Piccillo Campaign Signs on Heavy Hitters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 14, 2009
Contact: Sandi Keeble, Campaign Manager
(813) 929-9659
Land O Lakes, FL-The Jim Piccillo for Congress campaign, for the US House out of Florida's 5th District, has garnered national attention with the signing on of two heavy-hitters in Presidential politics. With this strategic move, Piccillo continues to demonstrate his viability as the candidate to win the District 5 seat.
Ben Chao, Chao Strategy Message and Media, Inc. has served as a hard-nosed strategist, media consultant and Democratic evangelist for over 300 races in 38 different states from California to New York since 1992. In that time he has earned a reputation for taking on the toughest fights … and winning. Campaigns & Elections Magazine named him one of their "Rising Stars of Politics" in 1998. One statewide Democratic official in South Carolina called him “our Lee Atwater”. Conservative FoxNews Host Laura Ingraham said of Chao, “he’s like James Carville with hair.”
Scott Dworkin, Bulldog Finance Group, has raised money for non-profits, also in support of candidates at the state and federal level in more than twenty-five states. In 2006, Scott worked on multiple campaigns, closing out the cycle as the Chief Fundraiser on the Christine Jennings for Congress campaign in Sarasota, FL. The Jennings campaign raised $1.9 million dollars in fewer than 60 days, in one of the most expensive House races ever.
"By adding Dworkin and Chao to the team, I'm showing the voters, community leaders, and those hardest hit by these troubling economic times, that I am a serious candidate who hears and will act on their concerns. I plan to return the 5th District, and the good people who reside here, back to the financially stable region we should be." Piccillo stated.
About Jim: Democratic candidate Jim Piccillo served six years as a U.S. Army Specialist and served with 101st Airborne Division. A former financial auditor, Jim holds an M.B.A. from Canisius College and currently works as a real estate negotiator. Jim is running to bring common sense to Florida's 5th Congressional District, which includes Hernando, Citrus, and Sumter Counties and portions of West Pasco, Polk, Lake, Levy, and Marion Counties. Jim is the father of two daughters, ages 5 and 9, and resides in Land O' Lakes. Web: www.jimpiccillo.com, Twitter: @jimpiccillo.
###
For follow-up inquiries and interview requests, please call Sandi Keeble at (813) 929-9659 or email Sandi at sandi@jimpiccillo.com.
