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People-Former
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OVERVIEW: The
campaign team that made Mitt Romney the presumptive GOP nominee (as of
April 10, 2012 when Santorum announced suspension of his effort) was
relatively small and was led by a small inner circle. After the
campaign
completed a primary or caucus, key staff moved on to another state
contest. The strategy worked, but left little
infrastructure. The campaign's challenge now is to build out its
national team and to start building state organizations. The
first such addition to the national team was the announcement on April
5 of Ed Gillspie as senior advisor.
See also:
Zeke Miller. "Romney’s SWAT Team
Closes Out The
Primaries." BuzzFeed,
April
6,
2012.
Campaign Manager Matt Rhoades
(announced Feb. 15, 2010) A vice president with
DCI Group, May 2007-Feb. 2010. Communications director on
Romney's presidential campaign, Jan. 2007-March 2008. A deputy
communications director in charge of research for the RNC during the
2006 election cycle. Research director for the 2004 Bush/Cheney
re-election campaign. Deputy research director at the RNC,
2003-04. White House Liaison at the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management in the Bush Administration, and earlier an Associate
Director in the White House Presidential Personnel Office. B.A.
from Syracuse University, 1997; and an M.A. from The George Washington
University, 1999.
Chief of Staff to the Executive Director Kelli Harrison
Executive assistant to the campaign manager on Romney for President. Graduate of Tufts University, 2007.
Deputy Campaign Manager Katie Packer Gage
Partner at WWP Strategies. Michigan
consultant/strategist on
Romney's 2007-08 campaign and earlier consultant to the Commonwealth
PAC. Vice president of The
Sterling Corporation and director of Sterling's Washington, DC office;
joined the firm in 1995. Worked for two years at the U.S.
Department
of Energy as a senior advisor to the Secretary. Chief of staff to
Michigan Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus, and managed the 2002 Posthumus for
Governor
campaign in Michigan. A senior aide to Sen. Spence Abraham (R-MI)
first on Capitol Hill and then as deputy campaign manager of his 2000
campaign.
Director of Senate Majority communications for the Michigan Senate and
executive director of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee. Deputy
state director for the Dole for President campaign in Michigan,
1996.
Worked on many state legislative campaigns in Michigan. Graduated
in 1990 from Evangel University in Springfield, MO.
Senior Advisor Beth Myers
Principal at the Shawmut Group. Longtime aide
to Romney; managed his 2007-08 presidential campaign and in 2006
directed his Commonwealth PAC. Myers served as chief of staff in
the Governor's office, starting from the outset of the Romney
administration and earlier was an advisor on his gubernatorial
campaign. Chief of staff to state Treasurer Joseph Malone for
five years. Worked in Texas with Karl Rove during the
1980s. Graduate of Tufts University, 1979.
Senior Advisor Peter G. Flaherty II
Principal at the Shawmut Group. Advisor on
Romney's 2007-08 presidential campaign. Deputy chief of staff in
the Governor's office throughout Romney's term. Two years as vice
president of Walden Media, a film, television, and theatre company
co-founded by his brother. Suffolk County assistant district
attorney, homicide unit. J.D. from New England School of Law,
1997. B.A. in economics from College of the Holy Cross
(Worcester, MA), 1987.
Senior Advisor Eric Fehrnstrom
Principal at the Shawmut Group. Traveling press
secretary on Romney's 2007-08 presidential campaign.
Communications director to Gov. Romney; joined the Romney campaign in
March 2002. Senior vice president at Hill, Holliday advertising
agency, 1999-2002. Assistant State Treasurer (media relations)
for state Treasurer Joseph Malone, 1994-98 and campaign manager and
communications director on Malone's unsuccessful 1998 campaign for the
Republican gubernatorial nomination. Worked for a decade as a
journalist, starting at a Boston-area weekly and then for almost nine
years at the Boston Herald, 1985-94, finishing as Statehouse
bureau chief. B.S. in journalism from Boston University,
1984. twitter
Strategists Stewart Stevens and Russ
Schriefer
Founding partners and principals at the Stevens &
Schriefer Group (SSG).
Stevens
and
Schriefer
were
media
consultants
on
Romney's
2007-08
campaign
after
working
for
McCain
in
the
first
months
of
the
cycle.
They
were
part
of
the
media
team
(Maverick
Media)
on
Bush-Cheney
'04
and
on
Bush's
2000
campaign
(Stevens
wrote
a
book
on
that
experience,
The
Big Enchilada).
Stewart Stevens:
"Beginning
his
political
career
in
his native Mississippi, Stuart
worked on Thad Cochran’s campaigns and has gone on to help elect more
governors and US Senators than any other current Republican media
consultant."
