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It’s now official. Today the campaign made it over the 100-person threshold

required to be formally nominated as a candidate for the Scottish Conservative

Leadership. A huge thank you to those who have nominated me – I promise I won’t let

you down.

What this shows is a wave of support behind the campaign, and behind my vision to

renew the Scottish Conservatives. As I travel across Scotland on my constituency

tour party members keep telling me they want a Scottish Conservative & Unionist

Party which wins again – and they believe I am the best candidate to do so.

As well as all the face to face feedback I am getting, there is no shortage of

senior party figures who have endorsed my campaign. This week former Aberdeenshire

MP Sir Albert McQuarrie joined Lord Forsyth and Lord Sanderson in supporting my

candidature. Sir Albert said:

“I am convinced in Ruth Davidson the Conservative and Unionist Party in Scotland

will have the leader it needs at this time.

“I would encourage other members of the Party to give their support to Ruth Davidson

in her campaign to lead this great Scottish party.”

I am delighted to have his support. I want to get the Scottish Conservatives

winning seats across Scotland again and it is great to have so many figures who have

won constituencies before on board.

I will be continuing my tour over the next couple of days – yesterday I was down in

the Borders, tonight I am in East Lothian and tomorrow I am going to South

Lanarkshire and then Dumfries before heading off to Inverness on Saturday for the

first leadership husting. I am really looking forward to the chance to put my

vision up to debate and scrutiny.