Key
People-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
revised November 19, 2008
HUCKABEE FOR PRESIDENT
ELECTION COMMITTEE, INC. (Sept.
2007)
HUCKABEE
FOR PRESIDENT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE (formed Jan. 29, 2007)
Headquarters: One Union West Capitol Building at 124 W. Capitol
St., Suite 1200, Little Rock, AR. in
the states
| National Campaign
Chairman |
Ed Rollins |
(announced Dec. 14,
2007)
Managed George Nethercutt's successful race against House Speaker Tom
Foley
in 1994. Managed Christine Todd Whitman's successful campaign for
governor of New Jersey in 1993. Co-chairman and campaign manager
on Ross Perot's 1992 presidential campaign. Assistant to the
President
and Deputy Chief of Staff for Political and Governmental Affairs to
President
Reagan. National campaign director on President Reagan's 1984
re-election
campaign. Served in the administrations of Presidents Nixon,
Ford,
and Reagan. Held several positions in the California
legislature.
B.A. in political science from California State University,
Chico.
Author of Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms (1996).
| Campaign Manager |
John "Chip" Saltsman |
(announced February 1,
2007;
effective immediately) Senior political advisor for former Sen.
Bill
Frist's VOLPAC. Two-time Bush Pioneer. Works in IT
consulting
and real estate. Worked for Frist when he headed the NRSC.
Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party in the 2000 cycle.
Worked
in the administration of Gov. Don Sundquist (R-TN). Graduate of
Christian
Brothers University in Memphis, TN, 1990.
| Chief Operating
Officer |
David Polyansky |
(late Oct. or early Nov.
2007)
Came to the campaign from his position as chief operating officer of
Americans
for Fair Taxation. Attorney at McFall, Sherwood & Breitbeil
in
Houston. Served in Iraq in 2004-05 with the 1st Battalion, 23rd
Marines,
a Houston-based Marine Corps Infantry Battalion, in Al Anbar.
Attorney
practicing commercial litigation defense in Houston. Experience
includes
campaign manager for an initiative campaign, spokesperson and policy
director
for a congressional candidate, volunteer for a presidential election,
chief
of staff for a City of Houston council member, and an account executive
with an advertising/public relations agency during law school.
Veteran
of the U.S. Marine Corps; served on active duty from 1992-97.
B.S.
in political science from the University of St. Thomas and J.D. from
the
University of Houston Law Center.
FIELD
| National Field
Director |
Sarah Huckabee |
Worked for about two years
in
the Congressional Affairs office at the Department of Education in
Washington,
DC. Graduate of Ouachita Baptist University.
| State Leadership
Director |
Michael Hafner |
A regional coordinator on
U.S.
Sen. Jim Talent’s re-election campaign in 2006. Staffer on Matt
Blunt’s
successful gubernatorial campaign in 2004. Undergraduate degrees
in English and business administration from St. Louis University, 2007.
COMMUNICATIONS
| Communications
Director |
Kirsten Fedewa |
President of Kirsten
Fedewa
& Associates, a communications, public affairs and political
strategy
consulting practice with a mix of political, corporate and nonprofit
clients.
First communications director and press secretary to the national
Republican
Governors Association through 2003. Vice president of a
major
trade group representing several Fortune 100 companies. Worked on
the successful election of U.S. Senator Spence Abraham (R-MI) in
1994.
Press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee as
well as a U.S. Senator and several House members. Graduate of The
College of William and Mary in Virginia.
| Press Secretary |
Alice Stewart |
Previously press secretary
to
Huckabee in the Governor's Office starting in September 2005.
Previously
a weekend anchor and reporter for KARK-TV in Little Rock; joined the
station
in 1998. Started at a television station in Dothan, AL, and later
worked at stations in Atlanta, GA and Savannah, GA. Graduate of
the
Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia in Athens,
1988.
