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SUBJECT: US Army Paratrooper, former US Congressional Aide Katherine Jenerette Announces Campaign for Congress

DATE: March 27, 2008 FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.jenerette.org

On Thursday, Katherine Jenerette, 39, a former US Congressional Field representative for the 1st District, a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, and a US Army Reserve Officer formally announced her bid for the Republican nomination for the 1st District US Congressional Seat, currently held by 72-year old Rep. Henry Brown of Hanahan.

“I am formally announcing my Campaign for the Republican nomination to the United States Congress,” Jenerette said after filing her papers with the SC State Republican Headquarters in Columbia today.

“Nearly one year ago, I traveled to Washington D.C. and visited the offices of some key members of Congress and administration officials to discuss the feasibility of my possible candidacy for the 1st District US Congressional Seat,” Jenerette said. “My reception was very positive and on my return to South Carolina I spoke candidly with a number of political insiders, community leaders, and people of this district and they confirmed what I had heard over-and-over; we needed ‘new-blood’ and a new aggressive conservative congressman to represent the 1st District in Congress.”

Jenerette, who worked for Rep. Brown as a US Congressional Field representative for the 1st District said that her entry into the race is no reflection on her great respect towards his service as our Congressman since 2000.

“I know Congressman Brown to be a dedicated and hard worker,” Jenerette said “But, Washington is a far different place today than it was with a Republican majority in both Houses and our district here in South Carolina has changed tremendously over the years.”

“Times have changed,” Jenerette continued. “And our times call for a Congressman to represent our district who has the stamina to push for the people of South Carolina and to go toe-to-toe with the Democrats in general and people like Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi specifically.”

“I intend to show Speaker Nancy Pelosi a thing or two about conservative principles, our agenda for America’s future, and what young women and men of my generation feel about Washington’s ‘Politics-as-usual,” she challenged.

Jenerette said that her legislative agenda includes the priority issues of; the Economy, National Security, Health Care, Education, District Roads and Infrastructure, Out-of Control-Spending, Illegal Immigration, Compulsory Military Service among other issues and that she would be releasing position papers in the days ahead.

“I’ve been in local, state and national politics and I’m not a girl scout anymore and I know this is going to be an uphill fight,” Jenerette said. “But, just like my unit’s job in the Army has been described as being a ‘combat politician’ it reminds me a lot of South Carolina politics.”

“Lets face it, you don’t become an Army Paratrooper unless you expect to hit some hard DZ’s - Drop Zones,” Jenerette said, “and you don’t get into South Carolina politics without expecting every political and personal enemy you ever had to sharpen their knives and come after you big time.”

Jenerette, an Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm received a direct commission last year and US Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain pinned on her Lieutenant Bars in a ceremony in North Myrtle Beach - Little River.

Katherine Jenerette served as a Field Representative for the 1st Congressional District, South Carolina and a Congressional Staff Assistant to U.S. Rep. Henry E. Brown, Jr., and was a member of the North Myrtle Beach Planning Commission. Katherine also served as the CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association and a member the Horry County Envision 2025 Comprehensive Planning Committee task force.

After coming home from the Gulf War, Katherine attended the University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina Campus on a Cross Country and Track scholarship. While in the Army, Katherine had competed in the U.S. Army Europe Track and Field Championships and as a 'walk-on' at USC Coastal she was recognized as one of the regions top runners when she was named to the NCAA Track & Field Big South Conference in 1994. She graduated from CCU with a degree in History in 1995 and received her Masters Degree from USC, Columbia in 1997.

Katherine is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10804, served on the board of Directors of the North Myrtle Beach Citizens Association, the I-73 Association and is a charter member of the North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce. She is an Adjunct Professor of History with Southeastern Community College where she teaches U.S. History and African American History. Katherine is very involved in sports activities as a runner, a Triathlete, an ocean kayaker, a sport shooter and an outdoorsman.

Katherine Jenerette is married and the mother of four children. She currently is a Commissioned Officer serving in the U.S. Army Reserve and is an Army Paratrooper. She is a graduate of the U.S. Army's Airborne school at Ft. Benning, Georgia and is assigned to the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Katherine Jenerette was a candidate for the South Carolina Senate and was narrowly defeated in the 2004 general election. She won the majority of votes cast in Horry County which makes up nearly 70% of the District 28 seat population and missed gaining the seat by a mere 1,880 votes out of over 30,500 votes cast in the race. If she had been elected she would have been the only female Republican Senator in the state of South Carolina and one of the Senate’s youngest members.

If elected, Katherine Jenerette would be the first US Congressman from Horry County since John Jenrette served as Congressman over twenty five years ago and she would become the first Republican woman in history to be elected as a U.S. Congressman from the state of South Carolina.

Katherine lives in North Myrtle Beach with her husband Van, and their four children - a son in High School, Christian David, and three daughters, Benjamin Elizabeth, Drake Katherine, and Wilson Gabrielle. They all attend Horry County Public Schools. Katherine is a member of the First Baptist Church in North Myrtle Beach and an associate member of the Huguenot Protestant Church of Charleston.

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FACTS & TRIVIA ABOUT THE 1st US CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

The 1st Congressional District was created by federal mandate after the 1990

census and reapportionment was finalized in 1992. The district includes all of Horry County

and portions of Georgetown, Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester Counties.

Over 55% of the registered voters in the District are women. Nearly 40% of the registered

voters are between the ages of 22 and 44 and another 37% are ‘Baby Boomers.’ The district

includes nearly 20% minority registered voters.

At present, there are no women that hold elected Federal Office from South Carolina. Only

four other women have been elected to the U.S. House; all were Democrats and three were

“widow mandated” only serving the final year of their husbands’ term.

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