Nothing succeeds like success, and Jane Dyer has been very successful.

She was an honor student at Easley High School, engineering graduate from Clemson University, first female commander of Air Force ROTC, an Air Force officer and pilot, Airbus 300 captain with FedEx. She’s a mom and grandmom.

She’s met every one of life’s challenges head-on and she didn’t blink.

Jane’s life is filled with accomplishments and she is just the kind of person we need to be our congressional representative in the 3rd District.

The election in November will determine South Carolina’s future. Will we stay where we are now, stuck in the past, falling behind, unable to compete? Or will we take the necessary steps to move forward, to become successful, to make South Carolina an example of how a state can turn things around with a proven, successful leader?

Jane Dyer is that leader!

Michael Kiger

Six Mile

Published: September 09. 2010 2:00AM

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100909/OPINION/309090010/Letter-Jane-Dyer-can-turn-S-C-around

(Note: The Greenville NEWS requires online subscription.)

“There is nothing I am more passionate about than the well-being of our nation’s Veterans,” Dyer said. “It is one of the main reasons I want to serve in Congress.”

Dyer, a pilot with FedEx, served in the United States Air Force after graduating from Clemson University. Her husband, John, is a former Air Force pilot and a decorated Vietnam Veteran. Dyer’s stepson, also named John, recently completed tours as an A-10 pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dyer’s campaign is focused on helping the working families of the Third District, and she has repeatedly stressed common sense approaches to supporting job creation, public education, and Veterans.

“I’m hopeful that this proposal will make a practical difference in the lives of our Veterans,” she said. “And it’s an example of the kind of a people-first leadership I believe we need in Washington.”

Below is the iteneray for the announcement:

Jane Dyer Veterans Initiative
Sept. 15, 2010

9:00 a.m., Easley:
Easley Veterans Monument
205 North 1st Street, Easley SC

10:15 a.m., Anderson:
Anderson County Veterans Monument
368 McGee Road, Anderson SC

1:00 p.m., Greenwood:
World War Memorial Marker
Intersection of Main Street and Oak Avenue on Main Street.  Greenwood, SC

2:30 p.m., Edgefield:
Town Square in Edgefield

3:45 p.m., Aiken:
Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park
1435 Richland Ave.  Aiken, SC

http://www.edgefielddaily.com/anderson090710.html

South Carolina 3rd Congressional District candidate Jane Dyer made a campaign stop on the wing Saturday morning at Aiken Municipal Airport.

Dyer arrived at the airport at 9:30 a.m. and addressed a crowd of supporters outside by the flagpole. After her speech, Dyer and her husband John fired up their 1947 Piper Cub and departed on a “Barnstorming For Jobs” tour of South Carolina counties.

“I just wanted to come out this morning to talk about one of the most important things facing all of us, and that’s jobs,” Dyer said. “For those of you who had the opportunity to have a look at our little yellow airplane back there, it’s called a J-3 Cub; those were built back in the late 1930s. Franklin Roosevelt knew we were probably going to come to a situation where we would need a lot of pilots, so these little airplanes were built in the late ’30s to prepare people to become pilots. The great thing about the J-3 Cub is it’s one of the first airplanes built on an assembly line; they built thousands of them. We were able to train thousands of pilots, so when we did get involved in World War II, we already had people with those skills.”

She briefly outlined a three-point plan consisting of making South Carolina a leader in the green energy movement by making homes more energy-efficient, attracting manufacturing industry to the state and supporting the Savannah River Site’s energy production programs.

“You probably know that in South Carolina we are some of the biggest energy consumers in the country,” she said. “We can go from there to being one of the biggest providers of energy in the country. And you know, the energy problem isn’t just in America; it’s worldwide.”

The Dyers planned to visit airports in McCormick, Greenwood, Laurens, Anderson and Pickens, spending approximately an hour in each city before flying the two-seater back to its home berth.

A U.S. Air Force veteran, Dyer is employed by FedEx as a commercial pilot. John Dyer is also an Air Force veteran and experienced pilot; Dyer’s stepson is on active duty in the Air Force, flying in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“We really have it in our blood,” Dyer told the crowd as the couple prepared for takeoff Saturday.

By SUZANNE R. STONE
Staff writer, Aiken STANDARD

http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0905-Jane-Dyer

If character were elastic, some politicians wouldn’t have enough to make suspenders for a parakeet. Some run for office to advance their own selfish agendas. Once elected, often after spending gobs of money to influence uninformed voters, they themselves are influenced by money. Politicians should wear suits like NASCAR drivers showing their sponsorships.

