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AL
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Ron
Sparks: Rick Dent
(from Apr. 2010, succeeding Sharon
Wheeler) Started on the campaign as a
consultant in Jan. 2010. Extensive
experience in the Southeast including leading
Don Siegelman's successful 1998 campaign for
governor of Alabama; communications director
for Gov. Zell Miller (GA), Sept. 1993-Apr.
1998; and spokesman on Gov. Ray Mabus' (MS)
unsucessful 1991 re-election campaign.
former Sharon Wheeler resigned
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Robert Bentley: Bryan
Sanders
(from June 2010 after the primary,
succeeding David Ferguson) Worked for
The Wickers Group. Volunteered on Mike
Huckabee's presidential campaign in
2007-08. Staffer to U.S. Sen. Sam
Brownback. Undergraduate degree from
Colby College, 2006. Kansas native.
former David Ferguson was replaced
after the primary |
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AK
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Ethan Berkowitz: Jonathan
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Sean Parnell: Michelle
Toohey
(started on the campaign in Dec. 2009)
Previously deputy press secretary to Gov.
Parnell. Legislative aide in Juneau,
1987-96. B.A. in broadcast journalism
from Central Washington University, 1986.
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AZ
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Terry
Goddard: Jan Lesher
(announced June 23, 2010, succeeding Rodd
McLeod) Secretary and Gov. Napolitano's
chief of staff. Director of the Arizona
Department of Commerce. Founded Lesher
Communications in 1990. From Tuscon.
Rodd McLeod
(Jan. to June 30, 2010) Vice president
of MSHC Partners. A regional political
director of the DSCC in the 2008 cycle.
Ran Gabby Giffords' 2006 congressional
campaign. |
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Jan
Brewer: Chuck Coughlin
President of HighGround,
Inc. in Phoenix since 1996; has worked on
numerous statewide and local campaigns.
Chaired Brewer's transition in 2009.
Campaign manager for Gov. Fife Symington’s
1994 re-election campaign, then deputy chief
of staff. Bachelor's degree in history
and political science from Denison University,
1984. |
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AR
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Mike Beebe: Zac Wright
Communications director to Gov. Beebe.
Took leave to work on Jay Nixon's 2008
campaign for Governor in Missouri, and,
starting in June 2007, as South Carolina
communications director on Hillary
Clinton's presidential campaign.
Served
as spokesman on
Beebe's 2006 gubernatorial
campaign. Communications
director for U.S. Rep. Harold Ford
(D-TN) through July 2005. Press
secretary for the Tennessee Democratic
Party. Bachelor's
degree in journalism from University of
Tennessee at Knoxville, 2003. Deputy press secretary on U.S.
Rep. Bob Clements' 2002 campaign for
U.S. Senate in Tennessee; worked on the
Gore-Leiberman press team in 2000.
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Jim Keet:
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CA
D+
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Jerry
Brown: Steven Glazer
Elected City Councilman
in Orinda, 2004 and 2008; and elected Mayor of
Orinda in 2007. Founder (1989) and
principal at Glazer & Associates; managed
and advised on campaigns including a number of
ballot proposition campaigns. Senior
advisor on Kathleen Brown's 1990 campaign for
State Treasurer. Press secretary for
State Senate Pro Tem David Roberti,
1987-93. Communications director on
Committee to Conserve the Courts, the campaign
to retain Chief Justice Rose Bird,
1985-86. Ran Assemblyman Gray Davis'
1984 re-election campaign; press secretary for
Assemblyman Davis, 1983. Deputy campaign
manager on Jerry Brown's 1982 U.S. Senate
campaign; first worked for Brown on his 1978
campaign. B.A. from San Diego State
University. Born in Sacramento. |
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Meg
Whitman: Jillian Hasner
(May 2009) Per Jon Fleishman,
publisher of FlashReport.org, Hasner "...has
worked at every major campaign level…for
President (Bush-Cheney ‘00 and Bush-Quayle ‘92),
Governor (George Voinovich-Ohio; Jeb
Bush-Florida); U.S. Senate (Mike Dewine-Ohio;
Paul Coverdell-Georgia); U.S. Congress (Rob
Portman-Ohio; Steve LaTourette-Ohio), as well as
director of corporate and association affairs
for the 1996 Republican National
Convention. More detail... Florida
executive director of Victory 2000, the Bush
general election campaign, and started on Bush's
primary campaign in Oct. 1999. Director of
government affairs to Gov. Jeb Bush, Jan.-Sept.
1999; director of scheduling and events for Gov.
