Mark Peake being interviewed today by Rachel Schaerr of Lynchburg's ABC affiliate, WSET, after receiving the endorsement of Delegate Watkins Abbitt and Appomattox Commonwealth Attorney, Darrel Puckett.
APPOMATTOX — Well respected Del. Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr., a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has endorsed Mark Peake for State Senate in the newly created 22nd Senate District.
“If Virginia is going to create jobs and economic opportunity in these tough economic times, we need leaders in the Virginia State Senate who know the importance of limited government and low taxes, leaders like Mark Peake,” Del. Abbitt said today in a news conference at his office in Appomattox.. Abbitt, who has represented central Virginia since 1986, is not running for reelection this year.
“Mark shares my belief that government must live within its means so we can grow the economy and create jobs, hope and opportunity. I hope you will vote for Mark Peake for State Senate in the new 22nd District when you go to the polls for the Aug. 23rd Republican Primary,” Abbitt said in a statement release by Mark Peake’s campaign.
Peake, a leading candidate for the newly created 22nd District State Senate seat, said, “I am honored to have Del. Wat Abbitt’s endorsement in this important race. Wat Abbitt is a strong and effective legislator. He and I share a goal that Virginia will remain a bastion of limited government, low taxes and restrained spending so the economy can grow and we can create jobs for hard working Virginians.”
