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75th Anniversary Celebration & Endorsing Convention
March 5-7, 2010

• 75th Anniversary Gala
• Top Conservative Speakers
• Endorsing Convention for Governor, U.S Senate, and all statewide races
• Conservative Youth Celebration with DJ & Dancing
• Fun for the whole family (including discount park tickets)

Held at the Knott’s Berry Farm Resort Hotel in Buena Park, California.

Check out www.CaliforniaRepublicanAssembly.com for details.

The Republicans vying for the chance to challenge U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., paid homage to the more conservative wing of their party Friday, speaking at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies convention in Reno.

Still in the early weeks of what political observers predict could be a brutal Republican primary, the candidates remained mostly cordial toward one another. But many in the crowd were ready for battle, saying Reid’s defeat is the top priority of conservatives across the country.

“We need to get a conservative in there,” said Gretchin Kvaal, of Reno. “We need to get conservatives back where they belong in the Republic. He’s proven to be not the independent who is working for Nevada. He’s a lap dog for the Democratic Party.”

Kvaal said she’s not sure who among the dozen Republicans in the Senate primary she’ll support. That’s why she went to Friday’s rally, to learn more about them. “There are a lot of people running against him,” she said. “I don’t know who I’ll support. But I know for darn sure who I’m against.”

Most of the candidates took a turn speaking before the crowd of about 150 people at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Many of the observers were delegates to the national convention. Others were local voters like Kvaal.

The candidate speeches ran the gamut from shouting about the need for a guerrilla war to oust liberals from government to those who called for a polite primary to avoid weakening whoever emerges to take on Reid next year.

“We need to send someone who is ready to fight a guerilla war,” said Mike Wiley, an ex-radio talk show host who once ran for office in Florida, saying he’s the candidate with those skills.

A spokesman for Reid dismissed the rally, saying Republicans are more concerned with politics than turning the economy around. “While Republicans rally in knee-jerk defense of the status quo, Sen. Harry Reid will continue delivering for Nevadans with fresh ideas to turn the economy around and create good paying jobs,” Reid’s campaign manager Brandon Hall said.

Hall referred to a recent quote by Republican candidate John Chachas, who told a Washington D.C. newspaper the bad economy would be “good for Republican politics.”

State Sen. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, implored the crowd and his challengers to keep their focus on Reid.

“Not a negative word against any Republican,” Amodei said. “This can’t be a blood-letting between now and June. Whoever emerges from the primary has to emerge strong.”

That was the concern of some in the crowd as well.

Dave Buell, a Reno member of the national federation who organized the rally against Reid, said “the worst thing that could happen is if they bloody each other up.” “If they come out clean, any one of these candidate can win,” Buell said.

Buell said he organized the rally because Reid’s ouster is a priority not only for Nevada members, but national members as well.

“He’s our primary target,” agreed Patrick Briney, of Arkansas, the national federation’s chaplain. “He’s been in there too long and done too much damage.”

Editor's Note: We are reprinting Anjeanette Damon's "Reno rally targets Reid re-election" from RGJ.com in it's entirety. We invite you to visit the original.

Ken Blackwell is our featured speaker at the Friday evening dinner. We are very pleased to welcome him to our national convention.

Biography-Ken Blackwell

Ken Blackwell is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at the Family Research Council, and the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow for Public Policy at the Buckeye Institute in Columbus, Ohio. He is a visiting fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the American Civil Rights Union. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Club for Growth, National Taxpayers Union and Pastors Retreat Network. Mr. Blackwell is also the Chairman for the Coalition for a Conservative Majority, and a member of the National Rifle Association’s Public Affairs Committee. He is a columnist for the New York Sun, a contributing editor and columnist for the conservative news and opinion site Townhall.com, and a public affairs commentator for the Salem Radio Network.

He has a distinguished record of achievement as a finance executive, entrepreneur, diplomat, educator and independent corporate director. He is one of the nation’s leading conservative voices and a strong advocate free market enterprise. In 2006, he became the first African-American in Ohio history to be a major party nominee for governor.

In 2004, the American Conservative Union and the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs honored Mr. Blackwell with the John M. Ashbrook Award for his steadfast conservative leadership. Past recipients of the award include President Ronald Reagan, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick and Charlton Heston.

Mr. Blackwell’s public service includes terms as mayor of Cincinnati, an undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. In 1994, he became the first African-American elected to a statewide executive office in Ohio when he was elected treasurer of state. He subsequently was elected to two terms as secretary of state.