Jeb Bush's 1998 campaign. Originally from
Ohio. |
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CO
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John
Hickenlooper: Mike Melanson
(reported Jan. 2010) Campaign manager on
Mark Udall's successful 2008 campaign for U.S.
Senate. Senior associate at Ikon Public
Affairs, Apr. 2005-Mar. 2007. University
of Denver-Sturm College of Law, 1997.
Ski instructor at resorts in Angel Fire, New
Mexico and Winter Park, Colorado. |
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Dan
Maes: George Culpepper
(mid-Sept. 2010) Previously campaign
manager on Scott McInnis' campaign for
Governor. |
Tom
Tancredo: Bay Buchanan
Chaired Tancredo's presidential campaign in
2007. Campaign manager on her brother
Pat Buchanan's pres. campaigns in 1992, 1996
and 2000 (Reform Party). Candidate for
California State Treasurer, 1990.
Treasurer on President Reagan's 1984
re-election campaign. Treasurer of the
United States, 1981-83. Treasurer on
Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign.
Treasurer on Reagan's 1976 presidential
primary campaign. Master's in
mathematics from McGill University, 1973;
bachelor's in mathematics from Rosemont
College, 1971. |
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CT
D+
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Dannel
Malloy: ?
chief strategist Roy Occhiogrosso
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Tom Foley:
Justin Clark
Attorney at Pepe
& Hazard LLP, Oct. 2008-Jan. 2010.
Law clerk to Connecticut Supreme Court Justice
Peter T. Zarella, May 2006-June 2007.
J.D. from the University of Connecticut School
of Law, 2004; B.A. in economics from Wesleyan
University, 1997. Based in West
Hartford. |
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FL
R+
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Alex Sink: ?
chief of staff Jim
Cassady
(moved to the campaign in Jan. 2010)
Chief of staff to CFO Alex Sink from Jan.
2007. Thirty-plus year career in
banking. Vietnam veteran. B.A.
in English from Presbyterian College.
former: Paul Dunn
(summer 2009; left by "mutual agreement" in
Apr. 2010) Campaign manager on Suzanne
Kosmas' successful congressional campaign in
2008. Field director on John Edwards'
2007-08 NH primary campaign. Director
of field operations on Claire McCaskill's
2006. Seacoast
regional field coordinator (Portsmouth) on
Sen. John Edwards' 2003-4 NH primary
campaign. Volunteer coordinator for
Martha Fuller Clark's 2002 congressional
campaign.
Graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Rick Scott: Susie Wiles
Chief of
communications and special initiatives under
Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton for five years
through June 2008. Principal at Wiles
Consulting, Inc. 2001-04. Co-managing
partner in the Florida office of APCO
Worldwide, 2000-01. Senior executive
under Jacksonville Mayor John Delaney
including as his chief of staff,
1995-99. District director to U.S.
Rep. Tillie K. Fowler (FL), 1992-95.
Deputy director of operations for the vice
presidential campaign on Bush-Quayle
'88. Principal at Summerall, Smith &
Wiles, 1984-86. Special assistant to
U.S. Secretary of Labor Ray Donovan,
1982-83. Special Assistant (scheduler)
to President Reagan, 1980-81. Deputy
director of scheduling on Ronald Reagan's 1980
presidential campaign. Staff assistant
to U.S. Rep. Jack Kemp (NY), 1979-80.
B.A. in English from University of Maryland.
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GA
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Roy
Barnes: Chris Carpenter
J.D. from Emory University School of Law,
1994; B.A. from Wofford College, 1990.
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Nathan
Deal: Chris
Riley
Worked for Deal starting on his 1992
congressional campaign. |
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HI
D+
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Neil
Abercrombie: Bill Kaneko
President and CEO at the Hawaii
Institute for Public Affairs, since
2000. Fellow in public affairs at Coro
Southern California, 1997-98. Planning
and policy analyst to Gov. John D. Waihee
III, 1988-93. J.D. from The Catholic
University of America, 1996; bachelor's in
business administration from University of
Puget Sound, 1983. |
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Duke Aiona:
Dutch Hanohano
(Feb. 2010)
U.S. Marshal for the District of Hawaii, June
2003-Jan. 2010. Sergeant/Deputy Sheriff
for the State of Hawaii Department of Public
Safety, Aug. 1985-May 2003. |
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ID
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Keith
Allred: ? |
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Butch Otter:
Debbie Field
(announced Mar. 12,
2010) Also managed Otter's 2005-06
campaign. Administrator at the Idaho
Office of Drug Policy, from Jan. 2007.
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives,
Jan. 1995-Nov. 2006. Campaign manager on
Mike Simpson for Congress, May-Nov.