Atlanta native.
| Blogger/E-Campaign |
Vincent R. Harris |
Baylor University.
| Rapid Response
and Research |
Joe Carter |
(start Nov. 26, 2007;
reported
by Kathryn Jean Lopez in National Review Online) Taking leave
from
position as director of web communications at the Family Research
Council,
where he is the managing editor of FRC's daily blog and manages all
aspects
of FRC's online and new media communications. Previously served
as
director of communications for the Center for Bioethics and Human
Dignity.
Managing editor of WORLD magazine's blog, Bioethics.com, and the
websites
of Americans to Ban Cloning and the Do No Harm coalition.
Managing
editor of the biweekly regional newspaper, The East Texas Tribune.
Served fifteen years in the Marine Corps. Has a personal blog,
The
Evangelical Outpost at www.evangelicaloutpost.com.
POLICY
| Director of Policy |
Janis Cherry |
(April 2007) From
San
Francisco. Worked as an attorney in DC. J.D. from
University
of Pennsylvania. B.A. in political science and M.A. in Russian
from
Yale.
SCHEDULING AND ADVANCE
| Director of
Scheduling |
Erica Hoggard |
(Feb. 2007) Director
of scheduling for Gov. Mike Huckabee in the Governor's Office., Nov.
2001-Jan. 2007. A.A. from Petit Jean College, 1998; B.S. in
organizational management from Central Baptist College, 2001.
Advance - Brian Sanders and Jared
McCarrell (both from Kansas)
FINANCE
| Finance Director |
Stacy DeJarnette |
Served as director of
constituent
services for then Gov. Mike Huckabee. Finance director on Arkansas Lt. Gov. Win
Rockefeller's campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination
until he bowed out in July 1995 due to illness. Director of development at the
Republican Party of Arkansas in 2004. From White Hall.
(Jeff Haithcoat served as the initial finance director
through April 2007. His experience includes deputy director of
incumbent retention at the NRCC in the latter part of 2006; field
finance representative at the NRCC in 2003-04; and finance director at
Van Hilleary for Governor, 2001-02; graduate of University of
Tennessee-Knoxville).
| Finance Chair |
J. French Hill |
Chairman and CEO of Delta
Trust
& Banking Corp. and a director of Delta Trust & Bank.
Previously
chairman of the board of First Commercial Corporation of Little Rock's
trust company and investment brokerage subsidiaries. Served as a
special assistant to President George H.W. Bush for economic
policy.
Started his banking career in 1979 with the First National Bank of
Dallas.
B.S. in economics from Vanderbilt University.
Team 100
Brant Frost - Atlanta
businessman
Steve Strang - founder
of Strang Communications, a multi-media communications company "focused
on spreading the name and fame of Jesus throughout the world through
the mass media"
MORE
Assistant to Gov. Huckabee (Body
Man)
|
Drake "Duck" Jarman
|
Graduate of Wake Forest
University. From Nashville.
Assistant to Janet Huckabee
|
David John
|
Recent graduate of Liberty
University.
| Database |
Jordan R. Powell |
Baylor University.
| Office
Manager |
Judith Crouch |
LEGAL
Partner at Holtzman Vogel
PLLC;
specializes in ethics, campaign finance and tax exempt organizations.
In
addition to managing the firm, in February 2004, she was named chief
counsel
of the Republican National Committee. As counsel, she led the RNC's
legal
efforts during the 2004 presidential election. Prior to founding
the practice, she served as deputy counsel at the Department of Energy,
overseeing the transition and working with the White House, Energy
Secretary
Abraham, and other Federal Agencies to implement Energy
initiatives.
Prior to that, she served as deputy counsel at the Republican National
Committee. During November and December of 2000, she served as
counsel
in the Florida Presidential Recount, acting on behalf of the
Bush-Cheney
campaign in West Palm Beach and in Osceola County. Staff counsel
for the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego. B.A. in
government and religion from the College of William and Mary; J.D. from
DePaul University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
MAJOR CONSULTANTS AND ADVISORS
Dick Dresner, Dresner,
Wickers & Associates, LLC, is described as Huckabee's
"political
consultant, pollster and personal friend." He lives and works in
Westchester County near New York City, and has thirty years experience
as a general consultant, media producer and pollster. In addition
to domestic clients Dresner has worked overseas; most notably in 1996
he
provided strategic advice to Boris Yeltsin in Russia, earning the
American
Association of Political Consultants (AAPC)'s "International Consultant
of the Year" honor. Senior Vice-President of the Harris
Poll.
