Jim Gilmore Files His Candidacy for New Hampshire's First in the Nation Republican Presidential Primary Today
Concord, NH -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore is scheduled to file his candidacy for New Hampshire's first in the nation Republican presidential primary today. Gilmore, who is one of only two armed forces veterans in the race, is scheduled to meet Secretary of State Bill Gardner at the State Capitol at 11:00 a.m. to get his name on the Granite State Ballot.
"I am here in New Hampshire, because I believe in the wisdom and good judgement of the people of the New Hampshire," Gilmore said in remarks prepared for the event. I have strategically chosen to focus my campaign on the Granite State."
"This race will not be decided by the Republican National Committee, the establishment, the pollsters or the mainstream media. It will be decided by the voters in New Hampshire -- and then the other early primary states -- and that is as it should be," Gilmore said.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was schedule to file her candidacy for the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary at 12:30 p.m.
In his remarks, Gilmore said, "Hillary Clinton's has proven herself untrustworthy and that has made her unelectable."
"She stands for all of the things that many of us are campaigning to change," Gilmore said. "Higher taxes and more regulations that smother the economy and kill jobs and leadership that is weak, secretive and untrustworthy."
After his filing, Gilmore, who is one of the nation's authorities on homeland security, will address Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security at the University of New Hampshire-Manchester. Then, he is scheduled to meet voters at 3pm at the Granite State Indoor Range and Gun Shop in Hudson.
