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KRYZAN SIGNS “VOTERS FIRST PLEDGE”
CHALLENGES OPPONENTS TO JOIN HER
IN SETTING CAMPAIGN SPENDING LIMITS

July 31, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Anne Wadsworth
(716) 580-3013

Amherst, NY – Today Alice Kryzan, candidate for Congress in New York’s 26th District, signed the "Voters First Pledge" and is calling upon her primary opponents to join her. The Voters First Pledge commits a candidate to supporting legislation to create a system of public financing for qualified candidates who agree to strict spending limits and to take only small donations.

Reiterating her commitment to eliminate the stranglehold of special interest money on Congress, Kryzan said:

"We’re not going to have a Congress that works for working families when its members need to raise millions of dollars every year, and the election cycle essentially never ends. It is time for candidates who are serious about changing Washington to begin by changing the way they get to Washington. It’s time to not just talk the talk, but to begin to walk the walk. And that’s why I ask my opponents to join me in signing the Pledge."

Kryzan is running in the September 9th primary against millionaire Jack Davis, a three-time congressional candidate who’s pledged to spend $3 million of his own money on the race, and Jon Powers, who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from special interest PACs and lobbyists. Kryzan issued an additional challenge to her opponents, calling on them to join her in limiting the overall spending of their primary campaigns to three quarters of a million dollars.

"I also believe we can act now to show the voters of Western New York that we are serious about addressing this problem. Therefore, I am not only signing this important Pledge, but I am committing my campaign to spending no more than $750,000 on the primary."

The Voters First Pledge is sponsored by Common Cause, Public Campaign Action Fund and Public Citizen. This coalition is asking every candidate for Congress to sign the Voters First Pledge to make elections fair, to restore accountability, and to protect voters right-to-know. More information about the Voters First Pledge can be found at www.votersfirstpledge.org.

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