2016 Presidential Campaign Blog

Virginia's Jim Gilmore suspends presidential campaign

Virginia's Jim Gilmore suspends presidential campaign     Alexandria, VA -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, the only veteran in the race for the presidency, said today he is suspending his campaign for the White House.  Gilmore said he will support the Republican nominee and that he intends to continue speaking out about the dangers of electing either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.    Gilmore, former U.S. Army intelligence agent who has spent the last eight months campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, said the difficulty of the debate structure combined with the national media coverage of the candidates made it impossible for him to continue his campaign for the presidency.  But, he said he is determined to help elect a Republican president.    "My campaign was intended to offer the gubernatorial experience, with the track record of a true conservative, experienced in national security, to unite the party.”  Gilmore said, “My goal was to focus on the importance of this election as a real turning point, and to emphasize the dangers of continuing on a road that will further undermine America's economy and weaken our national security."      "Nonetheless, I will continue to express my concerns about the dangers of electing someone who has pledged to continue Obama's disastrous policies," Gilmore said.  "And, I will continue to do everything I can to ensure that our next President is a free enterprise Republican who will restore our nation to greatness and keep our citizens safe."

Virginia's Jim Gilmore Suspends Presidential Campaign

Virginia's Jim Gilmore Suspends Presidential Campaign

Alexandria, VA -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, the only veteran in the race for the presidency, said today he is suspending his campaign for the White House.  Gilmore said he will support the Republican nominee and that he intends to continue speaking out about the dangers of electing either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

Gilmore, former U.S. Army intelligence agent who has spent the last eight months campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, said the difficulty of the debate structure combined with the national media coverage of the candidates made it impossible for him to continue his campaign for the presidency.  But, he said he is determined to help elect a Republican president.

"My campaign was intended to offer the gubernatorial experience, with the track record of a true conservative, experienced in national security, to unite the party.”  Gilmore said, “My goal was to focus on the importance of this election as a real turning point, and to emphasize the dangers of continuing on a road that will further undermine America's economy and weaken our national security."

"Nonetheless, I will continue to express my concerns about the dangers of electing someone who has pledged to continue Obama's disastrous policies," Gilmore said.  "And, I will continue to do everything I can to ensure that our next President is a free enterprise Republican who will restore our nation to greatness and keep our citizens safe."

Jim Gilmore to Continue Campaigning for President in South Carolina on February 10-11, 2016

Jim Gilmore to Continue Campaigning for President in South Carolina on February 10-11, 2016

Manchester, NH -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, the only veteran in the race for the presidency, will depart New Hampshire tomorrow morning and fly to Columbia, SC to continue his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Following a week of campaigning on the ground in the Granite State, Gilmore will return to South Carolina where he has already made a number of appearances in his quest for votes in the Palmetto State.

South Carolina will hold its Republican presidential primary on Feb. 20th.

Gilmore's South Carolina schedule for the next two days includes:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016

10:30 a.m.  Gilmore arrives Columbia, SC
12:00 Noon. Lunch at the Beacon Drive-in, Spartanburg, SC
1:00 p.m.   Phone interview with The Aiken Standard, Aiken, SC
2:30 p.m.   Phone interview with “Frontlines of Freedom” - military &
                 veterans talk show.
3:00 p.m.   Interview with The Union Times, Union, SC Charles Warner
3:30 p.m.   Travel to Charleston, SC

Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

7:35 a.m. Phone interview with WRNN Myrtle Beach
8:30 a.m. Interview with South Carolina Radio News Network, Charleston, SC
9:10 a.m. Interview with 98 Rock radio, Charleston, SC
9:45 a.m. Interview with John Cumulous Radio, Charleston, SC

Jim Gilmore Making Push for Votes in New Hampshire on February 6-9, 2016

Jim Gilmore Making Push for Votes in New Hampshire on February 6-9, 2016

Manchester, NH -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, the only veteran in the race for the presidency continued his push for votes in the First in the Nation Primary today making a half dozen appearance including one at the Sig Sauer firearms company in Newington.

Gilmore, whose GOTV efforts are supported by almost 500,000 pieces of targeted mail, is a former Army intelligence agent, a former governor, a former attorney general and the former chairman of a national terrorism commission who is making the case to voters that he is one of the most qualified candidates in the Feb. 9 the Republican primary.