Russ Schriefer: Over
twenty years experience as a strategist and media consultant,
including, for example, media consultant on Chris Christie's 2009
gubernatorial campaign, program director for the 2004 Republican
National Convention, campaign manager on Rudy Giuliani's unsuccessful
1989 campaign, although he was eventually replaced, and Mid-Atlantic
regional political director on Bush-Quayle '88. Bachelor's degree
in government from Manhattan College, 1980.
and
Ashley O'Connor - with Stevens
and Schriefer is a principal at SSG; executive producer of all
advertising and runs the day-to-day business operations of the
firm: Experience includes director of production and a member of
the strategy team for Bush Cheney ‘04. Graduate of Mount Holyoke
College.
Note: The firm set up
to do Romney's advertising and media buying is American Rambler Productions.
Creative Director Jim Ferguson
(helping out from Nov. 2011) Ferguson has
previous presidential campaign experience; in
2000 he was creative consultant, leading the team of New York ad execs.
volunteering on George W. Bush's campaign. "Shop foreman" at Fire
in The Hole; joined with Bob Shallcross and Jim Krause to form
jimbobkrause. Chairman and COO at TM Advertising/Dallas (Temerlin
McClain in Irving, TX) Sept. 2003-Dec. 2007 after a brief stint
at at Omnicom Group's DDB Worldwide in Chicago. President
and chief creative officer of Y&R (Young & Rubicam) in NYC from
May 1999 to 2003. Chief creative officer at DDB Needham in
Dallas, 1994-99. Senior vice president/creative director at Leo
Burnett, 1982-94. Copywriter fro Crume & Associates,
1981-83. B.A. in journalism, 1976.
Senior Advisor Ron Kaufman
On leave from position as senior advisor to Dutko
Grayling;
joined the firm in 1994. Top advisor in the White House during
George H.W. Bush's presidency, initially White House Personnel Director
and then Assistant to the President
and the White House Political Director. Founded Vice President
Bush's PAC and ran his 1988 primary campaign in New Hampshire.
National
campaign director for Vice President Bush's 1984 reelection
campaign. Regional then national political director of the
Republican National Committee under President Reagan. Started his
career in
national politics in 1978 with George H. W. Bush's campaign for
president.
Senior Advisor Mark DeMoss
(announced May 18, 2011) Served on Romney's National Faith and Values Steering Committee in 2007-08. Founder (Sept. 1991) and president of the DeMoss Group, based in Atlanta, GA. Founded and ran CivilityProject.org, Jan. 2009-11. Spokesman and aide to Jerry Falwell for eight years. Degree in political science from Liberty University. Grew up in the Philadelphia area. Author of The Little Red Book of Wisdom (1997).
Senior Advisor Bob Wickers
(announced
Jan.
13,
2012)
Co-founder
and president of Dresner Wickers Barber Sanders, a political consulting
firm whose recent clients include Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. In 2008, Wickers served as
senior strategist, pollster and media producer for Gov.
Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign.
Senior Advisor Ed Gillespie
(announced
April 5,
2012) Founder of Ed Gillespie Strategies, a strategic consulting
firm that
provides advice to companies and CEOs, coalitions, and trade
associations. Chairman of the Republican State Leadership
Committee from early 2010. Chairman of Bob McDonnell’s campaign
for governor in 2009. Counselor to the President in the last 18
months of the Bush Administration. Chairman of the Republican
Party of Virginia, 2006-07. Seven years as co-chairman of Quinn
Gillespie and Associates (QGA). Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, 2003-04. Long-time aide to former House
Majority Leader Dick Armey. Worked at the RNC under Haley
Barbour.
B.A. from the Catholic University of America, 1983.
Political
Political Director Rich Beeson
(On Jan. 13, 2011, Real Clear Politics reported that
Rich Beeson would be political director of a "near-certain presidential
bid.") Partner at FLS Connect. Political director at the
RNC in the 2008 cycle (announced Jan. 2007). Joined Feather, Larson
& Synhorst, approx. April 2005. At the RNC from 1997 to 2005, Beeson
worked as an RNC regional political director and regional finance
director for the Western region. National field director for
Americans Back in Charge. Organizational director on Bruce
Benson's 1994 gubernatorial campaign against Roy Romer in
Colorado. From Colorado.
Deputy Political Director Todd Cranney
(April 2011) Deputy campaign manager/political
director on Meg Whitman's 2010 campaign for governor of
California. Campaign manager on Nathan Fletcher for Assembly,
2008. Western regional political director on Romney's 2007-08
campaign. Regional political director on California Victory 2006
(Carlsbad Republican Victory Headquarters). Field representative
on Bush-Cheney '04 first in California and then in Nevada. Staff
assistant to Sen. Orrin Hatch, 2003-04. B.S. in finance from
Brigham Young University, 2002.