When someone who is not up to the job gets elected, I think to myself that his mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

But sometimes there is a candidate who does appear to have integrity, a person who may relate to the rest of us. Sometimes there is a candidate who has already demonstrated the kind of responsibility, accountability, persistence and intelligence in private life that could also help make a good representative.

Jane Dyer, a candidate for Congress to represent those of us in the 3rd Congressional District from Abbeville through Easley and Anderson to Clemson, might be the best candidate I have read about in a long time.

Regardless of the outcome of the November election, Dyer seems to be a citizen to admire and I’m beginning to believe she would represent all of us very well.

Bill Kester, Pendleton

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/aug/29/dyer-would-represent-us-well/

Bill Kester, thank you for your kind words!

Editor:

Come election time let’s not get ourselves trapped in a dumb label web. It’s like a spider’s web. It’s a mindless way of thinking about how you’ll vote that can hurt you. Partisans weave webs and label them so y’all will vote the way they want you to. Partisans know if they get voters hooked on mindless labels, voters will automatically go and vote themselves even to perdition.

People who think Jane Dyer, the candidate for Congress from District Three, is not our kind of representative probably think that way because they unthinkingly believe labels.

But I’ll tell y’all, if you want your kind of human being representing you in Washington, go find out the real facts about Jane. I did. I spent some real time checking on her. I talked to people who know her. I checked out her past because I want the best person representing me in Washington.

I found Dyer aims to get what South Carolina wants and needs. Dyer wants to work with business to bring more jobs for you and your family. I like that. It sounds like smart politics to me. Like you, she wants our state to turn out the best trained and educated children possible ’cause that’ll help make our state richer all ways possible! She wants to take better care of our veterans who have put their lives on the line by improving services right here in South Carolina.

And I found that people who know her, trust her. The woman has experienced life as a mother and grandmother and as a business and military professional. When you get to know Jane Dyer, you’ll find solidity, character, a real person who cannot be easily labeled like a political cartoon.

What you’ll learn about Dyer is that people with good conservative values respect this woman and will vote for her.

Bill Bruehl

Seneca

http://www.upstatetoday.com/index.php/2010/08/don’t-get-caught-in-the-label-web/  (note this is a subscription-only site)

Both are seeking the 3rd District congressional seat that is being vacated by Republican Gresham Barrett, who unsuccessfully ran for governor this year.

The candidates gave brief summaries of their positions and fielded several written questions from the audience of about 100 at the Taste of Distinction restaurant. The candidate forum was put on by the Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce.

Duncan, a Republican, is a state representative from Laurens County who owns a real estate firm and played football at Clemson University.

For the rest: http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/aug/19/3rd-district-congressional-candidates-square-powde/

In the AIKEN STANDARD

By ROB NOVIT, 7/16/10

In her second attempt for the 3rd Congressional District seat, Easley Democrat Jane Dyer said her goal is to fight for working people.

“We hear a lot from Wall Street, a lot from big oil,” she said during a campaign stop in Aiken. “But nobody seems to understand that we’ve got people at their kitchen tables who have big challenges on how to make ends meet.”

A Clemson University graduate, Dyer spent seven years as an Air Force pilot. For the past two decades, she has worked as a pilot for FedEx.

In 2008, she lost to incumbent Gresham Barrett in the Third Congressional District race. Barrett didn’t run for re-election in order to mount a bid for governor which proved to be unsuccessful. Dyer is trying again in the general election Nov. 2 against Republican primary winner Jeff Duncan, a S.C. House member from Laurens.

As a late entry in the 2008 contest, Dyer said she learned a lot about the process, such as getting thousands of volunteers to work in the campaign. Now she’s trying to meet people one on one.

What separates her from Duncan, Dyer said, is she wants to find solutions to problems. Part of the reason that doesn’t happen, she said, is the mantra that government should do nothing.

“That’s part of the reason we’re in the mess we’re in,” Dyer said. “It is time for people to be elected who want to work to get the job done, to put people to work, to educate our children and as a veteran, to take care of our veterans.”

Congress recently approved financial reform, mostly along party lines, and Dyer maintains the legislation is essential. The financial disaster of recent years has hurt people badly, leaving them without jobs or lesser-paying employment. Many families are dealing with one income instead of two, she said.