Marketing executive with the Gannett Newspapers, directing political
polling
and market research. Undergraduate degree from New York
University
and Masters in political science from Columbia University.
Online Strategy
and Direct Mail
|
LCM Strategies
|
In his book Do the Right Thing, Huckabee states
that the campaign raised "11 million out of 15 million online" and
lauds the work of Linus Catignani and Chris Maiorana.
Linus Catignani -
Fundraiser for
Sen. Bill Frist's VOLPAC. Partner at Catignani & Bond.
Finance director at the NRSC, 2000-02. Executive director of
Frist 2000. Finance director on Alexander for President,
1994-96. Graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1986.
Chris Maiorana
- Director of marketing at the NRSC, 2001-05; prospecting manager and
deputy director of marketing at the NRSC, 1997-2000. Staff
assistant on Victory 1996; finance assistant and telemarketer at the
RNC 1995-96. Graduate of the University of Scranton, 1993.
| Senior Advisor |
James Pinkerton |
(announced Jan. 11,
2008)
Columnist for Newsday since 1993. Worked on domestic
policy
issues in the White House under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.
W. Bush. Worked in the 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992 Republican
presidential
campaigns. Author of What Comes Next: The End of Big
Government--And
the New Paradigm Ahead (Hyperion: 1995). Graduate of Stanford
University.
| Senior National
Advisor
(South Carolina) |
Mike Campell |
(announced Feb. 12,
2007)
In June 2006, Campbell won a three-way primary for Lieutenant Governor
of South Carolina by 8%, before narrowly losing in a run-off two weeks
later to the incumbent. Businessman. Founded, in 2003, and
is president and CEO of Palmetto International, LLC, which represents
and
secures projects for companies to participate in the reconstruction
efforts
in Iraq. Founded, in 2002, and president and CEO of the Crescent
Group Inc., a business development-consulting firm specializing in
government
relations. Co-owned a successful chain of 19 Wendy’s fast food
restaurants
located throughout South Carolina. Director for business
development
and governmental affairs at Quovadx. Co-founding shareholder in
TeleQuest
Corporation. Vice president of marketing and business development
for Banc Plus Corporation. Worked in the hospitality
industry.
Experience on many South Carolina campaigns; volunteered on Ronald
Reagan's
campaign in 1980 at age 12. Youngest son of former Gov. Caroll A
Campbell.
| Senior Advisor |
Rick Caldwell |
Huckabee's roommate at
Ouachita
Baptist University.
| Chairman of the
National
Steering Committee |
Gov. Mike Rounds (SD) |
(announced March 24,
2007)
Elected Governor in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. Is also part
owner
(in a blind trust) of Fischer, Rounds & Associates Inc., an
insurance
and real estate agency. Elected to the state Senate representing
District 24 (Pierre and the surrounding areas) in 1990 and re-elected
in
'92, '94, '96 and '98; term-limited in 2000. Served as Senate
Majority
Leader for six years. B.S. in political science from South Dakota
State University in Brookings. Born in Huron, SD; lifelong
resident
of Pierre.
| Congressional
Chairman |
U.S. Rep. Don Young (AK) |
(announced Feb. 23,
2007)
Re-elected in November 2006 to his 18th term; is the 3rd ranking
Republican
member and the 7th ranking overall Member of the House of
Representatives.
| Congressional
Co-Chairman |
U.S. John Boozman (AR-3) |
(announced Feb. 23, 2007)
In
his fourth term representing the 3rd District of Arkansas.
Lifelong
Arkansan.
Faith and Family Values Coalition
(announced
Nov. 27, 2007) Co-Chairs are: Dr. James Draper, former pastor,
past
president of Southern Baptist Convention, and recently retired
president
of Lifeway Christian Resources, and Christian activist and syndicated
radio
host, Janet Folger.