Regional
Michael Joffrion
(May 2011) Political director for the Alabama
Republican Party, April 2008-April 2011. Worked on the Charlie
Ross for Congress primary campaign in Jackson, MS and on Rudy
Giuliani's Iowa caucus campaign. A Victory field director for the
RNC, 2006. M.P.A. (2005) and B.A. in political science (2003)
from Auburn University.
Melissa (Missy) Sousa
Worked on Dan Coats' 2010 U.S. Senate primary
campaign, and in Fall
2010
on the Maryland Victory campaign.
Assistant to the Political Director Susan
Hepworth
Director of political operations at the RNC, April
2009-Nov. 2010. Project manager/consultant at Majority
Strategies, Inc., 2008. Political desk coordinator on Romney for
President, 2007-08. B.S. in journalism and mass communications
from the University of Kansas, 2007.
National Field Director James Garcia
Executive director of the Colorado Republican Party
starting Aug.
2009. Colorado Victory director from May 2008-Feb. 2009. A
field director
for the Rudy Giuliani
Presidential Committee in Iowa and Florida. A field director on
Shelley Sekula Gibbs for Congress, 2006; also assisted the Tom DeLay
Congressional Committee in Sugar Land, Texas. B.A. in political
science from the University of Houston, 2006.
Director of Voter Contact Dan Centinello
Deputy campaign manager on Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate,
2010. Statewide field director on Chris Christie for Governor
primary campaign from Jan.-June 2009, then executive director of the
New Jersey Republican State Committee, June-Dec. 2009. State
director for RNC's California Victory in 2008. Deputy director of
voter contact/Northeast regional political director on Romney's
2007-08 campaign. A deputy field director
for California Victory 2006. Managed Kevin Jeffries for State
Assembly
June 2006 primary campaign. Operations director on Kevin
Faulconer for San Diego
City
Council in the Nov. 8, 2005 special election and Jan. 10, 2006
run-off. Regional political director for the Republican Party of
San Diego County. Attended Canisius College in New
York; chairman of the New York College Republican State Committee,
2004-05.
also note:
Sen. Roy Blunt (MO) is leading
the campaign's effort to secure support of members of the U.S. House
and U.S. Senate (announced
Sept. 20, 2011).
Communications
Communications Director Gail Gitcho
(announced April 14, 2011) Communications
director to Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) starting Feb. 2011. National
press secretary for the RNC from May 2009 to Jan. 2010.
Mid-Atlantic communications director for John McCain’s 2008
presidential bid. Gitcho started the 2008 presidential cycle as a
regional press secretary for Romney for President. Communications
director for U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw (R-FL), 2004-07. Communications
director for Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM), 2003-04. Master's degree
in political communications from Colorado State, 2003. Bachelor's
degree in political communications from Ripon College in Wisconsin,
2001. Originally from San Antonio, TX.
Deputy Communications Director and Research
Director Evan Yost
(June 2011) M.B.A. in finance, accounting from
Rice University,
2011. A director at DCI Group, 2007-09. Deputy director of
research on John McCain 2008 in 2007. Special assistant for
strategic initiatives in the Office of Senate Majority Leader Bill
Frist, 2005-06. B.A. in English literature from The Johns Hopkins
University, 2000.
Press Secretary Andrea Saul
(announced March 3, 2011 as communications advisor to
Free and Strong America PAC) Press Secretary for Carly Fiorina’s
U.S. Senate race in California. Communications director for Gov.
Charlie Crist during his recent U.S. Senate run but resigned in April
2010 upon his decision to switch party affiliation. Press
secretary to U.S Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) during much of 2009.
Director of media affairs for McCain-Palin, responsible for organizing
all television, radio and surrogate activity. Director of media
affairs at the Republican National Committee, 2007-08. Associate
account executive at DCI Group, 2005-07. Graduate of Vanderbilt
University, 2004. twitter
Travelling Press Secretary Rick Gorka
(from late Dec. 2011) Communications director at
the New Jersey
Republican Party. Spokesman on Charlie Baker's campaign for
governor of Massachusetts. Regional communications
director/regional press secretary at the RNC. Regional political
director at Freedom's Watch starting Dec. 2007, with an interlude as
regional regional communications director (West) on the McCain-Palin
campaign. Campaign
manager for state Senate
candidate Mark D. Tate in Virginia in 2007. In 2006 Gorka served
as field director for U.S. House candidate
Gus Bilirakis and earlier as a field representative for U.S. Senate
candidate Katherine Harris
through the primary. Staff assistant to U.S. Rep. George
Nethercutt, 2001. Spokane native.
