COLUMBIA, SC – Gresham Barrett picked up a major endorsement from South Carolina’s leading business and industry organization earlier today. Barrett has built his campaign on an aggressive vision for job creation in the Palmetto State.

In a statement released to the media this morning announcing its endorsement of Gresham Barrett, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce specifically praised his Putting South Carolina Back to Work plan, saying, “Gresham Barrett has a solid jobs plan and economic vision for the state, which focuses on job creation, a strong South Carolina Department of Commerce, comprehensive tax reform, ensuring South Carolina remains a right-to-work state, infrastructure improvement and energy independence. His experience, coupled with his leadership on so many issues key to South Carolina’s competitiveness, ensures he will be a great visionary for the state.”

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is the state’s largest statewide broad-based business and industry trade association representing more than 18,000 businesses and more than one million employees. The Chamber is a catalyst for increasing prosperity and enhancing the state’s global competitiveness in order to improve the quality of life for all South Carolinians.

Gresham Barrett thanked the SC Chamber saying, “I am honored to have the support of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. Their hard work and dedication creating jobs and growing our economy in these tough times is to be commended. Despite the challenges facing our state, I know that together in a new spirit of cooperation and collaboration we can turn things around in our state. With an aggressive approach to economic development we can take South Carolina somewhere she has never been before.”

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