1998. Deputy campaign manager on Batt
for Governor, 1993-94. Three years
undergraduate work in business at Ricks
College. |
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IL
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Pat Quinn:
Ben Nuckels
(May 2010 succeeded
John Kamis) Chief of staff to Wisconsin
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, Jan. 2007-May
2010. Campaign manager on Lawton for Lt.
Governor, 2006. Midwest campaigns
manager of the League of Conservation Voters
Education Fund, 2005-06. Originally from
Carroll, Iowa.
former: John Kamis
(Oct. 2009-Mar. 2010) Assistant to the
Mayor's Office of the City of Chicago,
2007-2009. Senior account executive at
Resoluted Consulting LLC, 2007-08.
Deputy finance director fo The Competence
Group, 2000-01. Midwest field
coordinator/Illinois deputy communications
director for Gore 2000, 1999-2000. J.D.
from University of Illinois College of Law,
2005; B.A. in political science/history from
Bradley University, 2000. |
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Bill
Brady:
Jerry
Clarke
(Mar. 1, 2010) Chief of staff to U.S.
Rep. Tim Johnson from Jan. 2001. Deputy
chief of staff to Illinois House Minority
Leader Lee Daniels. Iraq War
veteran. B.S. from University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.
....and General Manager Dan Egler
Owner of DLE Consulting Group from
2003. Communications director on
Brady's 2005-06 campaign for governor.
Executive at the Illinois Capital
Development Board, 1997-2003. Deputy
press secretary/chief speechwriter to the
Illinois Governor, 1991-97. Statehouse
bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune,
1977-91. B.A. in journalism/po
litical
science from Indiana University Bloomington,
1969.
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IA
R+
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Chet
Culver: Donn
Stanley
(May 1, 2010) Leave of absence from
position as Special Assistant Attorney General
in the Office of the Attorney General of Iowa,
started in 2007. Assistant Attorney
General, Oct. 2000-June 2007. J.D. from
Drake University Law School; B.A. in English
from Simpson College.
former
- Abby Curran (Jan.-mid April 2010)
Tennessee state director for The Alliance For
Climate Protection, May-Dec. 2009.
Campaign manager on Linda Stender for Congress
(NJ), Mar.-Dec. 2008. Deputy state field
director on John Edwards for President Iowa
and Nevada campaigns, June 2007-Jan.
2008. Deputy campaign manager on Bruce
Lunsford for Governor (KY), Feb.-May
2007. Campaign manager on Baron Hill for
Congress, May-Dec. 2006. Northern
Virgina regional director on the Virginia
Coordinated Campaign, Feb.-Nov. 2005.
Field organizer on the Alaska Democratic
Coordinated Campaign, 2004. Field
organizer in Dubuque on Dick Gephardt for
President, 2003-04.
- Jesse Harris (interim)
- Andrew Roos (Sept.-late Nov. 2009)
Campaign manager on Jack Markell for governor
of Delaware, 2008. |
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Terry
Branstad: Jeffrey R. Boeyink
(Oct. 2009)
Previously executive director of the
Republican Party of Iowa. President of
Iowans for Tax Relief. M.P.A. in public
administration from Iowa State University,
1987; B.A. in political science and government
from Central College, 1985. |
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KS
R+
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Tom Holland:
Dana Houle
Campaign manager on
Jim Himes for Congress (CT), 2008. Chief
of staff fo U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (NH), 2007
and campaign manager on Hodes for Congress,
2006.
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Sam
Brownback: David Kensinger
Founding
president (2004) of Kensinger &
Associates, a consulting firm in
Topeka. Campaign manager on Sen. Pat
Roberts' 2008 re-election. Senior
advisor on Brownback's presidential
campaign, 2007. Chaired the Shawnee
County Republican Party and served as
executive director of Kansas Club for
Growth in the 2006 cycle. Chief of
staff to Sen. Brownback, for three years
starting in May 2001. Executive
director of GOPAC starting in late 1999
after serving some months as acting
executive director. Worked briefly
as a senior research executive at Wirthlin
Worldwide. Campaign chairman for
Brownback's 1998 re-election campaign;
legislative assistant in the Senate
office; deputy campaign manager for
Brownback's 1996 Senate campaign;
legislative assistant in the House office;
driver on Brownback's 1994 congressional
campaign. Graduate of Williams
College (in Massachusetts), 1993.
Native of Topeka. |
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R+
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Libby
Mitchell: Jesse Connolly
(June 2010)
Chief of staff in the Maine House of
Representatives, Dec. 2006-June 2010.
Campaign manager on Baldacci for Governor,
Jan.-Dec. 2006. Campaign manager on
Maine Won't Discriminate, May-Dec. 2005.
