CAIR-PAC Urges Support for Hilliard [Dem Rep who voted against condemning suicide bombers]

Take a real step now towards POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT of the American Muslim community.

Congressman Earl Hilliard (D-7th, Alabama), a strong supporter of issues of concern to the American Muslim community, urgently needs our help to win reelection. He has consistently supported a balanced US foreign policy in the Middle East and opposed lopsided bills that harm the interests of America and the Muslim world. He is a strong defender of civil liberties and also the first African-American elected to Congress from Alabama.

Congressman Hilliard is being challenged solely on the basis of his support for a balanced US policy in the Middle East. Reports indicate that his challenger has received more than $600,000 from pro-Israeli lobbies that seek to punish and make an example of him for his balanced and fair approach to the Middle East.

Now is the time to step forward and MAKE A DIFFERENCE by donating to Congressman Hilliard’s campaign. He needs this help TODAY to defeat an opponent who will staunchly oppose American Muslims.

Act now and save a friend and supporter of our community and its issues. A win for Hilliard is a win for the Muslim community and will give strength to those who want to vote their conscience on issues relating to the Middle East.

The upper limit for donations for individuals is $1000, but everyone should give at least $100 to support his reelection. Couples can give $2000.

- Send a Check to support Congressman Hilliard - Please write on the memo line of your check “from friends of CAIR-PAC.” - Only US citizens and legal permanent residents (green card holders) can contribute.

NOTE: If you live in Alabama or can travel there Monday or Tuesday, June 24th and 25th, then please call Hilliard’s campaign office at 205-326-8828.

Hilliard fights for political life against Davis

06/06/02MARY ORNDORFF
News Washington correspondent

U.S. Rep. Earl Hilliard, once considered among the safest members of Congress, awoke Wednesday to the fight of his political life.

After a decade of representing the 7th Congressional District without serious challenge, more than half the Democrats announced their unhappiness with him Tuesday by casting a ballot for somebody else.

Artur Davis, a relative unknown when he was clobbered by Hilliard in the same primary two years ago, is now in a dead heat.

"The fact he forced a runoff, that in and of itself is already an upset," said D'Linell Finley, an adjunct professor of political science at Auburn University-Montgomery.

The final vote count Tuesday was Hilliard with 46 percent, or 46,562 votes; Davis with 43 percent, or 43,374 votes; and Sam Wiggins III with 11 percent, or 11,376 votes.

Fifty-four percent of the Democrats in the 12 counties in the district voted for someone other than Hilliard.

"These are active party loyalists. They're the kind of people who should be your absolute best friends as an incumbent, and they voted for somebody else," said Amy Walter, the House analyst for the Cook Political Report in Washington.

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