understands that it will be small businesses and consumer confidence that will reinvigorate the economy; not a tax and spend mentality from big government.

HT to Anthropocon