Another day, another 2012 U.S. Senate candidate.
Bishop Earl W. Jackson Sr. of Chesapeake has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination, taking on former governor George Allen and tea party candidate Jamie Radtke.
"He is running for the United States Senate to restore fiscal sanity, constitutionally limited government, and to fight for a sound energy policy that will allow Virginia to mine its coal and drill for its offshore oil," said a release from Jackson's campaign.
The announcement comes a day after former Democratic National Campaign Committee Chairman Timothy M. Kaine announced his run.
Jackson is a former lawyer who served in the Marine Corps and graduated from Harvard Law School.
Jackson, founder of Exodus Faith Ministries International, was among the keynote speakers last October at the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
Jackson brought the crowd to its feet with a rousing address that criticized congressional Republicans for being "complacent" and Democrats for being "arrogant."
Jackson, who is African-American, said the tea party is not racist, nor hateful, but welcomes anyone who values the Constitution.
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