Republican Executive Council Candidates file together on Agenda for Change

Candidates to run on platform of fiscal responsibility, better representation with local governments and a sharp focus on roads and bridges.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                             Contact: Matt Hagerty

June 4, 2008                                                                                                       cell: 547-5701 CONCORD, NH – All five Republican candidates for Executive Council filed their declaration of candidacy papers together today in an effort to illustrate the need for change on the 5-member New Hampshire Executive Council. District 1 – Raymond S. Burton, Bath, incumbent Executive Councilor and Grafton County Commissioner. District 2 – Daniel St. Hilaire, Concord, Candidate and current Merrimack County Attorney. District 3 – Russell Prescott, Exeter, Candidate and former State Senator. District 4 – Raymond Wieczorek, Manchester, incumbent Executive Councilor and former Mayor of Manchester. District 5 – Stephen Stepanek, Amherst, Candidate and current State Representative. “With government spending out-of-control and a huge state budget deficit, every community is feeling squeezed.  It is critical to bring fiscal sanity to state government and develop an even closer working relationship with city and town officials during this difficulty economy,” stated candidate Stephen Stepanek. St. Hilaire agreed on the need for fiscal restraint and added, “I am running to give a voice back to the people of District 2 so local government officials have input on important decisions facing their communities.”   St. Hilaire’s district runs from the Vermont border, through Concord, and over to the Maine border. Candidate Russell Prescott stated, “As a small business owner, I know what it takes to adjust revenue and expenses in tough times and that’s what state government needs to do.  The runaway spending has to stop and I will be a steward of the taxpayer’s money.”