Maine State Director on Kerry-Edwards, Aug.
2003-Nov. 2004. Communications director
in the Maine Senate President's Office, Dec.
2002-Aug. 2003. Caucus director for the
Maine Senate Democratic Campaign Committee,
May 2001-Nov. 2002. B.A. in political
science and government from Bates College,
2001.
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Paul
LePage: John
Morris, chief of staff
Former Waterville police chief, retired in
2007.
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Eliot
Cutler: Ted O'Meara
Managing director of
Pierce Atwood Consulting, 2001-09.
Director of marketing and communications for
Blethen Maine Newspapers, 1999-2001.
Director of corporate comms. at Guy Gannett
Communications, 1997-99. B.A. in
political science from University of Maine,
1974. |
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Martin O'Malley: Tom Russell
(July 2009) Staff
director of the Senate Democratic Steering and
Outreach Committee, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2009.
Campaign manager on Sen. Debbie Stabenow
(MI)'s re-election, Apr.-Nov. 2006.
Deputy chief of staff to Sen. Stabenow, Apr.
2003-Apr. 2006. Campaign manager on Falk
for Governor (WI), July 2001-Sept. 2002.
General consultant on Diane Watson for
Congress (CA), Feb.-Apr. 2001. Campaign
manager on Byrum for Congress (MI), Feb.-Dec.
2000. Campaign manager on Wineke for
Congress (WI), Jan.-Sept. 1998. Campaign
manager on Waks for Senate (NJ), Apr.-Nov.
1997. Associate editor at Campaigns and
Elections Magazine, Dec. 1995-July 1996.
B.S. in government from Hamilton College,
1995. |
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Bob Ehrlich:
Paul E. Schurick
Senior
communications consultant at Womble Carlyle
Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Feb. 2007-June
2010. Communications director for the
State of Maryland, Jan. 2003-Jan. 2007.
Chief of staff to Gov. William Donald Schaefer
(MD), Jan. 1991-Jan. 1995. M.S. (1980)
and B.S. (1978) in economics from West
Virginia University.
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Deval
Patrick: Sydney Asbury
(Nov. 2009)
Senior policy advisor to Gov. Patrick (Dec.
2008-Nov. 2009); chief of staff in the
Executive Office of Education (Aug. 2007-Dec.
2008); and assistant director of policy and
cabinet affairs to Gov. Patrick (Jan.-Aug.
2007). Issues director on the Deval
Patrick Campaign, May 2005-Dec. 2006.
Fellows program assistant at Harvard
University Institute of Politics, Sept.
2003-May 2005. Bowdoin College, 2003.
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Charles
Baker: Tim O'Brien
(May
2010...replacing Lenny Alcivar) Managed
Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey's 2006 campaign for
governor.
former: Lenny
Alcivar (Oct. 2009-Apr. 2010)
Communications director on John Kennedy for
U.S. Senate, 2008. Communications
director to U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey
Hutchison. Communications director on
Swann for Governor, 2006. Press
secretary for the Republican National
Convention 2004. Served in the Bush
administration, 2001-04. Vice president
at Linden Alschuler & Kaplan,
2000-01. Manager at Burson-Marsteller,
1998-99. Deputy press secretary to NYC
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 1994-98. Studied
political science at Kenyon College.
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Tim Cahill:
Adam Meldrum
(Apr.-Sept.
2010) Director of new media for the
Michigan Republican Party, Feb. 2009-Mar.
2010. Senior political aide to
Ambassador Ron Weiser, Nov. 2008-Feb.
2009. National political/press aide on
McCain 2008, Feb. 2007-Nov. 2008. B.A.
in political science from Michigan State
University, 2006. |
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R+
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Virg
Bernero: Walt Herzig
(Aug. 2010) Michigan state director of
the 2010 Census. Chief of staff to Lt.
Gov. John Cherry, Jr., 2007-09. Director of
the Michigan Democratic Coordinated Campaign,
April 2005-Nov. 2006. Director of the
Granholm Leadership Fund, Feb. 2003-April
2005. Deputy campaign manager/finance
director at Friends of Sen. Carl Levin, Jan.
2001-Nov. 2002. Special assistant and
scheduler to Sen. Carl Levin, 1997-2001.
B.A. in history from University of
Michigan-Dearborn. |
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Snyder: ? |
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D+
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Mark Dayton:
Dana Anderson
(Aug. 2009)
Experience includes state scheduler to Sen.
Dayton 2000-06. B.S. in English
literature/mass communications from Minnesota
State University, Mankato, 2000. |
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Tom Emmer:
Cullen Sheehan
(announced Aug. 8,
2010) Leave of absence from position as
chief of staff of the Minnesota Senate
Republican Caucus, started there Jan.
