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CLOVER SC -- Spurred by conservative convictions and a reality TV show victory, a political newcomer from Clover has decided to run for Congress. Park Gillespie, 39, announced Friday he will run for the Republican nomination next year for the 5th Congressional District seat held by longtime Democratic incumbent John Spratt of York. An unabashed pro-life, limited government conservative, Gillespie won $200,000 on the "American Candidate" television show on the Showtime cable network last year that took him on a whirlwind 10-week tour of the country. Gillespie gave up 16 years of teaching to try the show and now a...

Two hundred and thirty years ago, our country was founded by God-fearing, God-honoring people who envisioned a land where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness could be more than just concepts inked onto parchment. In the decades since then, other men and women of passion and principle have spent their energy, their ideas, their sweat – and yes, sometimes their blood – to help ensure that the United States remains the freest, finest nation on Earth. But the battle is far from over, my friends. We are a country at war. A country in which far too many people...

This is it. Sunday night, Oct. 3, you can give a solid pro-life, pro-family conservative the opportunity to deliver a speech full of solid conservative values on one of the most liberal networks on TV: Showtime. How? You can click on the following link -- http://www.parkgillespie.com -- from 9:45 to 11:45 p.m. EDT or PTD TONIGHT. Then you can call the toll-free number you'll find at that Web site and cast a 'vote' for Park Gillespie, the only conservative still in the running on the reality series "American Candidate." Park is up against the likes of PETA, the Gay-Lesbian Alliance...

Remember that awful TV miniseries that trashed President Reagan? Ever wished you could send a message to the network that aired it -- Showtime? Well, here's your chance. This Sunday, Oct. 3, Showtime will air the next-to-last episode of its reality series "American Candidate." The show is like "Survivor" meets a presidential election, with "candidates" delivering speeches and developing a platform and trying to survive to the next round. Showtime had loaded the cast -- 10 at the beginning -- with every shade of liberal, and guess what? The one true conservative is still in the hunt for the top...

'American Candidate' Still Standing by Karla Dial, contributing editor Final vote to take place this Sunday, Oct. 3 Two weeks ago, CitizenLink introduced you to Park Gillespie, a schoolteacher and father of four from the little town of Stanley, N.C. He's been given a unique opportunity to discuss biblical values to the nation through the Showtime reality series "American Candidate,"airing Sundays from 9 to 9:45 p.m. EDT and PDT. Since then, hundreds of you have used CitizenLink to send Gillespie e-mails of encouragement and prayer-and this week, those prayers were answered: He remains the only conservative in the competition. "This...

Showtime's "The American Candidate" has 1 Republican and 2 anti-Bush candidates left to determine who would be the perfect American Candidate. The phone number to call will be publicized on the "American Candidate" website and Gillespie's site on Sunday night. Check out http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40626 for full article and http://parkforamericancandidate.com/ for the times and phone numbers to vote.

Ten candidates from across the country have been chosen to compete in Showtime Networks' unscripted and unprecedented reality series, AMERICAN CANDIDATE. The series focuses on six men and four women of various ages, backgrounds and political views, including Independents, Democrats, Republicans, Greens and Libertarians. AMERICAN CANDIDATE is hosted by Emmy® Award-winning talk show host Montel Williams. The 10-episode, one-hour program is created by Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy®-winning documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler ("The War Room," "American High," Showtime's FRESHMAN DIARIES) and executive produced by Cutler, Jay Roach (director of "Austin Powers in Goldmember," "Meet the Parents") and Tom Lassally ("Stay"). Week-by-week,...

Cabler got the go ahead from the Federal Election Commission for the reality series American CandidateNew York-Showtime Networks is going ahead with American Candidate, which will start this summer following an okay by the government's Federal Election Commission, assuring that the show will comply with election law. The unscripted show is a 10-episode, one-hour reality series from Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler (The War Room, American High) executive producers Jay Roach and Tom Lassally. In American Idol fashion, this series will attempt to identify one individual who has the qualifications and qualities to be President of the...

<p>LOS ANGELES - FX is dropping plans for the reality series "American Candidate" because, it turns out, money is the mother's milk of television as well as politics.</p> <p>The series, intended to let viewers pick a 2004 grass-roots presidential candidate, proved too expensive for the cable channel, FX Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said Friday.</p>