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Dear Friend:

Our country and our community are confronting some of the greatest challenges in generations. There is an absence of leadership and accountability in Washington. Career politicians and a system that rewards partisanship have failed us. We need true citizen legislators with real life experiences who value community service and are committed to the future. We need leadership that does more than choose sides.

That's why I am running for Congress.

High energy costs threaten our national security, as well as every aspect of life in our region — particularly the poor and elderly. We need help now from all energy sources including innovation, conservation and maximizing our national resources.

For the first time in our history, young people are working harder and longer for less. Jobs continue to leave our area and with them our young people. If we are to build a future better than our past, New York cannot continue to be the most taxed and regulated state in the country. As a successful businessman, I will bring a perspective to government that is desperately needed. I understand how jobs and opportunity are made, as well as destroyed.

I intend to be a true citizen legislator — one who believes there is value in public service and will never put a career ahead of his obligations to the 24th District. Career politicians and special interests are holding us back, preventing us from making those choices which can secure the future. I am against winner take all politics which serve only to perpetuate political careers and prevent progress. My goal will always be for results.

As a man who has been involved in many community causes, I have seen how government is often more a problem than a solution, how it can stall progress and growth. I believe that government does not create jobs or opportunity, but is responsible for creating the climate for them.

Our children and grandchildren will not judge us by what we say but by what we do. They won't care if our politics are from the right or left, but they will know if we have moved our country forward or backward.

As someone who has started from the ground up I know what it means to be afraid, to struggle and to prosper. My opponent's congressional record shows he can follow — my life proves I can lead. Join me, let's own the future again.

Hanna in the Community 

Richard Hanna has donated his time, leadership, and personal resources to numerous civic, charitable, religious and philanthropic causes, where his unwavering support has been recognized by his peers.

He founded “Annie’s Fund” which helps women make positive changes at critical points in their lives.

He was the recipient of the 2007 Rosamond Childs Award to Community Philanthropy from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc. and his achievement was applauded by Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito.

Richard has also received several honors from the Jewish Community Federation; the “Good Samaritan Award” from the Samaritan Counseling Center; the “Corporate Service Award” from the Resource Center for Independent Living; and, honored by the YWCA for 25 years of “Being a Champion of Women”.

In addition, Richard has assisted dozens of not for profit and community philanthropic agencies including: St. Elizabeth Hospital, East Utica Youth Ministry, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, Oneida County Historical Society, United Way, Habitat for Humanity of Otsego County, Blessed Sacrament Church, Girl Scouts Council, Friends of Bassett Hospital, House of the Good Shepherd, Stevens-Swan Humane Society, Hospice to name a few.
 
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Hanna on the issues
 
Richard knows the choices we make in the next few years on education, health care, immigration, social security, the environment, foreign competition and national security are more important today than ever before.
 
He recognizes that we need a long-term comprehensive energy policy that focuses on new exploration, innovation and conservation.
 
We have become a nation that spends more than it earns, imports more than it exports, and borrows more than it can pay back.
 
It’s time to take our government from the special interests. Richards wants commonsense solutions that create opportunity and growth for everyone in central New York.
 
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