2010. Regional political director at the
RNC, May 2009-Jan. 2010. Campaign
manager on Sen. Norm Coleman's 2008
re-election and recount, Jan. 2007-Apr.
2009. Executive director of the Iowa
Republican Party, Feb. 2005-Jan. 2007.
Campaign manager on Michels for US Senate
(WI), July 2003-Dec. 2004. Political
director on Coleman for U.S. Senate, Mar.
2001-Dec. 2002. Project manager at Arena
Communications, Jan.-Dec. 2000. Studied
political science, public administration at
St. Mary's University of Minnesota. |
Tom Horner:
Stephen Imholte
(source: Minnesota
Lawyer) Most recently had been out of
politics working for a Catholic charity and
earlier for a landscaping business.
Worked for two year for Gov. Arne
Carlson. Political director for the
Republican Party of Wisconsin. Ran for
state Senate in 1980. Grew up in Detroit
Lakes in a Republican family. |
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Mike
Meister: Christa Yoakum
"a lifelong
Nebraskan and remembers passing out candidate
flyers when she was 13 years old." |
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Dave Heineman:
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NV
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Rory
Reid: David Chase Cohen
(May 2009) Worked on Obama's 2008
presidential campaign starting as NV state
director in early 2007, then CT director,
deputy national field director, and finally
director of national direct mail from
June-Nov. 2008. Campaign manager on Jill Derby
for Congress in NV-2 (Reno), Sept.
2005-Dec. 2006. Deputy field director
for the Deval Patrick Campaign (MA), Dec.
2004-Sept. 2005. In the 2004 cycle, he
worked on Tom
Daschle's senatorial race in South
Dakota, and earlier in
New Hampshire and Tennessee on Gen. Wes
Clark's presidential campaign. B.A.
in public policy from Brown University, 1999.
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John
Lynch: Pamela Walsh
On leave from position as deputy chief of
staff to Gov. Lynch, started in that role in
Jan. 2007; communications director to Gov.
Lynch, Nov. 2004-06; communications director
on John Lynch for New Hampshire, June-Nov.
2004. Communications director for the
NHDP, 2002-04. Press secretary for
Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, May 1999-Jan.
2003. Reporter for the Concord
Monitor, June 1996-May 1999. B.A. in
journalism and political science from
Northeastern University, 1996.
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John
Stephen: Liz Christoffersen
(Apr.
2010) NH campaign coordinator on
Friends of Fred Thompson, Aug. 2007-Feb.
2008. Self-employed political
consultant on races in NH and MA from
April 1992. Worked in the hospital
sector in the Dallas/Fort Worth area,
1982-88. M.A. in
economics (1982) and B.S. in business
administration, business marketing and
economics (1980) from Central Michigan
University.
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R+
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Diane
Denish: Oren Shur
(Aug.
2009) Communications
director on Nixon for Governor, June 2007-Nov.
2008, and for the transition.
Communications director in the Office of Sen.
Ben Cardin, Nov. 2006-June 2007. Press
secretary/spokesman at Ben Cardin for U.S.
Senate, April 2005-Nov. 2006. B.A. in
political communication from The George
Washington University, 2003.
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Susana
Martinez: Adam
Deguire
(Jan. 2010) Executive director of the
Hawaii Republican Party in the 2008
cycle. Western states director for the
RNC. Bachelor's degree in political
science from University of Arizona.
...replaced Jamie Estrada (July-Dec. 2009)
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NY
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Andrew
Cuomo: Joe Percoco
Described as
"Andrew Cuomo's right hand man" and
"long-time confidant to the Cuomo
family." Campaign manager on Cuomo's
2006 campaign for Attorney General.
Manager at KPMG Advisory, July 2003-Feb.
2006. Associate Counsel to Andrew
Cuomo at HUD, May 1999-Jan. 2001.
Worked for Gov. Mario Cuomo/special
assistant in the NYS Executive Chamber,
Oct. 1991-Jan. 1994. J.D.
from St. John's University Law School, 1999;
B.A. in political science from Wagner
College, 1991. |
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Carl
Paladino: Michael
R. Caputo
President of Caputo Public Relations since
July 2003. Vice president,
corporate communications at Allegiance
Telecom, June 2001-June 2003. President
of The Florence Group in Russia,
1994-2000. Vice president of Widmeyer
Communications, 1993-94. Director of
media services on Bush-Quayle 92.
Director of communications for the National
Alliance of Business, 1990-91. Assistant
director of the U.S. House Radio and
Television Correspondents Gallery,
1988-90. Director of the writers group
on Jack Kemp for President, 1986-88.
