07/10/2008
CONTACT: Mike Diegel, 202-314-2004
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation's leading small business association, today announced that it has endorsed U.S. Rep. David Davis for reelection in Tennessee's 1st Congressional District.
The endorsement comes from NFIB's Save America's Free Enterprise (SAFE) Trust, the organization's political action committee, and is based on prior voting records to evaluate the candidates' views on legislative issues affecting small business.
"As a small business owner and NFIB member himself, Representative Davis has been a reliable ally in Congress," said Lisa Goeas, NFIB's vice president, political. "He has consistently stood with his fellow small business owners in the fight for a pro-growth agenda that seeks to provide entrepreneurs with affordable healthcare, less government intervention and meaningful tax relief."
Today's endorsement puts the considerable grassroots support of the state's small businesses behind the Davis campaign. Small business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB will encourage its members to help turn out the influential small business voting bloc on Election Day. According to NFIB polling data, small business owners and their employees make up 43 percent of registered voters in America.
