America First!

By Kleinheider Posted on July 10, 2008 at 7:47 am

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett once again attempts to rally support for his candidacy around two words with a storied political history:

“I classify myself as a problem solver,” Padgett said Wednesday during a visit to the Herald Courier. “I’m the only [Democratic] candidate that has ever been elected to public office, and I want to put America first.”

He was first elected to the Knox County School Board in 1984, then as Knox County clerk in 1986, a position he held for more than 20 years. During his tenure as county clerk, Padgett managed more than 130 employees and an annual budget of $57 million.

“We’ve leaned on China and Japan to supplement our growth,” he said of the U.S. “We’re going to have to start putting ourselves back into the picture. We can’t keep troops in Iraq. We need them here to rebuild our country.”

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