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Fresh leadership from Cowan

Next month, I turn 65 and I need to vote for someone who will take care of my Medicare and Social Security. I can’t let Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers end my benefits that I worked decades for. I know Rich Cowan will stand up for me and thousands of Eastern Washington seniors in Congress.

Rich Cowan started a successful business right here in Spokane. He employed hundreds of people. Rich has demonstrated that he knows what a small-business owner has to do in order to deliver high-paying jobs. Please name five jobs that McMorris Rodgers has created in seven years?

Rich gets it that we need to strengthen our energy, health care, aerospace and agriculture sectors to be competitive. McMorris Rodgers just votes the party line. I am tired of never seeing anything innovative come out of McMorris Rodgers’ “leadership.”

Finally, I am a proud U.S. Air Force veteran. We need Rich Cowan, who is committed to advocating for our proud community of military families and veterans. Rich walks the walk, and just doesn’t talk!

Will Rogers once said, “This would be a great time in the world for someone to come along that knew something.” I agree! Vote Rich Cowan for Congress!

John Rose

Spokane

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