LOS ANGELES COUNTY LINCOLN CLUBS ANNOUNCES TWO UNPRECEDENTED MAJOR EARLY ENDORSEMENTS

The Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs Board of Governors has endorsed civic leader Nathan Mintz for the new 66th Assembly District in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County and Congressman Ed Royce in the newly reconfigured 39th Congressional District in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino Counties.

The Lincoln Clubs have a 32 year history of not endorsing in Republican partisan primaries. This extraordinary action highlights the critical importance of these two races in the minds of Los Angeles area Republican donors.

39th Congressional District

Congressman Ed Royce is a former Controller of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County and also the Southwest Portland Cement Company. He was elected to the California State Senate in 1982 and to Congress in 1992.

Royce was a Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs Member in the 1990s when he represented portions of Los Angeles County along with his home area in Orange County, and has always been an active friend and supporter of the Lincoln Clubs to this day. In testimony to his leadership skills and popularity among Republican volunteers and donors, the California Republican Congressional Delegation has selected Royce for the past six straight years to represent all of them on the California Republican Party Board of Directors.

The Lincoln Clubs Board feels that Ed Royce's leadership within the Congressional delegation in California, and on business issues nationally, makes him irreplaceable to California and to America.

Royce faces a potential primary challenge from Republican Congressman Gary Miller. It is always very difficult to choose between two good people, but for us the choice was clear and we encourage our friends and supporters to help return Ed Royce to Congress in 2012.

Learn more at http://www.edroyce.com/index.html

66th Assembly District

Nathan Mintz was the top vote getter statewide among Republican challengers in Democrat held Assembly districts in the 2010 election as the Republican nominee in the old 53rd Assembly District. He ran 13 points ahead of Republican registration in that district and moved aggressively to clear the field in the South Bay area for 2012 starting the day after the November election.

Nathan won every city in the 53rd District south of the LA International Airport and received a major boost from the California Redistricting Commission when they removed the heavily Democrat areas north of the Airport from his new district while adding in the heavily Republican Palos Verdes Peninsula.

The new 66th district has only a three point Democrat registration edge and is already the top statewide Assembly Republican offensive target for 2012. Newly elected Democrat Assemblywoman Betsy Butler has opted to run in a Democrat leaning district north of the Airport rather than face a rematch with Nathan in a vastly improved district for Republicans.

"Nathan Mintz has everything we look for in a future leader in the Legislature - a razor sharp intellect, integrity, an incredible work ethic and a clear vision of what needs to be done to put our state back on the right path", said Mr. Robert Virtue, Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs Chairman.

"We are proud to make him our first unprecedented Assembly pre-primary endorsement. We need more leaders like Nathan in Sacramento who can make the case for our pro-business, pro-taxpayer values to a new generation of South Bay residents."

Mr Virtue was the first Republican leader to step up and "max out" to Nathan Mintz with a $3900 contribution for 2012 after maxing out in 2010 and the Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs have followed suit . Many Lincoln Clubs Members are joining in the effort to preempt the field and make sure Nathan wins in 2012. He will be the first offensive L. A. County Republican Assembly win since the 1980's.

You can learn more about and contribute to Nathan at http://www.mintz4assembly.com/