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— Griffin Daily News Friday, December 13,1974
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Carter
Plans to enter all 27 primaries
in campaign for Demo nomination
By KAY BROWN
ATLANTA (UPI) - Georgia
Gov. Jimmy Carter said
Thursday night he will enter all
27 state primaries in his quest
for the 1976 Democratic presi
dential nomination.
Carter, who formally an
nounced his candidacy before
more than 2,000 supporters at
the Atlanta Civic Center, said
he believes he can offer the
kind of bold and innovative
leadership that will restore the
peoples’ faith in government.
“There is nothing which the
200 million American people
cannot accomplish if they have
trust in their leadership, if their
hopes and ideals are clearly
defined, and if we adhere to the
utmost standards in what’s
right and fair and honest,”
Carter said.
“There has been a subtle,
slow acceptance of mediocrity
in national government. We
have to restore public confi
dence with the beginning of the
1976 campaign.”
He said he will aggressively
campaign in every part of the
country, including Washington,
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Texas and Alabama, where
Sens. Henry Jackson, D-Wa.,
and Lloyd Bentsen, D-Tex., and
Alabama Gov. George Wallace
already are lining up suppor
ters.
“I expect to be considered as
a major candidate, perhaps the
leading candidate, when we go
into the New Hampshire
primary,” he said at a news
conference following his an
nouncement speech.
He said not to enter a
particular primary would be a
sign of “extreme weakness”
and an admission he could not
capture at least 15 per cent of
the vote, required for delegate
representation at the conven
tion under new Democratic
party reforms.
“Those who are ahead in the
early polls are those that have
run for president before,” he
said. “I intend to win. I intend
to be your next president.”
He said he will not “bargain
or broker” delegate strength he
might gain in the primaries at
the national convention.
“People’s commitments are
not a commodity to be
bargained with,” he said, “and
that kind of politics is
completely abhorrent to me.”
Carter, who will become a
private citizen when he leaves
office in January, said he will
spend 250 days campaigning
outside Georgia in 1975. He said
he hopes to raise $250,000 in
Georgia and an equal amount
in other parts of the country,
partially through direct mail
solicitation.
He stressed his intention to
“abide by both the letter and
the spirit” of the new campaign
reform law, and he pledged he
will not accept contributions
now that will be illegal after
Jan. 1.
“I will not have the tremen
dous financial resources of
some of my opponents. I have
no favors to call or influence to
exert. I do not want the
financial backing of selfish
interests or powerful contribu
tors who seldom make political
contributions without expecting
something in return,” he said.
“I have to tell you in
complete candor that being
elected president is not the
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most important to me,” said
Carter, a peanut farmer by
profession. “There are some
things I would not do, even to
become president. I would not
tell a lie; I would not mislead
the American people; I would
not avoid taking a stand on a
controversial issue; I would not
betray your trust.”
Carter, the second Democrat
to announce he will seek the
nomination, began building a
national base of support last
year when he was named
chairman of the national
Democratic Campaign Commit
tee for the 1974 elections. Rep.
Morris Udall, D-Ariz., previous
ly announced he would enter
the race.
When asked if he has any
handicaps in the campaign,
Carter replied, “I don’t put
myself up as the best person in
this nation to be president. Nor
do I believe that my qualifica
tions are adequate for the job.
But I do believe I am as well
qualified as any other candi
date or potential candidate.”
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ATLANTA, Ga. (UPI) - A
placard inside the jammed
Atlanta Civic Center read,
“1966 Jimmy Who? 1976 Presi
dent Carter.”
Georgia’s Gov. Jimmy Carter
acknowledged Thurday night he
still has a regional profile that
will have to be transformed
into a nationally known visage
if he’s to win the Democratic
presidential nomination.
The wealthy peanut farmer
from Plains had already
started the race, peddling his
wares at the party’s mini
convention last week in Kansas
and courting the National Press
Club earlier the same day. ‘
Sunday he’ll be the sole guest
on a nationally televised
interview show.
He told the crowd of about
2,000 he also plans to run in 27
states’ primaries.
Carter figures to bank $5,000
in small contributions in at
least 20 of those states, the
requirement to qualify for
matching federal dollars ear
marked on federal income tax
returns, Jody Powell, Carter
press secretary indicated.
“We should have it (the
money) easily by early next
year,” Powell cited.
“We’ve sent out letters to
everybody who ever phoned or
wrote to the office to say
‘You’re a good guy.’ We’ve
been keeping a list for three or
four years.”
The Carter campaign aims to
bankroll $500,000 to keep the
wheels rolling in the first year
of the race, Carter told a news
conference. He made the plea
for at least half that amount
from Georgians.
In effort to lend some
national flavor to the occasion,
Carter singled out of the
reception crowd a personal
emissary from Chicago’s Mayor
Richard Daley and Buzz Aldrin,
“a good friend of mine” and
one of the first Americans to
rocket to the moon.
Some well-known blacks at
tended but none was in
troduced.
Aldrin told news representa
tives he was impressed with the
“logical orderly approach that
engineers and scientists have in
solving our day-to-day prob
lems.” Carter calls himself
both scientist and engineer.
A Democratic national com
mitteeman from Illinois, Cecil
Partee representing the long
time Chicago party boss came
“expressing friendship, support
and good wishes from Daley,”
Carter said.
The candidate sees recent
November elections as a show
of “adequate” support in
Georgia even though he is
making the transition from
office-holder to office-seeker.
His approval ratio has inched
up from 61 per cent, Carter
said.