Shake up: Pacific CRs Pull Red State Rising Endorsement

In a blog post entitled “Pacific College Republicans Oppose Adam Ellison and the ‘Red State Rising’ Slate,” the Pacific CRs announced that they have withdrawn their endorsement of their own former Chair in his bid for the Chairmanship of the California College Republicans.

The Pacific CRs wrote a scathing rebuke of both Ellison and Wade Holden, a Pacific student who is also running on RSR. From the Pacific CR website:

Dear Fellow College Republicans:
Since the beginning of our involvement with the University of the Pacific College Republicans, we have witnessed Adam Ellison and Wade Holden run our organization into the ground. Rather than confront them and create conflict in our own club, we have simply tried to ignore them and have carried on trying desperately to rebuild our club’s credibility. Adam Ellison graduated in May of 2008, took the fall 2008 academic semester off, and came back during the spring 2009 academic semester to take only one class so he could run for CCR State chair. Since the beginning of Adam’s campaign for CCR state chair he has only sporadically attended club functions and has only come when it benefitted his campaign. Both Adam and Wade have made and broken promises to local officials, political candidates, University of the Pacific officials, Pacific Student Government and club advisors, which has caused tension and animosity between Adam, Wade, the Pacific College Republicans and the local community. As a result of Adam and Wade’s incompetence, our club is widely viewed as a laughing stock in the San Joaquin Valley. They have not only been negligent in their leadership duties, but they have made a concerted effort to block all reforms and ideas that they, themselves, did not initiate. Adam Ellison and Wade Holden are self-promoting, egotistical students who are more concerned about moving up, than helping out. In conclusion, the University of the Pacific College Republicans WILL NOT be endorsing Adam Ellison and Wade Holden in their campaign for CCR State leadership. There was never a constitutional endorsement meeting for our club, therefore any claims that PCR endorses Red State Rising are erroneous. The University of the Pacific College Republicans DO NOT endorse Adam Ellison or anyone else on the Red State Rising Slate.