Related endorsement
announcements
(note these are all personal endorsements; organizations for ID
purposes only).
Zig Ziglar -
motivational
speaker/ teacher who has written 26 books - and Jerry Jenkins -
a New York Times bestselling author of more than 170 books and
owns
the film making company, Jenkins Entertainment (announced
Nov. 19, 2007)
Star Parker -
founder
and president of CURE, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (announced
Nov. 16, 2007)
influential faith
leaders
(announced
Nov. 11, 2007)
several influential
Southern
Baptists (announced
Nov. 9, 2007)
Donald Wildmon -
founder of the American Family Association (announced
Nov. 8, 2007)
additionally
Jerry Falwell, Jr.
- president of Liberty University, which was founded by his father
(announced
Nov. 28, 2007)
Tim LaHaye,
nationally
known religious leader, and his spouse, Beverly LaHaye, who
founded
Concerned Women of America (announced
Dec. 4, 2007)
and
Florida faith leaders
(>)
and several national leaders (announced Jan. 26, 2008):
Rick Scarborough
- Vision America
Drew Dyck - Strang
Communications
William Murray -
Religious Freedom Coalition
Tom Glessner -
National
Institute of Family and Life Advocates
and
Dr. James Dobson
- Focus on the Family (announced Feb. 8, 2008)
In the States
Alphabetical
Chronological
Feb.
5 | Feb.
9-10 | Feb.
12 | Feb.
19 | March
4 | later
contests
Iowa (Jan. 3)
(announced Jan. 30,
2007)
President of MVP Leadership, Inc., a Sioux City consulting business
that
specializes in strategic vision and executive leadership; Vander Plaats
founded the firm in 2003. Republican nominee for lieutenant
governor
in 2006; earlier was a candidate for governor (announced in late 2004
but
withdrew in Feb. 2006 and endorsed Jim Nussle). Narrowly lost to
Doug Gross in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary.
President
and CEO of Opportunities Unlimited, a health and human services
organization,
starting in 1996. Principal of Sheldon High School.
Principal
of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School. Taught business and was
head
basketball coach in Jefferson. Taught business courses at Boone
High
School. Undergraduate degree from Northwestern College in Orange
City; Master's and specialist's degrees from Drake University.
Sheldon
native.
| Co-Chair |
former Rep. Danny Carroll |
(announced Jan. 30,
2007)
Represents District 75 (Grinnell) in the Iowa House; first elected in
1994
and recently served as the Speaker Pro Tempore. Maintains
Carroll's
Pumpkin Farm near Grinnell and is director of Community Relations at
Iowa
Telecom. Has also worked in real estate sales and property
management
as a real estate broker. Elected to the Poweshiek County Board of
Supervisors in 1984 and served on that board until his election to the
Iowa House.
| Campaign Manager |
Eric Woolson |
(first reported June 13,
2006)
President and CEO of The Concept Works, a public, media and government
relations and crisis management firm with offices in West Des Moines
and
Bettendorf that he founded in 2002. Communications director on
then
Gov. George W. Bush's Iowa caucus campaign, 1999-2000.
Communications
director for Gov. Terry Branstad during his final term.
Previously
worked for 20 years as a member of the Iowa press corps. He is
also
author of Grassley: Senator from Iowa (Mid-Prairie Books, Nov.
1995).
See Iowa
page >>
Wyoming (Jan. 5)
| Honorary Chair |
former Gov. Jim Geringer |
(endorsed Huckabee on Dec.
26,
2007) Geringer was elected to the Wyoming Legislature in 1982,
and
served 12 years in the House and Senate before serving two terms as
Governor
from 1995 to 2003.
See Wyoming
page >>
New Hampshire (Jan. 8)
(reported by James Pindell
on
Feb. 2, 2007; announced Feb. 9, 2007) - Founder and CEO of Daddy's
Junky
Music Stores, which he started in 1972. Member and former
chairman
of the State Board of Education. Former candidate for
governor.
