Campbell to run against Mumpower

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on October 2, 2007 - 7:30am.
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Spence Campbell will run for the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District.

Campbell, chairman of the Henderson County Republican Party, announced Monday that he will face off against Carl Mumpower for the Republican nomination, according to Blue Ridge Now.

The winner will face first-term Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler in the general election.

"Heath Shuler ran as a conservative Democrat, but has voted overwhelmingly with the liberal leadership in Congress," Campbell said. "My life experience instilled in me the conservative values that Western North Carolinians cherish."

Campbell, 63, is a retired Army colonel who served two combat tours in Vietnam. Previously, he worked as president of Ewbank & Ewbank Insurance and Real Estate in Hendersonville.

He has chaired the Henderson County GOP for three years.

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