(FREEPER) Afghanistan War Veteran Takes Fight to 7th US Congressional District Race

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[kjenerette]

Afghanistan War Veteran Takes Fight to 7th Congressional District Race

South Carolina, Thursday, March 29, 2012 - On Thursday, Katherine Jenerette, a US Army Paratrooper and a former US Congressional Field Representative, who just returnedhome eleven weeks ago from a combat tour of duty in Afghanistan, announced her bid for the newly formed 7th District Congressional Seat.

 “I’m not the kind of person who sit’s on the sidelines when there’s a fight going on and work to be done for the people of our state, district and our country,” Jenerette said. “I’ve been places where you have to do a lot more than talk tough and whoever the people of this district decide to send to Washington had better be ready to hit the ground running and know when it’s time to dance and when it’s time to play hardball.”

Jenerette, a longtime Republican figure since her freshman college days at CCU is no stranger to hardball South Carolina politics; she nearly defeated long time State Senator Dick Elliot in 2004 when she beat him in Horry County but lost the seat in the western part of the district by a mere 1,800 votes out of over 30,500 cast in the election.

“That was a bare-knuckled-street-fight and I learned at a young age that getting into South Carolina politics is a lot like asking for trouble,” Jenerette laughed. “Since I’ve been in politics I’ve had people try to shake me down with threats of political scandals, got email threats warning me not to run for office and just a few months ago when a reporter asked me what its like to be serving as a female in the dirt and grime in one of the most dangerous places on earth – I thought she was talking about Horry County politics and she was really asking me about Afghanistan.”

Jenerette said the next election is shaping up to be a battleground with a lot of issues for the people of our district at every level of government and included things like the price of gas, taxes, jobs and the economy, healthcare, wars in the Middle East and issues all the way to the US Constitution itself.

“I don’t have to tell anybody in our district how messed up things are with Congress and the present administration and with our economy,” Jenerette said. “But, I’m not going to blow sunshine and claim that I’m going to reform Washington or put everybody back to work fifteen minutes after I’m elected. But, this much I can promise to the people of this district - I’ve got their back and I will fight for them and I will get things done as their Congressman. I will represent all of the people of this district from the small business owner in Florence, the family with four kids in Marlboro County, retired seniors in the South Strand, the biggest hotels and restaurants along the coast and I will serve all eight counties in the district. There is a lot of work to be done.”

Jenerette, from North Myrtle Beach, is a Captain in the US Army Reserve and was awarded the Combat Action Badge after an insurgent attack in Kandahar Province last fall. Jenerette has served two combat tours of duty; she joined the Army at 19-years old and after Iraq invaded Kuwait was deployed in Operation Desert Storm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wv6LAy-R8

 

Jenerette, who is married and has four children is a graduate Coastal Carolina University and holds a Masters Degree from USC – Columbia and was a college history instructor before she deployed to Afghanistan. She has served as a U.S. Congressional Field Representative for South Carolina’s First District, a North Myrtle Beach Planning Commissioner, CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association and was a Candidate for US Congress in 2010. Katherine was recently named as one of THE 45 MOST ADMIRED REPUBLICAN WOMEN UNDER 45 by The Republican Security Council based in Washington, D.C: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.104023369696843.5156.101173139981866&type=1

She is presently a volunteer coach for the North Myrtle Beach High School Girl’s Track and Field Team and is active in regional veteran’s organizations and activities including support for Wounded Warriors projects.

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[InsidiousMongo]

Why can’t they be like her in CA?!?!

Looks like I have a new favorite Congressional candidate next to Allen West!

[Pining_4_TX]

A female army paratrooper? Sorry, but this is not a good thing. Her campaign for office is not the issue, but conservatives have to make up their minds about whether they will stick to their basic principles on the military or not.

[Liberty Valance]

Wish I could vote for ya. ;o)

[green iguana]

You do realize you were addressing the candidate herself, don’t you?

[sten]

excellent news. good luck !

(funny how the conservative women are all hotties ;)

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"On Thursday, Katherine Jenerette, a US Army Paratrooper and a former US Congressional Field Representative"

Wow, did not realize that females could be paratroopers. That's a tough school My hats off to ya...

[12Gauge687]

Best of luck to you and fellow veterans running for office.

[Pining_4_TX]

I do now. ;-) Yes, I figured that out.

But my position remains the same. One of the main goals of liberalism is to obliterate the distinctions between male and female. Women should have very limited roles in the military, and I stick by that. I find it puzzling when conservatives seem to support the feminist liberal view of women when it suits them.

[tomkat]

Go git 'em, Kate ! !   :-)

[jakerobins]

Good Luck on the campagign. It’s going to be a tough fight with SC dirty politics as usual....With alternatives like(Andre Bauer/Carol Campbell III) I would vote in a second were I to live in the 7th district!

[februus]

Thank you for your service to our Country and Nation. Good luck on your run!

[diogenes ghost]

Back Bencher here, banging shoe on desk while screaming “Hear....Hear.”

[wally_bert]

Good luck and thank you for your service in any event.

[rlmorel]

Too funny...on another thread, kristinn was being dressed down by a freeper for posting something “non-news” in the News section...

As for the substance of his unfortunate post, as a conservative, I can disagree with the concept of women in combat in general (as it has nothing whatsoever to do with respect) but can at the same time admire and respect a woman who has done it operating under whatever rules are in place that allowed it.

Acknowledging and appreciating that someone has excelled at something doesn’t mean I cannot disagree with an overarching concept. But let’s not make this thread about women in combat. In this case, I hope her actual combat experience has given her tools to engage in political combat with people in this country in government who do not have our best interests at heart.

That said, I wish the candidate all possible success, and will be watching the campaign from afar, and contributing as well. Freepers who run for office generally have my support, and Freepers who write books have a leg up in getting me to read their offerings!

[Pining_4_TX]

Thanks. I’ve been expecting to have my head handed to me on a platter. ;-)

[rlmorel]

Heh...

[Qbert]

Thank you for your service, and best of luck.

[tet68]

You ran a great close race and we were all pulling
for you. You can do it this time!
Thank you for your service.
Tet68.