Tim Pawlenty Invited to Speak At The 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference
Tim Pawlenty Bio From The 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference
Tim Pawlenty is regarded as one of the nation’s most innovative, energetic, reform-minded and accomplished governors. Now serving his second term as the 39th governor of Minnesota, Governor Pawlenty has brought increased accountability to state government, held the line on taxes, improved K-12 education standards and made Minnesota a leader in energy reform.
As Governor, he has balanced Minnesota’s budget three times without raising taxes, despite facing record budget deficits. Governor Pawlenty’s most notable accomplishments include proposing and signing into law significant new benefits for veterans and members of the military; enacting a property tax cap, eliminating the marriage penalty and cutting taxes; toughening the state’s education standards; reforming the way teachers are paid through a nation-leading performance pay plan; instituting free-market health care reforms that increase accountability and provide tax credits to encourage the use of health savings accounts; and implementing a plan to Americanize our energy sources by generating 25% of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
Under Governor Pawlenty’s leadership, Minnesota leads the nation in a variety of measures. Minnesota ranks first among states in Fortune 500 companies per capita, first in overall quality of life, first in homeownership, first in percentage of residents with a high school diploma, and first in residents over 25 with a bachelors degree. Minnesota has the highest average ACT scores in the nation and is among the “Healthiest States in America.”
Southern Republican Leadership Conference 2010 Blog Post
As the host of the first straw poll for the Republican Primary, SRLC is generally regarded as the unofficial start to the presidential cycle. All full-conference registrants and VIP registrants will be able to voice their opinion and vote for our next presidential candidate. And Republicans are ready for some serious action.
We’ve seen the outrage across the country - the tea parties…the town halls…Conservatives are coming together like we haven’t in years to fight back against the Obama machine and SRLC is just the ignition boost we need to get us on track.
Its time for us conservatives to rev our engines, come up with a plan, and take victory seriously. We have a lot to discuss next year at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, as we kick off the next presidential election cycle off in style in the Big Easy. Hearing from potential candidates and sitting governors, senators, and representatives from across the south is the first step of the process. We must see which of our candidates and elected officials stand strong for our fundamental beliefs. We must also hear from our nation’s leading experts in campaigns, communications, grassroots, so we can be smart and tactical in our approach. And finally, we must each voice our opinions in the first straw poll of the presidential cycle.