Former eighth grade science teacher. Graduate of Keene State
University.
Resident of Durham.
(reported by James Pindell
"The
Primary Source" on Dec. 8, 2006; announced Feb. 9, 2007) Chaired
the Manchester Republican Committee for two years through Jan. 11,
2006.
Day job is salesman at Merrimack Street Volvo. Has worked in
various
leadership positions in human resources, sales and marketing and public
relations. Served as a civilian clergy in the military in Europe.
| Campaign Manager |
Debra Vanderbeek |
(announced March 8,
2007)
Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (NH-1), who was defeated in
Nov.
2006; ran Bradley's successful 2002 campaign and his 2004 re-election
campaign.
See New
Hampshire page >>
Michigan (Jan. 15)
| State Coordinator |
Dick Genthe |
Owner of Dick Genthe
Chevrolet
in Southgate.
See Michigan
page >>
South Carolina (Jan. 19)
| Honorary Chair |
former South Carolina First
Lady Iris
Campbell |
(announced Feb. 12, 2007)
also Mike Campbell, the
Campbells'
youngest son, as Senior National Advisor (see above).
See South
Carolina page >>
Nevada (Jan. 19)
Florida (Jan. 29)
| Co-Chairs |
House Speaker Marco Rubio
(Dec.
10, 2007)
Senate Majority Whip Mike
Haridopolos
(Dec. 26, 2007)
Senate Majority Leader Daniel
Webster
(Nov. 27, 2007) |
See Florida
page >>
Maine (Feb. 1-3)
| Faith and Family
Chair |
Michael and Paulie Heath |
Paulie Heath is a singer
and
songwriter of contemporary Christian songs.
See Maine
page >>
February 5 States
Alabama
| Co-Chairs |
RNC Member Paul Reynolds
Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin
(R-Pelham) |
See Alabama
page >>
Alaska
Interior regional chair of
the
Republican Party of Alaska. From Fairbanks.
See Alaska
page >>
Arizona
| State
Director |
Sen. Jack Harper (R-Surprise) |
Serving his third term in
the
Senate; represents District 4. Small businessman; restaurant
franchise.
Resident of Surprise, in the Northwest Valley. Served eight years
in the U.S. Army.
See Arizona
page >>
Arkansas
Arkansas GOP Leadership Team (announced
Nov. 6, 2007)
California
| Faith and Family
Chair |
Sherwood Haisty |
Pastor of First Baptist
Church
of Fillmore, Ventura County. Graduate of Mid-America Baptist
Theological
Seminary in Memphis, TN, of Crighton College also in Memphis, and is
enrolled
at The Master’s Seminary in Panorama City, CA. Longtime supported
of Huckabee; volunteered on his first campaign for U. S. Senate in
1992.
Native of Arkansas.
See California
page >>
Colorado
| State Coordinator |
Rep. Kevin Lundberg
(R-Berthoud) |
Elected to the state
Senate
in 2002 from District 49, after an unsuccessful run in in 1998.
Owner
and operater of Lundberg Productions, a media and video production
service,
for the past 25 years. B.A. degree from Rockmont College in
history
and social science. Third generation Coloradan.
See Colorado
page >>
Connecticut
Delaware
| State Director |
Sussex County Councilman
Vance Phillips |
Councilman since 1998;
from
Laurel.
See Delaware
page >>
Georgia
| Honorary Chair |
Congressman John Linder (GA-7) |
(endorsement announced
Dec. 11, 2007) First elected to Congress in 1992 after
unsuccessful
run in 1990. Previously served seven terms in the Georgia General
Assembly. Dentist; president of a lending institution. U.S.
Air Force, 1967-69. B.S. from University of Minnesota, Duluth,
1964;
D.D.S. from University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Duluth, 1967.
| Co-Chair |
Public Service Commissioner
Stan Wise |
Has served on the
Commission
since January 1995. First elected to public office as a Cobb
County
Commissioner in 1990. B.S. in business management from the
Charleston
Southern University, 1974.
| Grassroots
Coordinators |
Sam Teasley
Joe Dendy |
See Georgia
page >>
Illinois
Massachusetts
| Grassroots
Coordinator |
Lisa Camp |
from New Bedford.
