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)
 

Chair

Jean Inman

(announced Feb.12, 2007) Chairwoman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee from 2002-03 and from 1997-99.  Massachusetts chairwoman of Sen. McCain’s 2000 campaign.  Dietician/nutritional consultant from Avon.
 

Co-Chair

Rep. Paul Loscocco

(announced Feb.12, 2007)  Has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2001.
 

Co-Chair

Sheriff Joe McDonald

(announced Feb.12, 2007)  Elected Plymouth County Sheriff in 2004.  Previously spent eight years as an assistant district attorney for Plymouth County.

Vice Chairs: Massachusetts Republican State Committee Treasurer Brent Andersen and Republican State Committee Member Ed Bertorelli.

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former Massachusetts Gov. Jean Swift
(announced Feb. 14, 2007) Principal and founder of WNP Consulting, which provides advice to early stage education companies.  Governor from April 2001 to January 2003 (became governor when Paul Cellucci resigned to become the U.S. Ambassador to Canada).  Elected lieutenant governor in 1998.  Elected to the State Senate in 1990 and rose to Assistant Minority Leader.  B.A. in American Studies from Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1987.

(announced Feb. 2, 2008)
Republican State Committee Member William Adams
Republican State Committee Member Brent Anderson
Republican State Committee Member Ed Bertorelli
Republican State Committee Member Roberta Brundrett
Former Governor of Massachusetts Paul Cellucci
Former Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Brian Cresta
Republican State Committee Member Dorothy Early
Massachusetts Young Republican National Committeeman Rob Eno
Republican State Committee Member Madeleine Gelsinon
Former State Representative and 2006 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Reed Hillman
Former Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Jean Inman
State Senator Michael Knapik
State Representative Paul Loscocco
Republican State Committee Member Peter Lukes
Republican State Committee Member Nancy Luther
Republican State Committee Member Isaac Maas
The Honorable Robert Marsh, former Massachusetts State Representative
Republican State Committee Member Tom Mason
Republican State Committee Member Lance May
Republican State Committee Member Monica Medeiros
Former State Treasurer of Massachusetts Joseph Malone
Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald, Jr.
Administrator of USAID Andrew Natsios, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, former Massachusetts State Representative
Former Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Rappaport
Republican State Committee Member William Ryan
Former Governor of Massachusetts Jane Swift
State Senator Richard Tisei
Republican State Committee Member Stephen Zykovsky
 

Attleboro Sun Chronicle   (02/04/08)
Daily News Tribune [Waltham]   (01/27/08)
The Springfield Republican   (01/12/08)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette   (01/27/08)
Specialty
Harvard Crimson   (01/18/08)

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