Legendary entertainer Pat Boone, national Spokesman for the 60 Plus Association, today announced former Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) has earned the coveted Guardian of Seniors’ Rights award. Salmon is a candidate for Governor in the 2022 cycle.  Current Republican Governor Doug Ducey is term-limited.

In remarks prepared for the event on Capitol Hill, Boone, now 87 and in his 60 plus (pun intended) years of show business said he still enjoys singing. “Oh yes, I still enjoy singing at concerts but today I’m singing the praises of Matt Salmon.”  Boone has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—for his movie career, for his top-rated TV show and for his ongoing singing career.

Boone has had 38 top-ten hits since his recording career began in the 1950s, and according to Billboard magazine, holds the record for the most consecutive weeks (220) on the charts by any performer. Boone and Elvis Presley were the top recording stars in that era with Presley opening for Boone at an early event! 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, who founded the organization in 1992, was on hand at an event on Capitol Hill to personally present the award, adding “Matt Salmon has demonstrated a deep and abiding respect for the Constitution and the principles of limited government. From his voting record in Congress we believe he’ll work to protect the pocket books of senior citizens and end the wasteful spending of our tax dollars. Seniors have to live within their means and so should our government at all levels, “Martin concluded.