JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Hair Consultant candidate "Florida Pete" Harrison (see adjacent photo with Pete and his wife) gained a powerhouse endorsement when the webmaster of LongHairLovers.com formally endorsed his candidacy on the Hair Care Forum.

"Florida Pete's Your Man" wrote Jennifer, a professional tricologist and owner of the popular long hair web site, "I'm posting to STRONGLY recommend that you choose Florida Pete for your hair consultant ... I like his nutritional recommendations for dealing with your damaged hair."

Florida Pete was unavailable for comment, but he is expected to be elated when he hears the news.

Although an early poll showed just 4% plan to vote for Florida Pete in the upcoming April election, his candidacy should "pick up steam" with this endorsement. As a measure to increase publicity, underneath every signature of the forum messages of Pete and Littlehands (his "running mate") reads: "There is no such thing as bad hair; there is only poorly treated hair." - Mr. Patrick Alès, PHYTO Founder and Innovator"

Steve "ColoradoGuy" Garufi was once a regular visitor of the LongHairLovers.com web site. "It's a great site. There's thousands of long-haired people on that web site, so it can only help Pete with getting votes."