Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh recently picked up two important endorsements in her bid to become Alabama’s next lieutenant governor, according to a news release from her campign.

The Alabama Associated General Contractors and the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association endorsed her candidacy.

Cavanaugh, who is currently president of the state’s Public Service Commission, already counts significant endorsements from the powerful Business Council of Alabama along with Manufacture Alabama.

“I am honored to receive the endorsements of job creators across our great state,” Cavanaugh said in a news release. “Having owned several small businesses, I have signed both sides of a paycheck and am committed to sound conservative policies that allow job creators to do what they do best.”

The Alabama Associated General Contractors has more than 1,000 members across the state, and the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association represents about 700 veterinarians statewide, according to the news release.

Cavanaugh is running for the GOP nomination against State Rep. Will Ainsworth, R-Guntersville, and State Sen. Rusty Glover, R-Semmes.

The primary is June 5.

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