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Huckabee « Press
Release on Barb Heki Endorsement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 21, 2015 MEDIA CONTACT
Alice StewartNEWS RELEASE
Oct. 21, 2015 MEDIA CONTACT
Alice Stewart
NEWS RELEASE
Iowa homeschool champion Barb Heki endorses Huckabee
DES MOINES, Iowa- Hawkeye state homeschool stalwart and
prominent
grassroots conservative activist Barb Heki endorsed Gov. Mike Huckabee
for president today.
"Gov.
Huckabee
fears God, loves America, fights for liberty, reveres our
Constitution, and respects our Founding Fathers' commitment to
Biblical
morality. I am pleased to give my full, enthusiastic endorsement to
Mike Huckabee for president of the United States," said Heki.
Since
his
announcement on May 5, Huckabee has held 85 separate Iowa events
in 60 of the 99 total counties across the state. The
Huckabee campaign
has publicly announced 195 statewide Iowa leaders, including 77 county
chairs.
"I'm
proud
to have Barb Heki's endorsement and support from thousands
of grassroots conservatives across Iowa, including the homeschool
community. We are mobilizing a grassroots army to power our campaign
through the Iowa caucus and beyond," said Gov. Huckabee.
Heki
and
her husband Rich are founders and directors of the national
ministry, "Grandparents of Homeschoolers." Having home-educated their
four children from birth to adulthood, they served 11 years on Iowa's
state homeschooling board and continue to work closely with national
homeschooling leaders. Heki has been involved in political campaigns
for two decades, from local to national, and has served 40 years in
Christian ministries, including chairing the state board of Child
Evangelism Fellowship. Prior to that she was the publications manager
at a Fortune 200 company. Heki holds bachelor's and master's degrees in
journalism from Drake University. She and Rich have four adult children
and two grandchildren.
"Gov.
Huckabee
has the comprehensive experience of a governor, a fiery
passion for liberty, and that engaging Reaganesque likability that
enables him to build a team to transform Washington," said Heki. "He
has a pastor's heart and a commander-in-chief's know-how, following the
mandate of 'we the people.' He's fighting tooth-and-nail against Common
Core and has the right solution to the ultimate problem in education:
get rid of all federal involvement and put the families back in charge!
And very important to this election - Gov. Huckabee has an amazing
history of defeating the Clinton machine!"
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