“The results are devastating, and we can’t afford to have that,” Dyer said. “I want to make sure that Wall Street doesn’t do this again. But we have politicians funded by Wall Street. They don’t want reform, and that affects how they approach it.”

The BP oil rig disaster points to the need for continued study of alternative sources of energy. The Third Congressional District, Dyer said, is poised to have a leadership role through the Savannah River Site and the power plant in Oconee County. The district has tremendous potential to help bring new energy solutions – not just in nuclear power, but in solar, wind, biomass and other sources, she said.

Immigration has become an ever larger campaign issues throughout the nation with the recent stringent legislation approved in Arizona. Dyer said she understands the frustration of that state and others, given Washington’s unwillingness to deal with the issue.

The situation “has become so political that people don’t want to solve the problem,” Dyer said. “They just want to excite people. We have to sit down, secure the borders and enforce the law.”

But people need to look at the facts too. Sending illegal immigrants back to their home countries would be prohibitively expensive, said Dyer. If they’re going to be in this country, “they should be paying taxes,” she said. “We have to allow solutions to move forward.”

http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0717-jane-dyer

Sunday, July 11, 2010 12:46 AM EDT

I have been encouraged to respond from a woman’s perspective to the letter in the June 14 Independent Mail regarding lasting change and how it is brought about. Change comes about when individual courage is evidenced and radical action ensues.

Little was being done about changing the status of women in our society until the early years of the 20th century when a fragile young woman who was a Quaker realized her sex would never achieve equality until they could vote. Alice Paul screwed up her courage and left the comfort of her home in New Jersey for the tumultuous life of a suffragist in Washington, D.C. Radical behavior — riots, parades, demonstrations and picketing of the White House — were all unheard of before the city was besieged by quiet, courageous Alice Paul.

The only woman to equal — maybe even excel — the courage and tenacity of Alice Paul might be Margaret Sanger, a public-health nurse who fought the United States Post Office, the Catholic Church and much of the male population in this country to establish family limitation through Planned Parenthood. Were it not for Margaret Sanger and the birth-control movement, our worldwide over-population problem would be far greater than it is.

My hope in writing is to encourage qualified women to run for office and to congratulate courageous women like our own Jane Dyer.

Thelma Spencer, Anderson

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/jun/17/womens-courage/

Democrat Jane Dyer won the 3rd Congressional District nomination after defeating Brian Ryan B. Doyle on Tuesday, according to unofficial election returns.

Wendy Wolff, of Anderson, considers herself an independent voter, and chose to cast her ballot for Jane Dyer in the Democratic primary not out of party loyalty but because she likes “what I read about her and what she said.”

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn’s endorsement helped, too, said Tweeter Bennett, of Anderson, who voted for Dyer because of Clyburn. Dorothy Wright, of Anderson, liked Dyer’s views and also liked the prospect of ending a woman to Washington.

Jane Dyer chats with supporter Ken Marsh at her home south of Easley. (Photo by PAUL BROWN)

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100608/NEWS03/100608014/Jane-Dyer-wins-Democratic-nomination-in-3rd-District-race

Faces of candidates in contested 3rd Congressional District Republican and Democratic primaries will appear in advertisements and mailings, and they may even be knocking on your front door in these final days before the Tuesday primary.

That’s when voters will pick the Democratic candidate and probably will send the two top GOP candidates from a field of six into a runoff for that party’s nomination in a high-profile race for the seat Gresham Barrett is leaving in his bid to become governor.

Here’s a look at their plans for the final primary push:

“We’re going everywhere,” said Jane Dyer, a FedEx pilot from Easley, who faces fellow Democrat Brian Ryan B. Doyle, a syndicated radio talk show host from Aiken in the Democratic primary.

Dyer plans to work the phones and will try to visit all 10 counties in the long district that stretches from Oconee and Pickens counties in the northwest corner of the state to Aiken County on the south. Doyle will be knocking on doors, in newspaper ads, on radio and plans to visit 11 churches on Sunday.

The Republicans will be busy as well, traveling by foot, car, plane and ice cream truck as the six hopeful contenders vie for a place in a probable runoff.

Neal Collins, an attorney from Easley, said he’s knocked on 15,000 doors in this campaign and plans to keep on knocking. He and his volunteers will be calling voters on the phone and handing out fliers and he has radio interviews lined up.