Mr. Blackwell is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (2003– present), a director of the Academy for Government Accountability (2007–present), and a former member of the federal senior executive service. He was co-chairman of the board of directors of the Campaign Finance Institute (2003–06) in Washington, D.C. and a member of the Harvard Policy Group on Network-Enabled Services and Government (2003–06). Mr. Blackwell has been a member of the national advisory boards of the Princeton Review (2000-06) and Youth for Christ (2003-05). He is a former chairman of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board (1998–2001) and member of the Advisory Panel of the Federal Elections Commission (1999-2003). In addition, Mr. Blackwell served on the board of directors of the ICMA Retirement Corporation (1999– 2004), Fifth Third Bank, Fifth Third Bancorp (1993-94), the Cincinnati Public Employees Retirement System (1985-88) and Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals (1996-99).

In 2002, he received meritorious recognition from the Center for Digital Government, and was recognized by Government Technology magazine as one of the top 25 public sector leaders in information technology. He is a past president of the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council. More than 25 years ago, he began his work in using technology to help government fulfill its mission and commitment to citizens as a member of the board of directors of Public Technology, Inc., located in Washington, D.C.

A certified government finance manager, Mr. Blackwell was a 1999 recipient of the Government Finance Officers Association’s Excellence in Government Award. In 2006, he received the prestigious National Leadership Award from the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. He was formerly a Fellow at the Heritage Foundation (1990) in Washington, D.C. He has served on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.

Mr. Blackwell was a delegate to the White House Summit on Retirement Savings in 1998 and 2002. During the 1990s, he served on the congressionally appointed National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform, and in 1998, he co-edited a book with Jack Kemp, entitled, IRS v. The People: Time for Real Tax Reform. In 2006, he co-authored with Jerome R. Corsi Rebuilding America: A Prescription for Creating Strong Families, Building the Wealth of Working People, and Ending Welfare. An advocate for tax simplification and government reform, Mr. Blackwell has testified before Congressional committees on taxation, government operations, election systems, education, and banking matters.

Mr. Blackwell also has served on the boards of directors of the International Republican Institute, the American Council of Young Political Leaders, and the Congressional Human Rights Foundation. He was a scholar-in-residence at the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights at the University of Cincinnati College of Law (19991-93).

As the U.S. Representative to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, he led the U.S. delegation to all four of the preparatory meetings for the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and presently serves on the advisory board of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.

His international activities have taken him to 53 countries and strengthened his understanding of emerging international markets and the growth of democracy worldwide. Mr. Blackwell has held the nation’s highest security clearance, and twice received the U.S. Department of State’s Superior Honor Award from the administrations of Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton for his work in the field of human rights.

He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Xavier University (OH), where he later served as a vice president and member of its faculty. In 1992, he received Xavier’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has been a Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, the Aspen Institute, the Salzburg Seminar in Austria and the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (British-American Project). His continuing education has included executive programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.

Among his awards are honorary doctoral degrees from several institutions of higher education in Ohio, including Ashland University (2002), Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (1999), Lourdes College (2003), Wilberforce University (1980), Wilmington College (1996), Urbana University (1997), Indiana Wesleyan University (2005) and Franklin Pierce College (1992) in New Hampshire. He is a recipient of the Veritas Award (1998) from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut and the President’s Award for Public Service and Leadership (1995) from Central State University in Ohio.

In 1998, Mr. Blackwell delivered the Becket Lecture on Religious Liberty at Oxford University. Since the spring of 2004, he has been a member of the Arlington Group, an influential national coalition of pro-life, pro-family and religious leaders and organizations. He has lectured at Harvard, the University of New Castle in England, and the Moscow State Institute for International Relations in Russia, and the International Academy of Public Administration in Paris. Many of his speeches and lectures have been published in “Vital Speeches of the Day.”

His commentaries have been carried in major newspapers across the United States, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, as well as all major newspapers in Ohio. He is a regular guest commentator for Salem Communications. Salem Communications operates 59 radio stations in 22 of the nation’s top 25 markets and owns 95 stations nationally. He also has been a frequent guest on network and cable news and public affairs programs, including Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, CNN’s Crossfire and Inside Politics, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, and PBS’s The Jim Lehrer Newshour and Tavis Smiley Late Night.

Mr. Blackwell is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati. He was a founding partner of the highly successful Blue Chip Broadcasting Company, a network of 20 urban format radio stations. At the time of its sale in 2001, Blue Chip Broadcasting had become the second largest African-American owned radio company in the nation. He and his wife of 39 years, Rosa, who currently serves as superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools, have three adult children. In 1994, the Blackwells were honored as one of the National Council of Negro Women’s Families of the Year, and, in 1996, Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell together received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Dreamkeeper Award from the Cincinnati Historical Society. In 2006, the Blackwells became minority shareholders in the Cincinnati Reds, the city’s major league baseball team. Mr. Blackwell is a member of the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity, the Ohio Gun Collectors Association, the Literary Club of Cincinnati and is a life member of the NAACP.

