The message is simple. John Allard is the front-runner, he has staff working, endorsements, $100K and has been on the trail for months now.

Beth Gaines either has not or does not. (That could change, of course)

Emphasis is added to certain spots of the release.

John Allard Is Most Experienced Assembly Candidate

Only candidate with business and local government experience

Roseville – Local small businessman and Roseville City Councilman John Allard welcomed Beth Gaines into the race to replace newly elected Senator Ted Gaines in the Assembly.

“Ted Gaines was the best choice to serve our area in the State Senate,” said John Allard.  “I congratulate him on his election and honor his experience in local government and running his own business.  Now I have a similar life experience to offer the voters of our area.”

Allard has been preparing his run for the Assembly for months now.  He is the clear front-runner in the race with a long list of supporters that recognize his community leadership over the past several decades.

“There is no candidate in this race that is prepared to serve like John Allard,” said former Senator Tim Leslie. “I represented this area in the Legislature for more than two decades.  John is the only candidate that has consistently played a leadership role in the region.”

“I have known John Allard for 20 years and know he has first hand knowledge of the issues for small business and knowledge of local government,” said Roseville Vice Mayor Susan Rohan. “He has my full support.”

“I represented part of Placer County in the State Senate for eight years,” said former State Senator Sam Aanestad.  “It is clear to me that the candidate that is motivated to serve the taxpayers, families, and businesses in this area is John Allard.  He has my complete support.”

Allard was appointed to the Roseville City Council in 2003 and has won election twice since then.

John has spent over twenty years serving nonprofit organizations and is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roseville Community Health Foundation; former Vice Chairman of Sutter Health’s Placer County Community Advisory Board; former Vice President of Government Relations and member of the Board of Directors of the Roseville Chamber of Commerce; and former member of the Board of Directors of Acres of Hope, The Gathering Inn, the Sacramento Valley Lincoln Club and the South Placer Transportation Management Association.

Included among his Council duties are Chairman of the Placer County Wine Industry Task Force, Roseville Revitalization Committee and South Placer Wastewater Authority; Vice Chairman of the Placer County Air Pollution Control District; member of the Highway 65 Interchanges JPA, Placer County Economic Development, Placer County Transportation Planning Agency, Sacramento Area Council of Governments and Western Placer Waste Management Authority Boards of Directors; and the City of Roseville/Union Pacific and Economic Development Advisory Committees.  He also chairs the annual South Placer County National Day of Prayer Breakfast and serves on William Jessup University’s Community Relations Council.

John and his wife, Lisa, purchased Molly Maid of Placer County in 2005 and have grown the size of the business by over 400% in five years.

Allard has been endorsed by –
National Tax Limitation Committee’s Political Action Committee
National Tax Limitation Committee President Lew Uhler
Assemblyman Dan Logue
Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen
Former Assemblyman Rick Keene
Former Senator/Assemblyman Sam Aanestad
Former Senator/Assemblyman Tim Leslie
Former Congressman John Doolittle
Former Congressman Doug Ose
Placer County Auditor-Controller Katherine Martinis
Placer County District Attorney Scott Owens
Placer County Treasurer-Tax Collector Jenine Windeshausen
Placer County Supervisor Rocky Rockholm
Placer County Supervisor Kirk Uhler
Placer County Supervisor Robert Weygandt
Former Placer County Supervisor Jim Williams
Former Placer County Supervisor/Current Placer County Water Agency Board Member Mike Lee
El Dorado Irrigation District Board Member George Osborne
Placer County Water Agency Board Member Gray Allen
Sierra Joint Community College District Board Member Scott Leslie
Sierra Joint Community College District Board Member Howard Rudd
Placer County Board of Education Trustee Robert Tomasini
Auburn City Councilmember Mike Holmes
Auburn City Councilmember Bridget Powers
Lincoln Mayor Paul Joiner
Lincoln City Councilmember Tom Cosgrove
Lincoln City Councilmember Stan Nader
Former Lincoln Mayor Primo Santini
Rocklin City Councilmember Peter Hill
Rocklin City Councilmember Diana Ruslin
Rocklin Vice Mayor Brett Storey
Former Rocklin Mayor Ross Ainsworth
Former Rocklin Mayor Kathy Lund
Roseville Vice Mayor Susan Rohan
Roseville City Councilmember Carol Garcia
Former Roseville Mayor Jim Gray
Roseville Joint Union High School District Board Member Scott Huber
Roseville Joint Union High School District Board Member Linda Park
Former Roseville City School District Board Member Kristia Bernasconi
Former Roseville City Manager Mike Shellito
Roseville Parks and Recreation Commissioner Nick Alexander
Roseville Planning Commissioner Sam Cannon
Roseville Planning Commissioner Robert Dugan
Roseville Planning Commissioner Gordon Hinkle
Former Roseville Planning Commissioner Rex Clark
Rocklin Chamber of Commerce President Franklin Burris (2010)
Rocklin Chamber of Commerce President Dave Butler (2011)
Rocklin Chamber of Commerce President Bill Halldin (2006)
Roseville Chamber of Commerce President Al Johnson (2011)
Roseville Chamber of Commerce President Marcus LoDuca (2000)
Roseville Chamber of Commerce President Aldo Pineschi (2010)
Roseville Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Government Relations Kirk Taber