Key People-John
Cox (R-IL)
updated March 24,
2007 edited to remove one name on April 17, 2022
Cox was the first
declared
candidate and he invested significant resources in his
campaign.
By Jan. 2007 the Cox campaign had offices in the key early
states of Iowa,
NH and SC. However, he did not manage to rise above
"fringe candidate"
status, and his campaign underwent a lot of turnover.
As one former
staffer stated, "John is in charge of the campaign; he's
running the campaign
himself."
COX 2008
COMMITTEE, INC.
...March 2006...
| Campaign
Manager |
Craig Bergman |
Robert Morris Group.
...September
2006...
| Campaign
Director |
Steven Kush |
Kush and Associates.
...through April
1, 2007.
| National
Grassroots and
Logistics Coordinator |
Nathan Martin |
from Mansfield, OH.
| National
Communications
Director/NH Campaign Coordinator |
Stephen Abbott |
(announced as NH
Campaign Coordinator
on July 29, 2006...later named National Communications
Director...continued
with the campaign through mid-Feb. 2007)
Manchester public
relations
consultant. Coordinator of Charles Tarbell’s 2004
gubernatorial primary
campaign against Gov. Craig Benson. Abbott has been an
active member
of the Manchester Republican Committee, elected as a delegate
to the state
Republican Convention in 2004, and reelected in 2006, and is a
member of
the Republican State Committee. Former newspaper
reporter for the
Neighborhood News newspapers and the Weare Free
Press. He has
served as chairman of Concerned Taxpayers of Manchester, and
as president
of the non-profit group For Manchester. He is a 1989
graduate of
the University of West Florida with a B.A. in Communication
Arts.
IOWA
Headquarters: 815
Office
Park Road, West Des Moines ...Cox held open
house Jan.
5-6, 2007
| Central
Iowa
Coordinator |
Patrick Anderson |
From Hubbard, IA
(Hardin County).
| Eastern
Iowa
Coordinator |
Steve Huff |
Keith Hunter served
in this
position.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE blog
Headquarters: 788 Elm
Street,
Manchester (above the Merrimack Restaurant)
...Open in
Dec. 2006; Cox officially opened Jan. 3, 2007
| State
Campaign Coordinator |
Stephen Abbott |
(announced July 29,
2006...through
mid-Feb. 2007) Manchester public relations
consultant. Coordinator
of Charles Tarbell’s 2004 gubernatorial primary campaign
against Gov. Craig
Benson. Abbott has been an active member of the
Manchester Republican
Committee, elected as a delegate to the state Republican
Convention in
2004, and reelected in 2006, and is a member of the Republican
State Committee.
Former newspaper reporter for the Neighborhood News newspapers
and the
Weare Free Press. He has served as chairman of
Concerned Taxpayers
of Manchester, and as president of the non-profit group For
Manchester.
He is a 1989 graduate of the University of West Florida with a
B.A. in
Communication Arts.
| Field
Director |
Chris Richter |
(announced Dec. 4,
2006)
Field director for the Republican gubernatorial campaign of
New Hampshire
State Rep. Jim Coburn. He has also served as a page for
the Republicans
in the U.S. Senate, and as a research assistant to
Conservative MP Cheryl
Gillian in the British House of Commons. Candidate for
the Vermont
House of Representatives in 2002.
Administrative
Assistant/Secretary
County
Coordinators
Hillsborough -
Jonathan
Heath of Manchester (announced Aug. 17, 2006)
Goffstown
Town Campaign Chairman - Bob Harris (announced Aug. 31, 2006)
Rockingham - Bob
Bjorkman
of Derry (announced Aug. 31, 2006)
Strafford - Tim
Comerford
SOUTH CAROLINA
Headquarters: 1710A
Senate
Street, Columbia ...Cox to do grand opening
on Jan. 13,
2007
| Upstate
Field
Director |
Dan Herren |
(announced Oct. 27,
2006)
Herren lives in Mauldin, and works as a Real Estate Agent for
RE/MAX Foothills
Realty. He graduated from Furman University in 1994 with
a B.A. in
Political Science. He has worked on Republican campaigns
including:
Upstate Field Director for Dole/Kemp (1996); Upstate Field
Director for
Charlie Condon for Attorney General (1994).
| Midlands
Field
Director |
Edward Cousar |
(announced Oct. 27,
2006)
Cousar lives in Rock Hill, and graduated from the University
of South Carolina
in 1990 with a B.A. in Political Science. He was State
Chairman of
the College Republicans from 1988-1990. He has worked on
numerous
Republican campaigns.
| Lowcountry
Field
Director |
Mike Burton |
(announced Oct. 27,
2006)
Burton lives in Charleston, and has worked on numerous
Republican campaigns
including serving as Political Director for Henry Brown for
Congress in
2000.
State Committee Chairmen
(Jan. 2007)
| Alabama |
Kristin Coger of Weaver, AL |
| California |
Terry Adair, DDS of
Sacramento, CA |
| Colorado |
Ed Hanks of Littleton,
CO (announced
Dec. 19, 2006) |
| Florida |
Ken Maulsby of Orange Park,
FL |
| Idaho |
Adam Graham of Boise,
ID (announced
Dec. 19, 2006) blog |
| Illinois |
Carl Segvich of Chicago, IL |
| Kansas |
Jenifer Guth of Overland
Park, KS |
| Kentucky |
Patrick Damron of
Georgetown, KY (announced
Oct. 4, 2006) |
| Michigan |
Alex Stobehn of Sault Ste.
Marie, MI (announced
Dec. 19, 2006) |
| Montana |
John Hagen of Great Falls,
MT |
| Nebraska |
Brad Ashby of Omaha,
NE (announced
Oct. 24, 2006) |
| Nevada |
John Cox of N. Las Vegas,
NV |
| New
Jersey |
Tom Schneider of Riverton,
NJ (announced
Dec. 13, 2006) |
| New
Mexico |
Jim Watson of Alamogordo,
NM (announced
Dec. 19, 2006) |
| New York |
Peter Collorafi of
Amityville, NY |
| North Dakota |
Dustin Gawrylow of Mandan,
ND |
| Ohio |
Dave Sibole of Hillsboro,
OH |
| Oklahoma |
Dean Coonrod of Cleveland,
OK (announced
Dec. 13, 2006) |
| Oregon
blog blog |
Darrell Gulstron of Mt.
Angel, OR |
| Pennsylvania
blog |
Dan Colgan of
McSherrystown, PA (announced
Oct. 24, 2006) |
| Rhode Island |
C. Christopher Sirr of
Warwick,
RI |
| South Carolina |
Robert Cahaly of Mauldin,
SC |
| South Dakota |
Ben Thompson of Lake
Preston, SD |
| Tennessee
blog |
Daniel Myers of Clinton,
TN (announced
Nov. 6, 2006) |
| Texas |
Kelly Zink of McKinney,
TX (announced
Oct. 24, 2006) |
| Virginia |
Brian Holland of Suffolk,
VA |
| Washington |
Brandon Excell of Longview,
WA |
| Wisconsin
blog |
Jesse Heimermann of
Sheboygan, WI
(announced
Oct. 16, 2006) |
| Wyoming |
Lewis W. Currier of
Buffalo, WY (announced
Dec. 13, 2006) |
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