Richard Cash, the Powdersville owner of a fleet of ice cream trucks and a used car business, will be out campaigning with his ice cream truck and handing out free samples as he talks to voters.

His youth brigade has visited 13,000 homes and will continue its door-to-door mission while other supporters will be waving at motorists on the highways. He also has television, talk radio, newspaper and direct mail advertising coverage lined up.

Jeff Duncan, a Laurens County real estate broker and auctioneer, is advertising on network and cable television and plans to work the phones and make appearances at events around the district.

Joe Grimaud, a franchise owner with homes in Chapin and Greenwood, will fly his private plane across the district to shake hands and appear at events while he continues his television and direct mail advertising.

Rex Rice, an Easley cattle farmer and general contractor, will be on the phone, shaking hands and attending events across the district, but not on Sunday, a day he said is reserved for God, not politics. He has television advertising and a mailing planned.

Mike Vasovski, an Aiken physician, plans appearances at events around the district, and will work the

BY ANNA SIMON • CLEMSON BUREAU • GREENVILLE NEWS JUNE 4, 2010

CLEMSON – With four days left to campaign before voters go to the polls on June 8, candidates in the 3rd Congressional District aired differences and tossed a few verbal grenades as they played to an overflow crowd at Clemson University’s Strom Thurmond Institute.

Accusations flew and differences were aired as eight candidates – five Republicans, two Democrats and one Constitution Party candidate – took turns responding to questions from the audience on topics from taxation to health care and their thoughts on working across the aisle if elected.

Democrat Brian Ryan B. Doyle, of Aiken, a syndicated radio talk show host, blasted his primary opponent, Democrat Jane Ballard Dyer, a FedEx pilot from Easley, for not facing him in debates earlier in the campaign, saying he took time off from work but she wasn’t willing to do that.

While Dyer didn’t address Doyle’s attacks, Republicans Richard Cash, Jeff Duncan and Rex Rice lobbed shots back when Doyle accused them of changing their message from earlier forums, denying the charges and at times defending one another.

Other attacks were made within GOP ranks as the candidates tried to separate themselves from one another, particularly between political newcomers and Duncan and Rice, both state representatives who have accepted political action committee money, on the issue of special interests.

“Special interest money creates career politicians,” said Cash, who favors term limits.

Rice said he doesn’t take money from some groups, has sent back money meant to influence his vote, and has voted opposite from the views of some who have supported him in campaigns.

Joe Grimaud, a Republican on the ballot who didn’t attend the Thursday forum sponsored by the Clemson Area League of Women Voters, wasn’t exempt from attack that he was using personal wealth to buy the election and doesn’t live in the district.

Grimaud will be in the spotlight today when Republican leaders from the 3rd District hold a press conference to discuss his rented Greenwood apartment – a topic on which he defended himself at a recent forum in Liberty.

Grimaud, who has lived for 30 years in Chapin, in the 2nd Congressional District where he challenged U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson and lost in 2001, said at the Liberty forum that he recently took a second residence in Greenwood.

South Carolina doesn’t require candidates to live in the district they represent, however GOP county chairmen and executive committee members in the district issued a statement Thursday saying that his candidacy, if successful, “could threaten the GOP’s hold on the district as voters become aware that he actually lives in suburban Columbia.”

On the issue of a fair tax to replace income tax with tax on the sale of consumer goods, Doyle said he could possibly support a fair tax, and Dyer called for a stable tax base not based on a sales tax.

Among the Republicans, Cash said he supports a fair tax because it would reduce the power of the IRS and called a progressive income tax “a stepping stone of socialism.”

Neal Collins said Congress would have to repeal the 16th Amendment and reduce the income tax code to make a fair tax workable and add protection so special interests can’t seek exemptions.

Duncan supported a fair tax, elimination of all other taxes to prevent double taxation and called for a balanced budget amendment.

Mike Vasovski said he supports a fair tax as a first step toward no income tax and repealing 16th Amendment.

Rice also supported a fair tax and said he sponsored a bill in the state House to impose a fair tax and eliminate corporate and personal income taxes to help bring industry to the state and reduce the burden on businesses.

Constitution Party candidate John Dalen supports elimination of all taxes, saying they aren’t needed if government stays within its constitutional bounds.