Regional Press Secretary Ryan Williams
Communications director at the NH Republican Party
from Jan. 2009-early 2011. Worked on communications on the Sununu
for Senate campaign in the latter half of 2008. Broadcast media
for Romney for President, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008. Director of media
services in the Massachusetts Governor's Office, 2005-07. Worked
in the media department of Romney's campaign for governor, 2002.
Regional Press Secretary Amanda Henneberg
(reported by Politico Dec. 2, 2011)
Previously communications director to U.S. Rep. Robert Hurt (R-VA) from
Jan. 2011; spokeswoman on Hurt's campaign from Aug. 2010. Worked
at the RNC. Press secretary on Charlie Crist's 2010 U.S. Senate
campaign until he went independent. Television communications
advisor to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 2007-09.
Director of Rapid Response Webber Steinhoff
(reported by Roll Call June 2011) Communications
advisor to
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, April 2009-May 2011.
Massachusetts native.
War Room Director Brian Bartlett
Previously managing partner at Surus Strategies,
LLC. Canvassing
coordinator on Bob McDonnell for Governor, 2009. Advance
representative at the U.S. Department of Labor, and earlier in the OVP
at the White House. Advance
representative on Romney's 2007-08 campaign. Advance
representative at the White House. M.P.P. from Georgetown
University; B.S. in public affairs from Indiana University Bloomington.
Communications Manager Kristen Caron
(Aug. 2011) Previously a staff assistant for
Sen. Scott Brown
(MA), March 2010-April 2011. Interned on the Romney campaign in
NH, 2007-08. M.P.S. (political management from The George
Washington University, 2011. B.A.
from University of Maine, 2009.
ONLINE
Digital Director Zac Moffatt
(started May 1, 2011; first reported by Kate Kaye at
ClickZ on May 31, 2011) Previously a founder (Feb. 2009) and
partner at Targeted Victory, where clients included Marco Rubio for
Senate and Romney's Free and Stron America PAC. Deputy director
for statewide efforts at Freedom's Watch. Director of political
education at the RNC for 18 months through 2008. Victory director
for the Maryland Republican Party in 2006; earlier deputy field
director on William Weld's campaign for governor of New York.
Associate director of external relations for the 2004 Republican
National Convention, then field director for Central Oregon on Bush's
re-elect campaign, and then deputy director of operations in the Office
of Public Liaison for the Inauguration. Associate chief of staff
to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 2001-03. Undergraduate degree in
political science and history from Stanford University, 2002. twitter
Deputy Digital Director Abe Adams
(May 2011) Senior consultant at Targeted
Victory, 2010-11.
Deputy campaign manager on Byrne for Alabama. Assistant treasurer
at Friends of John McCain, 2008-09; deputy director of treasury on John
McCain 2008 from Jan. 2007-June. 2009. Law degree from University
of Alabama School of Law, 2006; B.S. in industrial engineering from
University of Alabama, 2002.
Director of Technology Kevin Rewkowski
(April 2011) Partner at Minuteman Strategy LLC
from Feb. 2009. Owner and general manager at SOVIN LLC, a start
up health/beauty business, 2008-March 2011. Information
technology manager on Romney for President, 2007-08. Associate
manager of video technology operations at ESPN, 2004-07.
Information technology analyst at Syracuse University, 2003-04.
B.S. in information technology from Rochester Institute of Technology,
2003.
Digital Strategy Aaron Gunderson
(May 2011) Prior to joining the campaign
Gunderson did digital media consulting for
political organizations (Gundy Strategies) and worked as production
manager at Castle Rock, LLC. Co-founder and editor of
MittRomneyCentral.com. COO of Xylobyte International,
2008-09. Studied business administration at Utah Valley
University. Served two-year mission in Mexico.
video Tim O'Toole
New media director for Sen. Roy Blunt after serving as
press secretary on Blunt's 2010 campaign and earlier as a press
assistant to then-Rep. Roy Blunt. Upstate regional field director
on Rudy Giuliani's South Carolina pimrary campaign. Account
coordinator at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. B.A. in
journalism from University of Missouri-Columbia.
Design Director Molly Fowler
(May 2011) Came to the campaign after about half
a year as art director for The Alchemedia Project. Worked at
Noble starting in 2007 as assistant art director, then associate art
director, then digital producer. BFA in graphic design from
Missouri State University, 2001; BFA in visual communications, piano
performance from Truman State University, 2006.
