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For Immediate Release – March 19, 2008

Contact: Annie Patnaude, National Headquarters - (202) 349-5880

               Dustin Gawrylow, Americans for Prosperity of North Dakota - (701) 223-9887

Americans for Prosperity Announces Leave of Absence for North Dakota Director Duane Sand

WASHINGTON, DC – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today announced it has granted an unpaid leave of absence, effective immediately, to Duane Sand, the director of the group’s North Dakota state chapter. Sand requested the unpaid leave of absence in order to campaign for elected office.

AFP North Dakota Advisory Board Chairman Robert Harms will continue in his leadership role. Press inquiries in Sand’s absence regarding AFP activities in North Dakota should be directed to State Policy Director Dustin Gawrylow.

Americans for Prosperity is the nation’s premiere free-market grassroots group. AFP is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse candidates.

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is the nation’s premier grassroots organization committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org.

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