Gilmore will be in the Granite State through the election.  His schedule for the next few days includes:

Saturday, February 6 Retail campaigning

Sunday, February 7 Retail campaigning

7:00 p.m.Meet and greet, Center School, Windham, NH 2 Lowell Road, Windham

Monday, February 8

6:00 a.m. arrive radio row at the Radisson Hotel, Manchester,
2:30 p.m. Town Hall at Omni Components, 46 River Road, Hudson, NH

Tuesday, February 9, 2015

Visit polling spots in NH – Londonderry, Bedford, Manchester
7:00 p.m.  Primary Night celebration, Fratello’s on 155 Dow ST. in Manchester, NH

Jim Gilmore Back on the Campaign Trail in New Hampshire on February 3-5, 2016

Jim Gilmore Back on the Campaign Trail in New Hampshire on February 3-5, 2016

Alexandria, VA -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, who did not campaign in Iowa but instead is choosing to begin his campaign in the First in the Nation Primary, will be back on the trail in New Hampshire tomorrow, the Gilmore for America campaign has announced.

Gilmore, the only veteran in the race for the presidency, will be in the Granite State every day but one in the days remaining until the
Feb. 9th Republican Presidential Primary.   "I have chosen to make my stand in New Hampshire," said Gilmore.

Gilmore's schedule for the next three days includes:

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

7:00 p.m.   Rockingham County GOP “Closing Argument” session at the Hilton Auditorium in Brentwood, NH

Thursday, February 4, 2016

9:00 a.m.  Meet and Greet at the Hometown Diner, 1421 Route 119, Rindge, NH

10:00a.m.  Town Hall, Franklin Pierce University, Peterson Hall, Rindge, NH

1:00 p.m. Heritage Heights Community Center, 149 Eastside Drive, Concord, NH

3:00 p.m. Shooting at Belmont Firearms and Range, Belmont, NH

5:00 p.m. “Feed a Charity” event at Lavinia’s, 18 Main Street, Center Harbor, NH

5:00 – 8:30 p.m. Hillsborough County GOP 2016. Primary Gala Crown Plaza, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua, NH (Governor arrives at 7 p.m.)

Friday, February 5, 2016

8:00 a.m. Greet returning service members, Pease Airport, Portsmouth, NH (pending flight confirmation)

2:30 p.m. Veterans Park Tent Pavilion, NH Rebellion, NH Rebellion Convention

Jim Gilmore Continues Campaigning in New Hampshire on January 21-23, 2016

Jim Gilmore Continues Campaigning in New Hampshire on January 21-23, 2016

Alexandria, VA -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, the only veteran in the race for the presidency, will continue his campaign in the critical state of New Hampshire Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Gilmore, a Republican, has bypassed Iowa's caucuses to focus on the Granite State's First in the Nation Presidential Primary.

Gilmore's New Hampshire schedule for the next three days is as follows:

Thursday, January 21st
8:00 a.m. Appearance at Tilt’n Diner, 61 Laconia Road, Tilton, NH

10:00 a.m. Zeb’s General Store 2675 White Mountain Hwy, North Conway, NH
03860

11:15 a.m. Lunch at Gibson Senior Center 14 Grove St, North Conway, NH
03860

3:00 Appearance at Lino’s Restaurant, 3 High Street, Sanbornville, NH

5:00 p.m. Meet and Greet at Sunny Villa Restaurant, Ossipee, NH

Friday, January 22nd

11:00 a.m.  Meeting at Seacoast Mental Health Services – with directors and employees at 1145 Sagamore Ave. Portsmouth, NH

Saturday, January 23rd

2:30 p.m.  Gilmore Speech to First in the Nation Presidential Town Hall, Radisson Hotel, 11 Tara Blvd, Nashua, NH

Jim Gilmore to Campaign in Florida on Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Jim Gilmore to Campaign in Florida on Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Alexandria, VA -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, the only veteran in the race for the presidency, will campaign in the Sunshine State Wednesday.  Gilmore will be in vote rich Palm Beach County for a series of meetings with donors, Republican leaders and media interviews.

The Gilmore schedule for Jan. 13th is as follows:

8:00 AM: Breakfast meeting with South Palm Beach County Republican leadership and elected officials at the office of Shiner Law Group, located at 95 S. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, FL.

10:30 AM: Roundtable meeting with the North Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce's board of trustees. Location: BioScience Building Room SC211 at 3160 PGA Blvd. Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 33410

12:30 PM: Lunch with invited Republican donors and leaders at Pistache Restaurant in downtown West Palm Beach.

2:30 PM: Interview with Benjy Delian, news director for 1340 WPBR radio in Boynton Beach, FL.

5:30 PM: Meeting with GOP donors and Republican leaders at the government center, 301 N. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL

6:45 PM: Appearance before Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee at the government center, 301 N. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL.

