Chris Meekins Named Smith Campaign Manager

HIXSON, FEBRUARY 26 – Third District Congressional Candidate Robin Smith announced today that Chris Meekins will serve as her campaign manager for the 2010 election.

Meekins, who will oversee the operation of the campaign, brings an extensive background in Republican politics to the effort, having previously served as manager of a campaign in Maryland that resulted in the defeat of an 18-year incumbent in the Republican primary as well as races in Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina, and Connecticut. He comes to the campaign from his position within a national political consulting firm.

“With the addition of Chris Meekins to the campaign, we complete a team that is prepared to take our message across the Third District and prepared to win, both in the August primary and the general election,”Smith said. “The expertise, energy and commitment Chris brings to the campaign will further strengthen our effort to restore common sense conservative leadership to Congress.”

“I am excited to lend my efforts to Robin Smith’s campaign,”Meekins added. “Robin is widely known as the candidate in this race who stands by her convictions and fights for what she believes in. Her demonstrated commitment to all eleven counties of the Third District, as well as her twenty years of work on conservative issues make her uniquely qualified to represent the values of East Tennesseans in Washington. With Nancy Pelosi’s liberal agenda reminding us each day just how out of touch the Congress has become, leaders like Robin Smith are needed now more than ever. I am proud to stand with her as she stands up for Tennessee.”