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100604/NEWS/306040015/3rd-Congressional-District-candidates-on-offensive-as-primary-nears

Dyer Has It All

Why are most politicians lawyers? And why do we vote for them? Wouldn’t it be nice if they could all be business owners, engineers, pilots, teachers and just ordinary people? And if they were veterans it would be a plus. Maybe then they could understand us ordinary working folks.

Well, there is one such person. Best of all, she wants to represent the people of the Third Congressional District in South Carolina. She is a graduate of Clemson University in mechanical engineering, a former Air Force tanker pilot (aerial refueling of our bombers), currently a pilot for FedEx, parent to three now-grown boys (one is an airline pilot and serving in Afghanistan) and a daughter who teaches middle school.

She is a person who has worked for the community of Easley, as a church deacon and in young adult ministries, coached basketball and soccer and much more.

This real, honest, down-to-earth person is Jane Ballard Dyer.

Jane is a courageous and very intelligent person who can feel the heartbeat of the people. She comes from a large family of eight children in Easley, a happy family where hard work and effort were constant requirements. Jane knows how important jobs are to us ordinary people, that they are our life’s blood. I know she will be thinking about us every moment of her time in Washington as our Congressional representative.

Robert E. Padgett, Central

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/jun/01/dyer-has-it-all/

Says Jane Dyer Should Get Vote

All you have to do is talk with her once, and you walk away knowing that Jane Dyer is not your typical Congressional candidate.

She was in the ROTC program at Clemson. She graduated from Clemson with a degree in engineering, entered the Air Force and become a pilot and a captain, and later began her career as a pilot for FedEx. She married, had children and continued her career. Dyer is a mother, grandmother, professional and concerned citizen who wants to move South Carolina forward.

She is committed to seeing all children in South Carolina have the opportunity to get an excellent education, and she understands that takes more than simply saying it.

She has been talking to voters throughout the district and she knows that jobs are key.

She sees the current Congressional energy bill as a good example of putting locals to work on making housing much more energy efficient; yet, she also knows there are new technologies to give new jobs in private industry. Dyer sees no reason to not move her state ahead in that direction. It is as important, she will tell you, for national security as it is for creating an entire new jobs field.

Dyer understands her fellow citizens’ needs, and she wants to be a part of the solutions for them.

Hard work does not deter her. She is genuine and committed to serving her state and nation. Jane Dyer is the best person to be the Congressional Representative in SC’s third district.

Paula Walters, McCormick

http://www.indexjournal.com/articles/2010/05/31/letters_to_the_editor/c053110letters.txt

This nation needs to pull together. On this Memorial Day, we need to consider the power of teamwork represented by our military veterans’ efforts to keep us safe.

I learned this firsthand. I am veteran from a family of veterans. I served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. My husband John is highly decorated Vietnam War pilot. My stepson has served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as an A10 pilot. My father served in World War II, as did an aunt and uncle. Another uncle served in Korea.

Teamwork is a fundamental lesson in the military. At basic training, you learn about being a member of a unit. You do not focus on the first person to cross the finish line. You do not focus on the last person to cross the finish line. What matters most — what matters entirely — is that every unit member understands that everyone crosses the finish line.

When you leave basic training, you leave knowing that you are part of and responsible for your unit, your team. You and a teammate may not like each other, but you will protect him, and he would do the same for you.

That’s a lesson we seem to have forgotten. That we are all in this together.

So badly are we divided that we have forgotten that first and foremost we are Americans. And we need to work together. The example of military training, of sharing the load and learning that everyone must cross the finish line, could help us find what we as a nation seem to have lost.

Nowhere do you feel the power of shared sacrifice more than in a military cemetery. On gravestone after gravestone are the names of those who died for a cause greater than themselves, standing at mute attention, a silent roll call of team members who fell and are not forgotten.

Looking across the thousand upon thousand graves at the Normandy American Cemetery, gazing out across the English Channel, then called back to the hallowed place by the wind snapping and flourishing the Star and Stripes — it takes your breath away. It is almost beyond imagination to realize the bravery of these men.

The entrenched German gun positions set on the hills above Omaha and Utah beaches cut down man after man plunging off the Allied Higgins boats into the surf. As they fell others pushed onward. The photos from D-Day show the toll the assault took, but the Allies landed, held and moved out. It was perhaps the greatest team effort of our time.

In Arlington National Cemetery, you cannot help feel the sense of debt we have for the men and women at rest. The sad solemn honor that comes with following a widow walking behind the horse-drawn caisson to the gravesite weighs on you to the point of tears, then the 21-gun salute shatters the silence giving way to the roar of jets flying overhead in the missing-man formation. We will not forget.