See Massachusetts
page >>
Minnesota
| Chair |
State Republican Chairman Ron
Carey |
(announced Jan. 7,
2008)
Elected chairman on June 11, 2005 and re-elected in June 2007;
previously
served as the party's treasurer. Works for Intuit, Inc. and is
from
Shoreview.
See Minnesota
page >>
Missouri
| Chair |
Sen. Delbert Scott (R-Lowry
City) |
(announced Dec. 18,
2007)
Represents Missouri's 28th district which includes the counties of
Pettis,
Henry, St. Clair, Benton, Hickory, Dallas, Polk, Cedar and
Barton.
Elected to the Senate in 2002, after serving 18 years in the Missouri
House.
Active in Scott's of Lowry City, Inc., the family hardware/home
furnishings
business. Taught school for four years. Graduated from
Southwest
Missouri State College with a teaching degree.
See Missouri
page >>
Montana
(announced Nov. 21,
2007)
Daines is a vice president at RightNow Technologies, Inc. at their
global
headquarters in Bozeman. Prior to joining RightNow Technologies,
Daines worked at Procter and Gamble, where he spent thirteen years
managing
operations in the United States and leading business expansion in Hong
Kong and mainland China. He recently founded Giveitback.com, an
organization
advocating the return of Montana's $1 billion surplus to the taxpayers.
See Montana
page >>
New Jersey
| State Director |
Paul Boudreau |
Former vice president for
governmental
affairs at Honeywell. From Basking Ridge.
See New
Jersey page >>
New York
CEO and Co-Founder of
TenantWise,
The Corsair Group and Mermel & McLain Management LLC.
See New
York page >>
Oklahoma
| Chair |
former State Senator Scott
Pruitt |
(announced Dec. 20,
2007)
Minority owner and General Managing Partner of the Oklahoma RedHawks,
one
of the top-performing Triple-A baseball clubs. Candidate for the
Republican nomination for Lt. Governor in 2006; very narrowly lost
run-off.
Elected to the State Senate in 1998 and served until resigning in 2006
to run for Lt. Governor. Attorney in private practice in Tulsa
for
about five years. J.D. from University of Tulsa, 1993. B.A.
degrees from Georgetown College.
See Oklahoma
page >>
Tennessee
National Campaign Manager Chip Saltsman
is from Tennessee.
See Tennessee
page >>
Utah
West Virginia
Post-February 5
States
February 9
Kansas
See Kansas
page >>
Louisiana
Washington
| Grassroots
Coordinator |
Danille Turissini |
(endorsement
announced
Nov. 14, 2007) Founder of Positive Christian Agenda and Pastor of Cedar
Park Church in Bothell.
See Washington
page >>
February 12
District of Columbia
Maryland
| Co-Chair |
Delegate Chris Shank,
Minority Whip |
| Co-Chair |
Delegate Tony McConkey |
See Maryland
page >>
Virginia
| Chairman |
House of Delegates Speaker
William
J. Howell |
(announced Aug. 17,
2007)
Speaker of the House since 2003. Has served in the Virginia House
since 1987; represents District 28-Fredericksburg. Attorney,
former
director of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, and a past
president
of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. B.S. in
business
administration from the University of Richmond; J.D. from University of
Virginia.
See Virginia
page >>
February 19
Wisconsin
(announced Nov. 14,
2007)
2004 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin; received 1.3
million votes, more than any other Republican in the history of the
state.
Co-owner of Michels Corporation, a diversified heavy construction
company
employing nearly 3,000 people located in Brownsville, Wisconsin. Twelve
years active duty service as an Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer in the
U.S. Army where he earned the rank of Major; he is also a former
Commander
of the Army's elite Honor Guard. B.A. in political science from
St
Norbert College in Green Bay, WI, 1984. M.B.A. from University of
Chicago, 1997 and M.P.A. from Illinois Institute of Technology, 1997.