B.A. in journalism and foreign affairs from
University of Buffalo, 1986. Specialist
E-4 in the U.S Army 25th Infantry Division,
Sept. 1980-Aug. 1983.
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OH
R+
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Ted
Strickland: Aaron
Pickrell
(Jan.
2010) Ohio state director on Obama for
America, June-Dec. 2008. COO to Gov.
Strickland, Jan. 2007-June 2008.
Campaign manager on the Strickland for
Governor campaign, Mar.-Nov. 2006.
Chief operating officer at DCS
Congressional, Mar. 2005-Mar. 2006. Political
director on John Edwards' Iowa caucus
campaign, Feb. 2003-Nov. 2004. Chief
of staff to Rep. Leonard Boswell, Jan.
2001-Feb. 2003. Worked a
stint at Kieloch Consulting in Washington,
DC. Finance
director for Vilsack/Pederson Inaugural
Committee, 1999. Finance
director/deputy campaign manager for
Boswell's re-election campaign,
1997-98. Deputy
director of operations for the Iowa
Democratic Party, 1995-96. Field
staff/office manager on Nagle for Congress
in Waterloo, Jan.-May 1995. B.A. in political
science from Iowa
State University, 1997.
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John
Kasich:
Beth Hansen
(Jan.
2010) State director and senior advisor
to U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, for 11 years to
Jan. 2010; worked on Voinovich's 1998
campaign. B.A. in economics from
University of Michigan. Michigan native.
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OK
R+
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Jari Askins: Sid Hudson
Served in the Oklahoma House of
Representatives from 1986-92. Teacher
and coach at Lawton High School.
Graduate of the University of Oklahoma.
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Mary Fallin: Denise
Northrup
Managed
Fallin's five previous campaigns, for
lieutenant governor, Congress.
Staffer on U.S. Rep. Jim Inhofe's 1994
campaign for U.S. Senate. Graduate
of University of Kansas.
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OR
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John
Kitzhaber: Patricia McCaig, campaign
director
(starting Aug. 1,
2010) Former chief of staff to Gov.
Barbara Roberts; ran Roberts' 1990 campaign
for governor and worked on her 1984 campaign
for Secretary of State. Worked for state
Sen. Frank Roberts. Originally from
Indianapolis.
Derek Humphrey
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Chris
Dudley: Josh Ginsberg
(June 2010)
Political director for Gov. Schwarzenegger,
Apr. 2008-June 2010. National field
director on Romney for President, Jan.
2007-Feb. 2008. Deputy political
director on Schwarzenegger for Governor,
Apr.-Nov. 2006. Polling coordinator at
the RNC, June 2005-Apr. 2006. Associate
strategist on the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign,
May-Nov. 2004. Office of Political
Affairs at the White House, Jan.-Aug.
2001. Strategy department on the
Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, June-Nov.
2000. B.A. in political science from
Vanderbilt University, 2005.
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R+ |
Dan Onorato: Kevin Kinross
Managed
Western Pennsylvania for the Obama
campaign in the 2008 general election
after serving as deputy state director
on Hillary Clinton's 2008 Pennsylvania
primary campaign. Western
regional coordinator on Gov. Ed
Rendell's 2006 re-election
campaign. Chief of staff to
Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan
Onorato; managed Onorato's
campaign. Lobbyist for the
Allegheny County District Attorney's
Office. Campaign manager for
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
counsel James Dodaro's campaign for
Commonwealth Court judge in Nov.
2001. Aide to U.S. Rep. Ron
Klink of Murrysville, 1998-2000.
Aide to U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick
Moynihan of New York. J.D.
from Duquesne University School of Law;
B.A. from John Carroll University.
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Tom Corbett:
Brian Nutt
(Apr. 2009)
Chief of staff to Attorney General Corbett,
Nov. 2008-Apr. 2009 and Jan. 2005-June 2008;
campaign manager on Corbett's campaigns for
Attorney General, June-Nov. 2008 and June
2003-Nov. 2004. Deputy executive
assistant in the Office of Attorney General,
Jan.-June 2003. Political director on
Mike Fisher for Governor (PA), June 2001-Nov.
2002. Assistant deputy executive
assistant in the Office of attorney General,
Nov. 2000-June 2001. Political director
on Mike Fisher for Attorney General, Mar.