The challenges of service are great, but we meet them together. That is the foundation on which I stand.

We can and must work together. That doesn’t mean we must all agree — or even like each other — but we are Americans and must remember everyone must cross the finish line — jobs to feed families, education to ready our youth, care for the sick and elderly, help for new businesses, dedication to our nation.

The teamwork of the military is a powerful lesson about working together like it or not.

Those who have served, whom we honor this Memorial Day, put aside their personal freedom, their individuality and paid a high cost, some paying the ultimate price for national security.

The men and women who answer the call to serve our nation deserve more than our remembrance. They deserve our very best. When they return home, it is our obligation to make sure they have what it takes to put their lives back on track. Medical care, job training, education, employment services, family counseling, financial aid – whatever it takes. They sacrificed for us, now it’s our turn.

Teamwork, everyone crosses the finish line. Together, we can solve our nation’s problems. We all are Americans: When we work together, we can accomplish anything.

Because Gresham Barrett has thrown his hat in the ring as a Republican candidate for governor, his seat as a representative for U.S. Congress from the 3rd District is open. The district covers most of the area of circulation of this newspaper.

As voters, we have the opportunity to put a new representative in that chair. Our choices are numerous. On Tuesday, June 8, you can vote for the candidate you consider to be the best qualified and most competent. I believe that Jane Dyer is that candidate. Her life experience has prepared her well for this position.

– Her military training as an Air Force officer and pilot has honed her leadership skills.

– Her family upbringing (she is one of eight children) has provided her with a deep sense of caring for others along with a personal Christian faith.

– Her experience in running for office has enabled her to develop a pragmatic political philosophy of consensus-building aimed at strengthening our educational system, developing new good-paying jobs and providing a basic standard of living and housing for all our citizens in South Carolina and the nation at large.

Consider Jane Dyer when you enter the voting booth June 8.

Robert J. Wilde, Anderson

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/may/25/jane-dyer-third-district/?partner=RSS

Yes, 2010 is THE year!

May 20, 2010

Editor:

Have you gone to vote on election day wishing you were more excited about the candidate for whom you were about to cast a ballot? Well, if like me, you have had that experience, this is our year to feel great about our vote!

I’m so excited about a candidate I can believe in that I want to shout it from a rooftop. Well, at least to write a letter to my fellow citizens to make sure they get a chance to meet Jane Dyer, candidate for the Third District of the U.S. Congress.

Jane has now spent hundreds of hours meeting, listening to and talking with people in the 10 counties of our district, learning first-hand what families are needing to provide a decent life for themselves and their loved ones. And, mind you, doing all that while still working full-time as a pilot for FedEx and being a mom, a grandmother and a wife. That tells me she has the caring, endurance, patience and deep desire to serve as the voice of her fellow citizens to the best of her abilities.

Her abilities are big. She was commander of the Air Force ROTC while at Clemson University where she graduated in mechanical engineering. She was one of the first women to receive jet flight training in the Air Force and flew seven years in service to our country. Also, she became one of the first female commercial airline captains. These are all positions of earned leadership, teamwork and require excellent management skills.

Finally, we can all take pride that Jane grew up as one of eight children right here in the Upstate where she learned about the ins and outs of small businesses while working with her dad at his Ballard Concrete Company.

I can hardly wait to vote for Jane Dyer for Congress! Please join me on June 8.

Charlotte Holmes

Seneca

Listen to your ‘gut feelings’

May 11, 2010

Editor:

Have you ever had a “gut feeling” about someone? Have you ever met someone and gotten to know them and just knew he or she was a good person? And that you could depend on them? That is how I feel about 3rd Congressional candidate Jane Dyer.

I first met her two years ago during her first run for the 3rd Congressional District seat. I listened to her speak about the troubles of our state and federal governments. And after her talk, I listened to her answer audience questions with real, heartfelt solutions. What amazed me even more was that she really tried to answer the questions. No double talk. No twisting or turning. No playing the crowd. Real answers. She, in fact, reminded me of the late Tim Russert. You could really understand what she said.

Over the last two years, my “gut feeling” has grown into a deep respect for Jane. If you ever get a chance to meet Jane, please take it. Hear what she has to say and what she has to offer to all of us as a congresswoman. And I know that you will come away with the same “gut feeling” that I had. That Jane Dyer is the one candidate that will care about us in Washington.