The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) charters Iowa Republican Assembly.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Reno, NV, October 23, 2009:The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) chartered the Iowa Republican Assembly, Friday, October 23, at the NFRA annual board meeting, which was held in conjunction with the NFRA Biannual National Convention in Reno, Nevada. The president of the Iowa Republican Assembly is Mr. Jamie Johnson, of Des Moines, Iowa.

The NFRA "Right4America" National Convention, hosted by the Nevada Republican Assembly, is taking place in Reno, Nevada, October 23-25, 2009, at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. The convention features a "Rally Against Reid" Friday afternoon, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center, which is free and open to the public. Republican challengers to Harry Reid's Senate seat have been invited to speak, as well as several speakers from the NFRA convention.

In addition, the convention offers grassroots activist training from the Leadership Institute and speakers including:

• Floyd Brown - founder, exposeObama.com
• Ken Blackwell - former Ohio Secretary of State
• Judge Paul Pressler
• Randall Pullen - Arizona Republican Party
• Peter Foy - Americans for Prosperity
• Sam Paredes - Gun Owners of California
• Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave - Susan B. Anthony List
• Eric M. Jackson - founder, World Ahead Media
  
• Colin Hanna - founder, Let Freedom Ring
• Tawfik Hamid - former Muslim Brotherhood Leader
• Rabbi Nachum Shifren
• Lance Fairchok - AmericanThinker.com

The National Federation of Republican Assemblies is a grassroots movement to take back the Republican Party for the vast and disenfranchised majority of its members:  Reagan conservatives, who believe in small government, lower taxes, free market capitalism, a strong defense, the right to life, and a decent America.

In short, we are the Republican Wing of the Republican Party.

We carry out our mission in two primary ways:

1. First, Republican Assemblies work to recruit committed conservative activists to become involved in the Republican Party, earning and taking leadership positions within it and displacing RINOs ("Republicans in Name Only") who do not reflect the overwhelming majority position of Republicans across America.  And we put a lot of stress on earn :  we know that conservatives, while active in election campaigns, have long ignored the party structure in much of America.  We mean to redress that wrong, increase the ranks of activists, revitalize our Party, and turn it into an electoral powerhouse Americans can believe in once again.
2. Second, we do what other Republican organizations almost never do:  we endorse candidates in contested primaries, so rank-and-file Republicans can know who the true conservative candidates really are.  In the spring of every election year, liberal Republicans learn to love Ronald Reagan; ten minutes after clinching the nomination, they remember they love Teddy Kennedy more.  We shuck the corn, with highly competitive grassroots endorsing conventions at which candidates must secure two-thirds of our delegates' support to win.  And when we're done, there's no question who is who.

Why do we do these things?  Because the Republican Party is, well, a republic:  its people have the ultimate say, if they organize and make their voices heard.  And because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the current generation of Republican leadership has shipwrecked the Party Reagan built.

If you're the kind of person who's tired of talking about conservative principles and sick of whining about what's wrong with the Republican Party, join us .  The time for talk is past:  it's time to act.

www.RepublicanAssemblies.org

For more information: NFRA@RepublicanAssemblies.org

Rabbi Nachum Shifren

Rabbi Shifren is a southern California native. A disciplined athlete, he is a competitive swimmer, runner,and triathlete. He served for 10 years as a LA. Co. Beach lifeguard.

He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Spanish and German literature. He is also fluent in Hebrew.

He has been a language teacher in LA City schools since 1992. He has taught at some of the most challenging inner city schools and has never faltered in insisting on raising the bar and maintaining the highest academic standards.

For over a decade, he has been the dirctor of "surf and soul" surfcamp, where teens learn self-discipline, proper attitude, and physical fitness. A Malibu surfer since 1962, he is known universally as the surfing rabbi.

Through his seminars and classes, he has taught thousands his secrets to personal well-being and meeting life's challenges.

Rabbi Shifren received his ordination in Jerusalem in 1990 and is a talmudic scholar.  He has been an observer and commentator of developments in the Middle East, the Israeli and foreign press, and the recent rise of Islamic Jihad.

Rabbi Shifren has declared his candidacy for the Calif. State Senate in 2010, and is the only candidate to openly pledge to oppose the advent of Sharia law in the United States. He is a tireless supporter of individual freedoms and preserving the distinctive greatness of America, her language, and culture. Known for his no-nonsense approach to education and prison reform, Rabbi Shifren is in his own class of patriotism and staunch conservative values. One of the leading members of America's Black Shield, he is an ardent supporter of Black empowerment, through a realignment to Black conservatism and independence from the corrosive effects of Democratic hegemony in minority communities.

Marilyn Musgrave has been a steadfast advocate for the unborn since she was first elected to Congress in 2002. Congresswoman Musgrave co-sponsored the RU-486 Suspension and Review Act, the Child Custody Protection Act, the Partial Birth Abortion Ban, the Weldon-Stupak Human Cloning Prohibition Act, the Informed Choice Act, and the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act.