1999-Nov. 2000. B.A. in journalism/mass
media from Rutgers University, 1994. |
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Frank
Caprio: Xaykham Rexford Khamsyvoravong
("Xay")
(May 2010)
Deputy chief of staff in the Office of the
General Treasurer Caprio, Jan. 2007-May
2010. Master's degree (2007) and B.A. in
international relations (2006) from Brown
University. |
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John Robitaille: Andrew
(Drew) Biemer
Experience
includes RNC
Victory 2004 field
director in Princeton, WV. Graduate
of the University of Richmond.
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Lincoln
Chafee: J.R. Pagliarini
(Jan. 4, 2010,
resigned Oct. 14, 2010) Interim director
of the Rhode Island College Foundation and
Associate Commissioner of the RI Board of
Governors for Higher Education, Apr. 2008-Aug.
2009. Deputy chief of staff to Gov.
Donald Carcieri, Feb. 2007-Apr. 2008.
State director to Sen. Chafee, May 2003-Jan.
2007. Director of government relations
for United Healthcare of New England, Dec.
1998-May 2003. Director of
communications/community development director
for the City of Warwick, Feb. 1993-Dec.
1998. Public relations assistant for
Strategy Corporation, Jan. 1991-Jan.
1993. Press office manager/executive
aide/policy associate for Gov. Edward DiPrete,
June 1986-May 1990. B.A. in political
science from Fairfield University.
Mike Trainor ...for
final three weeks |
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Vincent
Sheheen: Trav Robertson
South
Carolina state director on Obama for America
general election campaign, Aug.-Nov.
2008. Iowa regional field director and
South Carolina field coordinator on Gov. Bill
Richardson’s presidential
campaign. Ran State Treasurer Grady
Patterson's 2006 re-election campaign
(narrowly won by Thomas Ravenel (R)), and
previously served as a spokesman for Treasurer
Patterson, and directed Patterson's successful
2002 and 1998 re-election campaigns.
Managed Brent Weaver's congressional campaign
in the Dec. 2001 special election in the 2nd
CD. Managed U.S. Rep. John Spratt's
victory in 2000. A former chairman
of the Anderson County Democratic
Party B.A. in philosophy from the
University of South Carolina. Anderson
native.
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Nikki
Haley: Tim
Pearson
(started
on the campaign in May 2009) Senior
communications advisor to Gov. Mark Sanford
for 3 1/2 months to May 2009. Worked
for Freedom's Watch. Director of rapid
response on Rudy Giuliani's presidential
campaign. Speechwriter in DC and
earlier staff assistant in Allentown to Sen.
Rick Santorum. Studied political
science at Lehigh University.
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Scott
Heidepriem: Steve Jarding
Professor
at Harvard University's Kennedy School of
Government. Communications
director/consultant on Bob Graham for
President, 2003. Directed Sen. John
Edwards' leadership PAC, the New American
Optimists, from Jan. 2002 to the end of
the year (continued on looking for a role
with Edwards' presidential campaign, but
negotiations finished in February
2003). Campaign manager on Mark
Warner's campaign for governor of Virginia
in 2001. Communications director at
the DSCC, 1995-96. Worked for Sen.
Bob Kerrey (D-NE) for many years starting
as communications director on his 1988
U.S. Senate campaign through to 1998, when
Kerrey left the Senate. Executive
director of the South Dakota Democratic Party,
1986. Master's degree from University of
Oklahoma; undergraduate degree from University
of South Dakota. Mitchell native.
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Dennis Daugaard: Tony
Venhuizen
South Dakota Board of Regents' student member,
2003-08 (appointed three times). Black
Hills field director on Mike Rounds' 2002
campaign. Law degree from University of
South Dakota; bachelor's degree from South
Dakota State University. From Sioux
Falls. Grandfather was state Sen. Henry
Poppen. |
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TN
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Mike
McWherter: Kim
Sasser Hayden
(June 2009) Executive director of the
Tennessee Democratic Party, Feb. 2007-Feb.
2009. Deputy director of Tennessee
Democratic Victory 2006, July-Nov. 2006;
statewide field director on Bredesen for
Governor, Oct. 2005-July 2006. Assistant
to Gov. Bredesen, 2005. Campaign manager on
Lincoln Davis for Congress re-election (TN-4),
Apr.-Nov. 2004. Tennessee political
director/Georgia trip director on John Edwards
for President, 2003-04. State field
director on Bredesen for Governor, July
2001-Nov. 2002. Bill clerk in the TN
House of Representatives, Feb.-July
2001. Regional field director in Kansas
City for the Missouri Democratic Coordinated
Campaign, July-Nov. 2000. A regional
field director in Manchester, NH and Austin,
TX on Al Gore for President, 1999-2000.