Jim Gilmore says North Korean Hydrogen Bomb Shows Need for Strong U.S. Leadership

Jim Gilmore says North Korean Hydrogen Bomb Shows Need for Strong U.S. Leadership

Portsmouth, NH -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, the only veteran in the race for the presidency and an acknowledged authority on homeland security, said today "North Korea's claimed detonation of a hydrogen bomb dramatically underlines how dangerous our world has become and demonstrates how badly our nation needs strong, steady presidential leadership."

Gilmore said discussions by the Obama Administration about whether the North Korean explosion was really an H-bomb and the over-the-top reactions by some of the candidates for president "really miss the point."   This North Korean detonation shows this is no time to put an amateur in the White House.

"What we have is a very dangerous provocation by North Korea that increases the threat to South Korea, Japan, America and the rest of the world," Gilmore said.  "This North Korean escalation at a time when instability and terrorism are increasing in many places in the world shows very clearly the importance of electing a new President of the United States who will provide the responsible leadership necessary to keep Americans safe."

"This isn't something that can lightly be explained away or ignored as the Obama Administration tends to do and it isn't something that calls for the trademark shoot-from-the-hip bluster of some of the candidates for president," Gilmore said.  "What we need in this country is rock solid, forceful leadership that can guide our nation to a safe prosperous future."

In addition to serving as a successful former governor of Virginia who cut taxes by $1 billion and created 250,000 jobs, Gilmore is a former U.S. Army intelligence agent and the chairman for five years of a national terrorism commission that warned about a domestic terror attack before 9/11.  He is also a former crime-busting prosecutor and a popular former attorney general of Virginia.

Jim Gilmore Announces Next Two Visits to New Hampshire

Jim Gilmore Announces Next Two Visits to the Granite State

Alexandria, VA -- Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, the only veteran in the presidential race, will return to New Hampshire Jan. 5th for three days of visits in Manchester/Nashua and the Seacoast.  Gilmore will return to the state again January 21st for three days of campaigning including stops in Carroll County and then an appearance at the GOP's First in the Nation Presidential Town Hall.

On January 5th, Gilmore will address the New England College NH Primary Student Convention at the Radisson in Manchester.  Gilmore is also scheduled to meet with supporters in Center Harbor that day.   

On January 6th, Gilmore will address small businesses in Portsmouth.

Additional stops for this trip, Gilmore's 16th campaign trip to the Granite State, will be announced shortly.

On Jan. 7th, the Virginia Governor will address members of the legislature at the New Hampshire State House.  Later that day, Gilmore, who is a strong supporter of the Navy's shipbuilding program, will also tour the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and meet with senior shipyard leadership, tour the shops and facilities and meet with with union personnel.

Regarding his upcoming trips to New Hampshire, Gov. Gilmore said, "I am honored to have the opportunity to meet the people of New Hampshire and to address their representatives at their historic State House, the oldest state capitol in the country using both of its original bicameral chambers.”

On January 21st, Gilmore will return to visit Carroll County including stops at the Gibson Center in North Conway for lunch, tours of local visits and a meet and greet in Ossipee as well as make other campaign stops in the area.

Jan 23rd, Gov. Gilmore will address the GOP’s First in the Nation Presidential Town Hall.  The Governor addressed the GOP’s FITN event earlier this year. "I am pleased to return to meet with Republican voters and party officials to present my qualifications for service as President of the United States," Gilmore said.

Statement of Jim Gilmore Regarding the Candidacy of Sen. Lindsey Graham

Statement of Jim Gilmore Regarding the Candidacy of Sen. Lindsey Graham

“Lindsey Graham’s campaign raised many serious issues of national security and defense, for which he should be praised.  As an adult in the race, he’s shown that the voters are anxious to hear solutions to the extraordinary threats and challenges our country faces in the years ahead.
Senator Graham was willing to say what the current Administration and Democrats for President won’t even recognize.

As the only remaining veteran in the race in either party, I am determined to keep raising both the threats we face and the ways we can deal with them, and to continue to advocate on the behalf of our current and future veterans.

As a veteran of the intelligence community and the U.S. Army in Europe and as Chairman of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction before and after 9/11 gives me a unique background among the remaining field of Republican candidates for President in 2016.

Donald Trump’s bluster only goes so far. America needs a president who doesn’t need on-the-job training in national security, including intelligence and defense.  As a candidate with domestic executive, military and foreign policy experience, I will bring conservative adult leadership to our cause.”