As the leader of the first ever House Pro-Life Women’s Caucus, Congresswoman Musgrave frequently speaks on the floor of the House, in committee hearings and at press conferences to advocate support for the pro-life cause. She has also been the featured speaker at special Susan B. Anthony List events, such as the annual June Tea.

Marilyn is married to Steve Musgrave and has four children and several grandchildren.

Born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents in 1956, Sam is the second of three children.  Sam’s father worked for a scrap metal company and his mother in a paper bag factory.  Both Sam’s parents labored tirelessly to provide for their children, his father at times working two jobs.  The cornerstone of the family’s life was Emmanuel Baptist Church in East Los Angeles.

In spite of the many financial challenges and an environment rampant with drug and gang activity, the Paredes family remained constant in their belief in God and their family.  From his parents, Sam learned the merit of hard work, perseverance, honesty and integrity.

Encouraged by his parents to pursue higher education, Sam attended Pepperdine University on scholarship.  To offset his tuition costs, Sam worked his way through college, holding down as many as three jobs at one time.  While at Pepperdine, he met his future wife, Laurie.  Sam graduated in 1978 with a degree in political science and studied at the Foundation for Economic Education in New York, where his free-market philosophical perspectives were shaped and refined

Laurie, Sam’s wife has worked in the State Capitol since 1980 for conservative legislators and in now a Consultant for Republican Minority Leader Senator Dennis Hollingsworth.

Sam started working with Gun Owners of California in 1980 and after working for a couple of Governor’s and starting his own rifle manufacturing company, in 1998, he returned to serve as Executive Director of GOC and is a member of the Board of Directors of Gun Owners of America and Gun Owner Foundation.

An avid outdoorsman, Sam enjoys precision, tactical, and cowboy action shooting, hunting, fishing, golf, basketball, and travel with his family. He serves as a worship leader in his church, he sang with the Sacramento Symphony Chorus for 8 years, and he now directs an a cappella singing group in the gold country foothills.  He is also a expert in Confrontational Politics.

Eric M. Jackson

An entrepreneur and award-winning author, Eric M. Jackson was the Executive Vice President of Strategy at WorldNetDaily.com and the CEO of WND Books. He previously oversaw marketing for the online payment service PayPal, where he helped catapult the dot-com from losing $10 million per month to profitability and an initial public offering. Jackson served as PayPal’s Senior Director of U.S. marketing, as well as the interim Vice President of Marketing following its 2002 acquisition by eBay.

After leaving PayPal, Jackson founded World Ahead Media, a publishing house with a free market editorial focus, and served as its Chairman and CEO. He guided the company to profitability and national prominence, including a New York Times bestseller and multiple book club selections-of-the-month. World Ahead was acquired by WorldNetDaily.com in January 2008 and renamed WND Books.

Jackson serves on the boards of directors and advisory boards for several companies and early-stage ventures. His book, The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth, won the Writers Notes Book Award for best business book, and was hailed by Tom Peters as “the best description of ‘business strategy’ unfolding in a world changing at warp speed.”

An outspoken advocate of personal liberty, Jackson has appeared on Fox News, CNN, ABC News, MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” and numerous other TV and radio programs. He has been quoted in publications such as Forbes, Publishers Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and BusinessWeek.

Jackson has lectured for the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation, and has been a featured speaker at Freedom Fest. He earned a degree in economics with honors from Stanford University. He lives in Los Angeles.

National Federation of Republican Assemblies to hold “Rally Against Reid” at biannual convention

All Republican candidates running against Senator Reid invited to speak at Rally.

Reno, NV, October 12, 2009: The National Federation of Republican Assemblies is holding its biannual convention in Reno at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa on October 23^rd, 24^th and 25^th.  The National Federation of Republican Assemblies is a grassroots movement to take back the Republican Party for the vast and disenfranchised majority of its members:  Reagan conservatives, who believe in small government, lower taxes, free market capitalism, a strong defense, the right to life, and a decent America.

To kick off the convention the NFRA will be holding a free “Rally Against Reid” at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center at 2:30 pm on Friday October 23^rd.  The general public is invited to attend the rally, bring your signs and have your voices heard.  All the Republican candidates running against Senator Reid have been invited to speak at the rally.

The balance of the convention will feature educational sessions from The Leadership Institute and panel discussions and speeches featuring Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave; Tawfik Hamid, former Muslim Brotherhood leader; Judge Paul Pressler; Colin Hanna, President of Let Freedom Ring; Major General John K. Singlaub and many others.

The local chapter of the NFRA, The Nevada Republican Assemblies is the convention host.

For more information or to register online, go to http://convention.republicanassemblies.org or call (775) 747-1238.