JOHN McCAIN 2008, INC.
(March
1, 2007)
JOHN
McCAIN 2008 - THE EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE (filed with the FEC to
establish on Nov. 16, 2006)
STRAIGHT
TALK AMERICA (2006 cycle)
CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP TEAM (announced Jan. 29, 2008)
| Chairman | former Secretary of State Bill Jones |
Honorary Vice Chairs
Mayor Alan Autry, Fresno
Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County
The Honorable James Brulte - Former California
State Senate Republican Leader
The Honorable James Cunneen, Former State
Assemblyman, District 24
Dr. Tirso del Junco, Former California
Republican Party Chairman
Supervisor Deidre Kelsey, Merced County
The Honorable Steve Kuykendall, Former
U.S. Representative (CA-36)
U.S. Representative Dan Lungren (CA-3)
The Honorable James Nielson, Former State
Senator, District 2
The Honorable Doug Ose, Former U.S. Representative
(CA-3)
District Attorney Rod Pacheco, Riverside
Sheriff Mark Pazin, Merced County
| Senior Advisor | John Peschong |
endorsed by:
-former California Governor George Deukmejian
(announced Feb. 4, 2008)
-former Governor of California Pete Wilson (announced Feb. 3, 2008)
-Michael J. Boskin (announced
Feb. 3, 2008; formerly backed Giuliani)
T. M. Friedman professor
of economics and Hoover Institution senior fellow at Stanford University
and former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers.
-Congressman Darrell Issa (CD-49, Vista) (announced Feb. 2, 2008)
(announced Feb. 2, 2008)
Assemblyman Tom Berryhill
Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee
Assemblyman Paul Cook
State Senator Dave Cox
Assemblyman Shirley Horton
State Senator Abel Maldonado
Former Treasurer of the United States
Rosario Marin
Assemblyman Alan Nakanishi
Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle
Former Assemblyman Keith Richman
Assemblyman Cameron Smyth
-former California Congressman Frank Riggs
(CA-01) (announced Feb. 2, 2008)
Real estate developer and
president/CEO of the Charter Schools Development Corporation and its subsidiary,
Charter FS, LLC. Represented California's 1st CD (the Northcoast
and northern San Francisco Bay Area) for three terms from 1991-92 and 1995-98
in the 102nd, 104th and 105th Congresses.
-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (announced Jan. 31, 2008)
-Bill Simon (announced
Jan. 31, 2008 as National Policy Co-Chair)
Formerly national policy
director on Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign. Co-chairman of
William E. Simon & Sons, LLC, an investment firm, which he co-founded
in 1988. Republican nominee for governor of California in 2002.
Lawyer with the firm of Davis, Markel, Dwyer & Edwards. Worked
as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (Rudy
Giuliani was then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District). B.A.
from Williams College, 1973; J.D. from Boston College, 1982.
-On Jan. 8, 2008 the campaign announced
that it had filed an entire slate of 170 delegates, including:
Honorable Alan Autry, Mayor of Fresno
Honorable Jim Brulte, former State Senator
Honorable Jeff Denham, State Senator
Honorable Bill Jones, former California
Secretary of State
Tirso Del Junco, Former Party Chairman
Honorable Steve Kuykendall, former Member,
U.S. House of Representatives
Robert Laurie, Northern California Chairman
for John McCain
Honorable Dan Lungren, Member, U.S. House
of Representatives
Admiral Ed Martin, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Charles McDougald, State Veteran's Chair
Mike Montgomery, Former Party Chairman
Honorable Doug Ose, Former Member, U.
S. House of Representatives
Honorable Rod Pacheco, Riverside District
Attorney
Gerry Parsky
Honorable George Plescia, State Assemblyman
Honorable Jerry Sanders, Mayor of San
Diego
Honorable Van Tran, State Assemblyman
-Gerald Parsky (announced
March 8, 2007; senior economic advisor to the campaign)
Chaired the California Bush-Cheney
campaigns in 2000 and 2004. Chairman of Aurora Capital Group, LP,
a Los Angeles-based investment firm. Senior partner of the Los Angeles
law firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, 1977-92. Parsky served as
Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for international affairs and
capital markets, 1974-77. He was appointed to the U.C. Board of Regents
by Gov. Pete Wilson in 1996; the Board named him chair for a two-year term
on May 20, 2004. Parsky was also a member of President Bush’s Commission
to Strengthen Social Security.
-state Senator Jeff Denham, Assemblyman George Plescia, Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, Assemblyman Van Tran, and former state Senator Jim Nielsen (announced Feb. 26, 2007)
-San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (announced Feb. 24, 2007)
-Fresno Mayor Alan Autry (announced Mar. 14, 2007)
-Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca (announced May 7, 2007)
-District Attorney for Riverside County
and former California State Assembly Republican leader Rod Pacheco (announced
June 4, 2007)
and newspaper endorsements:
Fresno Bee (01/23/08)
La Opinión
(02/02/08)
Los Angeles Daily News,
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin [Ontario] (01/27/08)
Los Angeles Times
(02/03/08)
Modesto Bee
(01/25/08)
Oakland Tribune, Contra
Costa Times (02/01/08)
Palm Springs Desert Sun
(01/24/08)
Riverside Press-Enterprise
(01/05/08)
Sacramento Bee
(01/19/08)
San Francisco Chronicle
(01/28/08)
San Jose Mercury News
(01/25/08)
Santa Cruz Sentinel
(01/25/08)
Stockton Record
(01/27/08)
Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News (01/ / 08)
Chico News & Review
(01/24/08)
Asian Week (02/01/08)
On Feb. 28, 2007 the exploratory committee announced the formation of its California Finance Team, comprising five national co-chairs, 20 national finance committee members, and 45 California finance committee members.
MEMBERS OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN’S CALIFORNIA FINANCE TEAM
| National Co-Chairs
Honorable George Argyros Donald Bren John Chambers Jerry Perenchio J. Gary Shansby National Finance Committee
|
California Finance Committee
Jaime Bonilla Fritz Brown Bob Cassano John Chamberlain Dr. Jong Chen Adam Coffey Andrew H. Cummins Hal Dittmer Charles “Buzz” DuPont Steve Eggert Steve Francis Sam Hardage Joseph O. Harper Michael Hayde Anthony B. Helfet John Heubusch Don Hildre David Janes Brice Jones John Koeberer Honorable Steve Kuykendall Rob Lapsley Ken Lauer Fred Maas Ken Markstein Sean McAvoy Ron Meer Steve Merksamer Honorable Rod Pacheco Dan S. Palmer Honorable George Plescia Carolyn Reid Robert J. Reynolds Richard Roeder Nathan Rosenberg Carol Rudat Dave Rudat Don Sebastiani Mark Stefanek Donald R. Stephens Joe Tavaglione Charles Trainor Honorable Van Tran Ravi Tumber Marty Wilson |
former
departure from the campaign
reported by Chris Cillizza "The Fix" in April 2007
| Executive Director | Craig Goldman |
| Copyright © 2007, 2008 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action |
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