See Wisconsin
page >>
February 24
PUERTO RICO
| ??Director |
Daniel Ballori |
March 4
Ohio
| State Director |
Jeff Longstreth |
Executive director of Ohio
Citizens
Against Lawsuit Abuse. Executive director for the Ohio Housing
Council
from 2001-03. Legislative aide to state Rep. Don Mottley,
Chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee. Coordinated the 1994 and 1998
campaigns
for U.S. Congressman Bob Ney and the 1996 campaign for state Senator
James
Carnes. Graduate of The Ohio State University.
See Ohio
page >>
Texas
| Co-Chair |
State Rep. Phil King |
(announced Oct. 19,
2007)
Elected in 1998; represents the 61st District (Parker and Wise
Counties).
Currently, he is a practicing attorney in Weatherford. Prior to
serving
in the legislature, King served as a Captain in the Fort Worth Police
Department,
an instructor at Dallas Baptist University and a Parker County Justice
of the Peace. B.B.A. and M.B.A. from Dallas Baptist University;
law
degree from Texas Wesleyan University, 1993.
| Co-Chairs |
Dean and Andrea McWilliams |
(announced Nov. 9,
2007)
Co-owners of McWilliams & Associates, an Austin-based governmental
affairs firm. >
Dean McWilliams - worked in the Texas Senate and the Texas House of
Representatives
starting in 1991. Previously worked in the litigation section of
the Dallas-based law firm Hughes & Luce. Graduate of Texas
A&M
University. Fifth generation Texan. He is the Travis County
Republican precinct chair representing Old Enfield. Andrea
McWilliams
started her career in the Texas legislature in 1989.
See Texas
page >>
>Huckabee announced the end of his
campaign
on the evening of March 4.
INDIANA (May 6)
State Coordinators
State Rep. Eric Turner (R-Marion),
Assistant Republican Leader
Represents House District
32 (Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Miami and Tipton Counties).
President
and CEO of T-3 Investments Corporation. B.S. from Taylor
University.
Matt Whetstone
Director of government
affairs
at Krieg DeVault LLP. Served as a member of the Indiana House of
Representatives from 1996-2007 representing Hendricks County.
Vice
president of First National Bank, Cloverdale. B.S. in political
science
from Ball State University, 1992.
State Rep. Mike Murphy
(R-south-suburban
Indianapolis)
Represents House District
90 (parts of Marion County - the eastern half of Perry Township, most
of
Franklin Township, and the southeastern portion of Warren
Township).
Chairman of the board of directors of Monarch Beverage, Inc., a
beverage
distribution company, and E&F Transit, a trucking company
affiliated
with Monarch. B.A. from University of Notre Dame; M.A. History
candidate,
Indiana University.
See Indiana
page >>
NORTH CAROLINA (May
6)
| Chairman |
Former U.S. Rep. Bill Cobey |
(announced Oct. 17,
2007)
Resident of Chapel Hill. Sought the Republican nomination for
Governor
of North Carolina in 2004. Chairman of the North Carolina state
Republican
Party, 1999-2003. Secretary, North Carolina Department of
Environment,
Health, and Natural Resources, 1989-93. Deputy secretary, North
Carolina
department of transportation, 1987-89. Elected to represent the
fourth
district of North Carolina in the U.S. Congress in 1984; defeated in
re-election
bid in 1986. Unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress in
1982.
Republican nominee for Lt. Governor of North Carolina in 1980.
Director
of athletics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1976-80,
assistant athletic director, 1971-76, academic counselor and assistant
athletic business manager 1968-71, physical education instructor
1967-68.
M.Ed. in health and physical education from the University of
Pittsburgh
in 1968. M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia
in 1964. Graduated from Emory University in 1962; served as
chairman
of College Republicans.