Lavelle Marcengill

Westminster

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100517/NEWS/305170011/Two-Democrats-running-for-3rd-District-seat-say-they-can-work-with-GOP

South Carolina Democratic Party Convention-Saturday, April 24, 2010 from Jane Dyer on Vimeo.

There are more than 700,000 people in South Carolina who are not covered by health insurance. When they get sick, they go to the emergency rooms of our hospitals. Relying on emergency rooms for your health care doesn’t help anyone prevent or avoid bad health and costs taxpayers more in the long run. South Carolina ranks 45th in America for child wellbeing. How can we reach a good future if our children and families don’t have good health care?

Jane Dyer is running for U.S. Congress in the Third District to improve our state’s quality of life, including making sure that people have good health insurance and good health care. Since our state’s population is suffering a high rate of 12.6 percent unemployment, we can no longer rely on employers to pay for health care.

The U.S. government needs to strengthen the health-care system for all of its citizens. Jane Dyer is a strong candidate who will be able to work with others on this when she is elected in November.

Carol Ward, Pendleton

Read online at http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/mar/24/supporting-dyer-congress/

“I am in this race because I offer the leadership to tackle the tough issues facing the people of the 3rd District of South Carolina. I am a working mother, a veteran and a pilot, and I intend to take that experience and my own South Carolina values to Congress. Our campaign is offering common sense solutions to the big problems facing our district, our state and this country,” Dyer said.

http://www.upstatetoday.com/index.php/2010/03/dyer-makes-it-official/

McCORMICK — For the past 16 years, the Third District Congressional seat has been occupied by a Republican.

Jane Dyer is attempting to buck that trend.

Dyer, a former captain in the Air Force and a pilot for FedEx for the last 20 years, was the keynote speaker at Tuesday night’s McCormick County Democratic Party Convention.

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“As a military veteran and professional airline pilot, I’ve trained all my life to lead and to help  others. I have made a habit out of accomplishing the impossible,” Dyer said. “I am ready to tackle tough issues for a brighter future for South Carolina.”

read the full article at http://www.upstatetoday.com/news/2010/jan/20/dyer-announces-second-bid-3rd-district-seat/

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January 20, 2010,  Easley, SC – Jane Dyer announced today that she is running for the open 3rd District Congressional seat. Dyer is a Democrat from Easley. This is her second campaign for the post.

Dyer is running because the 3rd District needs leadership, committed to economic recovery.

“While the rest of the United States is slowly pulling out of this awful recession,” Dyer commented, “South Carolina continues to suffer with growing unemployment numbers.”

“Our politicians’ inaction is hurting our people in lost opportunities for jobs and education, Dyer said. “Their inability to work with others causes more pain for those they are supposed to represent. Their hard-line focus on ideology ignores what’s happening in their own state.”

A SC native and Clemson engineering grad, Dyer flies as an Airbus 300 captain for FedEx. She began flying as one of the first female jet pilots in the US Air Force. She is married to John Dyer, a highly decorated USAF pilot who retired from flying for Michelin. They have four children and three grandchildren.

“As a military veteran and professional airline pilot, I’ve trained all my life to lead and to help others. I have made a habit out of accomplishing the impossible,” Dyer said. “I am ready to tackle tough issues for a brighter future for South Carolina.”

Dyer ran for the seat in 2008 against incumbent Gresham Barrett. She received 35% of the total vote.

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“If you recall, it wasn’t too long ago, only a year ago, that we all worked together and elected President Barack Obama,” said John Brecht, president of the Aiken County Democratic Party. “We worked very, very hard, and I can only hope in the future we continue that effort.”

Catered by Sharon Holloway, members of the party munched on fresh fish while listening to speeches from Jane Dyer, 3rd Congressional District candidate for the House of Representatives; Rob Miller, 2nd Congressional District candidate for the House of Representatives; U.S. Senate candidate Chad McGowan; and District 72 S.C. State Rep. James E. Smith, who spoke on behalf of gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen.

“Basically, I am a worker, and that’s why I am running. We’ve got a lot of problems for working people here in South Carolina,” said Dyer, who detailed her history in the Air Force and as a commercial pilot. “I firmly believe with my experience and your support we can bring new jobs to South Carolina. I’ve done a lot of tough things, and it seems like Washington is becoming a very tough place.”

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