B.A. in history/political science from
Vanderbilt University, 1999. |
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Bill Haslam:
Mark Cate
(July 2009)
Vice president at Lawler-Wood, LLC in
Knoxville, July 2007-June 2009. Vice
president at Maryville College, July 1991-June
2007. M.S. in educational psychology
from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1991;
B.S. in business management/economics from
Carson-Newman College, 1987. Grew up in
Maryville.
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Bill White:
Michael Moore
Chief of staff to
Mayor White, 2004-10; campaign manager on Bill
White for Mayor, 2001-03. Director of
government relations at TManage in Austin,
1999-2001. Special Assistant to Deputy
Secretary White at the U.S. Department of
Energy, 1993-95. Lead advance on the
national advance team for Clinton Gore
'92. B.S. in economics from the
University of Texas at Austin. |
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Rick
Perry: Rob
Johnson
Chief of
staff to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (TX); managed
Dewhurst's 2001-02 campaign for Lt.
Governor. Chief of staff to U.S. Rep.
Jay Dickey (AR). Bachelor's degrees in
political science and public relations from
Southern Methodist University, 1997.
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Peter
Corroon: Donald Dunn
(Jan. 2010)
Chairman of the Utah State Democratic Party,
Aug. 2003-June 2005. Candidate for
Congress in UT-3, July 1999-Nov. 2000.
Director of public affairs for the U.S. Trade
and Development Agency, Mar. 1997-July
1999. Office of political affairs
at The White House, Apr. 1994-June 1996.
Northeast press desk on Clinton/Gore
'96. Coordinator of the Salt Lake City
Mayor's Youth Council, 1990-91. MsC in
European politics and policy from The London
School of Economics, 2003; B.S. in political
science from University of Utah, 1993. |
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Gary Herbert: Joe
Demma
Chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Herbert,
2005-09. Public affairs manager at
R&R Partners, 2002-05. Managed
Herbert's short 2004 campaign for
governor. Legislative assistant in the
U.S. House, 2000-02. |
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VT
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Peter
Shumlin: Alexandra
MacLean
Aide to Shumlin in the Senate. Aide to
House Speaker Gaye Symington. Worked on
Scudder Parker's 2006 campaign for
governor. Degree in history from
University of Edinburgh. Vermont
native. ...source Seven Days. |
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Brian
Dubie: Corry Bliss
Campaign
manager on U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake's (VA)
unsuccessful re-election in 2008. J.D.
from CUNY School of Law, 2006; undergraduate
degree from Boston University.
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WI
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Tom Barrett: Bill Hyers
(Jan. 2010) White
House liaison to the Department of
Veterans Affairs. Midwest regional
director on Obama's 2008 general election
campaign. Campaign manager on Jeanne
Shaheen's U.S. Senate campaign in New
Hampshire, Nov. 2007-July 2008.
State director on former Sen. John
Edwards' Nevada caucus campaign.
Campaign manager on Michael Nutter for
Philadelphia Mayor in the May 2007
Democratic primary. Campaign manager
for Kristen Gillibrand’s successful 2006
run for Congress in New York’s 20th
district, defeating the incumbent
Republican congressman. In Fall
2004, Hyers worked as the Coordinated
Campaign Director in Alaska. Central
Iowa regional field director on John
Edwards' 2003-04 Iowa caucus
campaign. State field director for
the Judi Dutcher for Governor primary
campaign and then regional director for
the Minnesota State House DFL Caucus in
the 2002 cycle. Worked on a number
of local campaigns in Duluth and
Minneapolis starting in 2001. Before
entering the political field, Hyers served
in the U.S. Army, 1993-98; as a Military
Police officer, including in Bosnia during
Operation Joint Endeavor. B.A. in
political science from St. Cloud State
University in MN. Illinois native.
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Scott Walker: Keith Gilkes
(April
2009) Policy advisor to Senate
Republican Leader Scott Fitzgerald, Jan.
2007-April 2008. Executive director
of the Committee to Elect a Republican
Senate, 2006. Campaign manager on
Dan Kapanke for State Senate, Feb.-Dec.
2004. Legislative assistant in the
Wisconsin State Assembly, 1999-2000.
B.S. in political science from University
of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999. From
Prairie du Chien, WI.
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WY
R+
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Leslie Petersen: ?
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Matt Mead: Bill
Novolny
(Feb. 2010) Campaign manager on Friends
of Mark Gordon, Inc. congressional campaign,
Dec. 2007-Sept. 2008. Commercial lender
for Bank of Buffalo, Aug. 2007-June
2008. Senior research assistant to Sen.
Michael B. Enzi, Sept. 2003-June 2007.
M.A. in national security strategic studies
from U.S. Naval War College, 2007; B.A. in
international relations from Michigan State
University, 2003. |
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