See North
Carolina page >>
NEBRASKA (May 13)
| Chair |
Attorney General Jon
Bruning |
(announced Jan. 9,
2008)
Elected the youngest Attorney General in Nebraska’s history in 2002 and
ran unopposed for re-election in 2006. Previously ran a law
practice
in Omaha and served for six years in the Nebraska Legislature.
Bruning
received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of
Nebraska.
Born and raised in Lincoln.
See Nebraska
page >>
KENTUCKY (May 20)
| State Director |
State Rep. Mike Harmon
(R-Junction
City) |
Loan Officer at First
Mortgage
Company, LLC.
See Kentucky
page >>
IDAHO (May 27)
| Chair |
State Treasurer Ron Crane |
First elected Treasurer in
1998.
Previously served 16 years in the Idaho House of Representatives.
Businessman; founded Crane Alarm Service. Served as a member in
the
Idaho National Guard from 1971-77. Born in Nampa and resides in
Nampa.
See Idaho
page >>
SOUTH DAKOTA (June 3)
| Chairman of the
National
Steering Committee |
Gov. Mike Rounds |
(announced March 24,
2007)
Elected Governor in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. Is also part
owner
(in a blind trust) of Fischer, Rounds & Associates Inc., an
insurance
and real estate agency. Elected to the state Senate representing
District 24 (Pierre and the surrounding areas) in 1990 and re-elected
in
'92, '94, '96 and '98; term-limited in 2000. Served as Senate
Majority
Leader for six years. B.S. in political science from South Dakota
State University in Brookings. Born in Huron, SD; lifelong
resident
of Pierre.
See South
Dakota page >>
HOPE FOR AMERICA PAC
(2006
cycle)
P.O. Box 9087
|
Alexandria, VA
Chairman - Richard Caldwell
President - W. Bruce Potter
Treasurer - Raye Brady
Secretary - Dr. Lester Sitzes, III
IOWA
(first reported June 13,
2006)
President and CEO of The Concept Works, a public, media and government
relations and crisis management firm with offices in West Des Moines
and
Bettendorf that he founded in 2002. Communications director on
then
Gov. George W. Bush's Iowa caucus campaign, 1999-2000.
Communications
director for Gov. Terry Branstad during his final term.
Previously
worked for 20 years as a member of the Iowa press corps. He is
also
author of Grassley: Senator from Iowa (Mid-Prairie Books, Nov.
1995).
AND
| "Political
Consultant,
Pollster and Personal Friend" |
Dick Dresner |
Dresner,
Wickers & Associates, LLC; lives and works in Westchester
County
near New York City. Thirty years experience as a general
consultant,
media producer and pollster. In addition to domestic clients
Dresner
has worked overseas; most notably in 1996 he provided strategic advice
to Boris Yeltsin in Russia, earning the American Association of
Political
Consultants (AAPC)'s "International Consultant of the Year"
honor.
Senior Vice-President of the Harris Poll. Marketing executive
with
the Gannett Newspapers, directing political polling and market
research.
Undergraduate degree from New York University and Masters in political
science from Columbia University.
| Communications
Consultant |
Kirsten Fedewa |
President of Kirsten
Fedewa
& Associates, a communications, public affairs and political
strategy
consulting practice with a mix of political, corporate and nonprofit
clients.
First communications director and press secretary to the national
Republican
Governors Association through 2003. Vice president of a
major
trade group representing several Fortune 100 companies. Worked on
the successful election of U.S. Senator Spence Abraham (R-MI) in
1994.
Press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee as
well as a U.S. Senator and several House members. Graduate
of The College of William and Mary in Virginia.
OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR
Executive Management
Team
| Chief of
Staff
Deputy Chief of Staff
Chief Legal Counsel
Policy Director
Press Secretary
|
Brenda Turner
Kelly Boyd
Milton Fine
Joe Quinn
Alice Stewart
|
More
| Director of
Intergovernmental
Affairs |
Chad Gallagher |
Elected Mayor of De Queen
in
1998 at age 22; lost re-election bid in 2002. Ran a Christian
bookstore
in De Queen. Bachelor's degree in political science from Ouachita
Baptist University at Arkadelphia
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