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Local Write-In Candidate Hopes to Send Message to New York

MALTA– Malta resident Jim Nolan represents the common man.

He mows his own lawn, has a monthly mortgage payment and works five days a week to support his three boys and wife. He enjoys cracking open a beer on football Sunday’s and makes a mean burger on the grill.

Come this November however, Nolan will go from being a common man to attempting to represent them.

A life-long resident of New York, Nolan will be taking his chances at the polls in the upcoming elections after recently deciding to run as a write-in candidate for New York State Governor.

His name may not appear on the ballot, but make no mistake Nolan is out to send a message to Albany and the legislature.

“I want to show New York voters that there’s other options besides your typical candidates,” Nolan said. “I represent all the people who are sick of the direction New York is going in. I may not have a chance in winning, but I want to show all the big shot politicians that New York voters have had enough.

Nolan, along with his oldest son Mike and two other close friends of the family have been running a campaign backed entirely by social media and word of mouth. Already on Facebook, Twitter and running a website of their own, the four have been gaining local support.

“We feel that social media is a way of connecting people together through common interests and we’re trying to do that through interfaces such as Twitter and Facebook,” said media director Andrew Butler. “We are trying to rally everyone together to show there’s a candidate out there who cares about the majority of New York voters.”

Though Nolan has been happy with the early success, he still believes his campaign is just getting started. With just under four weeks left before the elections on Nov. 2, Nolan plans on continuing to let his voice be heard.

“With so much concern over the current candidates for governor, many people were telling me they had no intentions on voting,” Nolan said. “It was an outrage, this country fought hard to have a right to vote and I want to be that other option for voters.”

FOR MORE INFORMATON: Contact Mike Nolan at mike@jimnolanforgovernor.com. Also visit our website jimnolanforgovernor.com

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