U.S. CONGRESS August 7, 1990 Chief of Staff John H. Sununu The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, Dc 20500 Dear Governor Sununu: I am writing to ask for your assistance in fighting an uphill battle. It is a battle of perception and unhappily a battle that is placing my campaign for U.S. Congress at risk. As you may be aware, I became the Republican nominee for Congress by defeating the incumbent, Buz Lukens, and the former congressman, Tom Kindness, in a hard fought primary. The primary campaign left me with a debt of more than $155,000. After the primary election, I received many congratulations and many assurances that the sth Congressional District of Ohio was a safe Republican seat and a November victory would come easily, even though this was now an open seat. However, no one gave my Democrat opponent that news. The state and local Democrat organizations see their first opportunity in a number of years to claim the sth District seat and are going all out to provide my opponent with support. Additionally, my opponent has a very well known and well liked relative who happens to be a popular television actor on the NBC series "Cheers". Already this relative has arranged for thousands of Hollywood dollars to be given to my opponent's campaign. Recently, he also completed a one week tour of the district, raising money and earning media for my opponent. The potential for more Hollywood money coupled with the strong support my opponent is receiving from labor organizations is very bothersone to me. Which brings me to our perception problen. The perception is out there that my race is over and that I don't need help to win in November. There has been no 7908 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd. @ West Chester, Ohio 45069 Local 513-779-8435 @ 1-800-228-8551 Paid for and authorized by Friends of John Boehner