ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT, INC
ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, INC.   (formed Jan. 3, 2007)
THE COMMONWEALTH PAC   (2006 cycle)

Maryland Statewide Steering Committee (as announced Nov. 28, 2007)
Romney For President Maryland Steering Committee Chairs:

- John Kane – Former Chairman, Maryland Republican Party
- Louis Pope – National Committeeman, Maryland Republican State Central Committee
- Joyce Lyons Terhes – National Committeewoman, Maryland Republican State Central Committee

Romney for President Maryland Steering Committee Vice-Chairs:

- State Senator Bryan W. Simonaire – Anne Arundel County
- State Senator Janet Greenip – Anne Arundel County
- State Senate Minority Whip Allan Kittleman – Howard County
- State Senator Alex X. Mooney – Frederick County

Additional Maryland Statewide Steering Committee Members:

- Barbara Anderson – Former Chairman, Prince George's County Republican Party
- Ivan Betancourt – President, Howard County Republican Club
- Craig Borne – Former Candidate, Baltimore County State Senate
- David Boschert – Former State Delegate, Anne Arundel County
- Joseph Brown – Former Vice-Chairman, Baltimore City Republican Central Committee
- Brenda Butscher – Former Chairman, Garrett County Republican Party
- Greg Davis – 2004 Bush National Convention Alternate Delegate, Anne Arundel County
- Steve Dishon – Member, Baltimore County Republican Central Committee
- John Dunlap – Chairman, Washington County Republican Party
- Addie Eckardt – State Delegate, Eastern Shore
- Patricia Faulkner – Former State Delegate, Montgomery County
- JoAnn Fisher – 2004 Bush National Convention Delegate, Prince George's County
- Dino Flores – Chairman, Frederick County Republican Party
- Chuck Gast – Second Vice-Chairman, Maryland Republican Party
- Dottie Griffith – Former Chairman, Dorchester County Republican Party
- Karen Griffith – Prince George's County Regional Chairman, Maryland Federation of Republican Women
- Brian Harlin – Former Chairman, Howard County Republican Party
- Michael Hough – Member, Frederick County Republican Central Committee
- Kevin Igoe – Former Executive Director, Maryland Republican Party
- Virginia Kellogg – Former Chairman, Prince George's County Republican Party
- Charles Lollar – Chairman, Charles County Republican Party
- Frankie Powell – Member, Baltimore City Republican Central Committee
- Rex Reed – Secretary, Maryland Republican Party
- Tom Reinheimer – Chairman, Montgomery County Republican Party
- Doug Riley – Former Councilman, Baltimore County
- Melanie Sabelhaus – Former Deputy Administrator, Small Business Administration
- Loretta Shields – Chairman, Howard County Republican Party
- Joanne Smith – Former Chairman, Caroline County Republican Party
- Charles Stansfield – Former Member, Montgomery County Republican Central Committee
- Sue Ghosh Stricklett – Former President, Rock Creek Women's Republican Club
- Josephine Wang – Member, Montgomery County Republican Central Committee
- Georgia Woerner – Former Chairman, Maryland Federation of Young Republicans
- Steve Wright – Member, Harford County Republican Central Committee

Previously Announced Romney For President Maryland Steering Committee Members:

- Greg Fox – Councilman, Howard County
- Robert Duckworth – County Clerk, Anne Arundel County
- Delegate Robert McKee – Washington County
- Delegate Tanya Shewell – Carroll County
- Delegate Donna Stifler – Harford County
 
 

Note: The campaign made its first Maryland announcements on Oct. 11, 2007:
Maryland Statewide Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Louis Pope - Pope is the National Committeeman for the Maryland Republican Party.  He is the president and owner of Century 21 Trademark Realty, Inc., as well as a partner in Triangle Title Company, and a member of the Republican National Convention Rules Committee.  Pope has served as chairman of the Maryland State Republican Party and is a four-time delegate to the Republican National Conventions.

Joyce Lyons Terhes- Terhes is the National Committeewoman for the Maryland Republican Party.   She was previously Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party for nine years. Terhes was elected to two terms on the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners. She is a founding member of both the Maryland Women's Heritage Center and the Republican Women Leaders of Calvert.  Terhes has served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2004.
 

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