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Jon Bowerbank Helps Out on Primary Day; Catch Him at the Convention!

On June 9, Jon brought a team of people from Russell County to northern Virginia in order to help two great Democrats, Judy Feder and Leslie Byrne, in their 10th and 11th CD primary contests for Congress. Jon and his crew sweated in the 100-degree heatwave, putting up signs, phone banking, greeting voters at the polls. etc. Of course, Jon also attended the "victory" parties afterwards on June 10 (primary day), meeting many of Judy's and Leslie's supporters. Although Leslie lost her race, Judy won, and will now take on Frank Wolf in a rematch that promises to be a barn burner. Jon will help Judy fight for (and win) that seat, as he will help Democrats all over the state in 2008.

Bowerbank Enters the Lt. Gov.'s Race

Washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2008

Jon Bowerbank, a businessman and member of the Russell County Board of Supervisors, filed papers with the state Board of Election to run for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 2009.

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Bowerbank, 48, is the founder and chief executive of EMATS Inc. in southwest Virginia, which designs and builds pipelines, roads and other infrastructure for utility and energy companies.

He said the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the Republican party's failures nationally motivated him to get involved in politics. He has put in $75,000 of his own money to start hiring staff, and has been traveling around the state to meet people.

Roanoke Times
May 20, 2008

Businessman Jon Bowerbank never held an elected office before winning a seat on the Russell County Board of Supervisors last year. But he already has his eyes on a bigger prize -- the office of lieutenant governor...

... with his business experience, he said he wants to "try my kind of approach of taking care of folks on a large scale."

Bowerbank, 48, is the founder, president and chief executive of EMATS Inc., which designs, builds and operates infrastructure for energy and utility industries, with a focus on natural gas extraction. The business has 225 employees.