Digital Integration Director Caitlin
Checkett
(May 2011) Project manager at Noble,
2008-11. B.S. in
business administration, marketing from the University of Colorado at
Boulder, Leeds School of Business, 2008.
Policy
Policy Director Lanhee Chen
(from Jan. 2011, announced March 28, 2011) Most
recently
a
visit
scholar
at
the
University
of
California's
Institute
of
Governmental
Studies.
Chen
was
the
deputy
campaign
manager
and
policy
director
on
California
Insurance
Commissioner
Steve
Poizner's
campaign
for
governor,
2009-10. Associate
attorney
at
Gibson,
Dunn
&
Crutcher,
LLP,
2008-09.
Chief
domestic
policy
adviser
during
Romney's
2007-08
campaign
for
president.
Senior counselor to the Deputy Secretary at
HHS, 2008. A health policy adviser to Bush-Cheney ’04. Ph.D.
in
political
science,
J.D.,
A.M. in political science, and
A.B.
in
government, all from Harvard University.
Economic Policy Advisor Danita Ng
(May 2011) In 2009-10 Ng served as deputy policy
director on Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate, and earlier as policy
advisor on Steve Poizner for Governor. In 2005-07 she held
several positions in California government including research analyst
in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research and assistant
communications director for a large state agency. J.D. from
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 2009; B.A. in
political science from Wellesley College, 2004.
Domestic Policy Advisor Anna Gatlin
(June 2011) Recent experience includes
legislative intern for Mass. Rep. Alice Wolf; and education specialist
at the Tennessee State Museum. M.A. in education policy and
management from Harvard University's Graduate School of
Education. M.A. in English education from New York University,
2009; B.A. from University of Mississippi, 2007.
Director of Foreign, Defense and Judicial
Policy
Alex Wong
Formerly an associate at Covington & Burling.
Policy Consulting Oren Cass
Economic Policy Team
(announced
Sept. 6, 2011) Led by Dean R.
Glenn Hubbard, Professor N.
Gregory Mankiw, former
Senator Jim Talent and former
Congressman Vin Weber (note Weber was first announced as special
advisor on policy on Aug. 24).
Foreign Policy and National Security Advisory
Team
(announced
Oct. 6, 2011) Special
advisors Cofer Black - Christopher
Burnham - Michael
Chertoff - Eliot
Cohen - Norm
Coleman - John Danilovich - Paula
Dobriansky -
Eric Edelman -
Michael Hayden -
Kerry
Healey -
Kim Holmes -
Robert
Joseph -
Robert
Kagan
-
John
Lehman - Walid
Phares - Pierre Prosper - Mitchell
Reiss - Daniel Senor
-
Jim
Talent - Vin
Weber - Richard
Williamson - Dov Zakheim. also regional and
functional working groups. (added
Nov. 29, 2011) Congresswoman ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman
Mario Diaz-Balart and former
Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart.
Justice
Advisory Committee
(announced Aug. 2, 2011) Chaired by Judge Robert Bork, Professor May Ann Glendon, and Richard Wiley. "The committee will advise on the Constitution, judicial matters, law enforcement, homeland security, and regulatory issues. Where appropriate and permitted, some committee members will provide legal counsel to the campaign.
Labor Policy Advisory Group
(announced
Sept. 12, 2011) Co-chaired by Peter Schaumber and William Kilberg. "The group will help Mitt Romney formulate
pro-growth policies that promote the interests of workers and
businesses by protecting the principles of free enterprise, free
choice, and free speech."
Veterans Policy
Advisory
Group
(announced
Oct. 6, 2011) Co-chaired by Anthony
Principi and Jim Nicholson.
"The group will
counsel Romney
on issues of importance to the nation’s veterans and help to formulate
policies that will ensure America keeps its commitments to the men and
women of the armed services while they are on duty and after they
return home."
Trade Policy Advisory Group
(announced
Oct. 13, 2011) Chaired by Carlos
Gutierrez with Rod Hunter
and John Herrmann serving as
co-chairs. "The group will help Romney
formulate pro-growth trade policies that open markets around the world
for American goods and services while ensuring that trading partners
play by the rules and welcome robust competition."
Law Enforcement Advisory Group
(announced Oct. 28, 2011) Co-chaired by former Attorneys General William Barr and Michael Mukasey, former Deputy Attorneys General George Terwilliger and Mark Filip, and former Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division Alice Fisher. "They will advise Governor Romney on all matters related to the rule of law..."
Urban Policy Former St. Petersburg FL
Mayor Rick
Baker
(announced
Jan. 17, 2012) First elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005.
Agriculture Advisory Committee
(announced
March 13, 2012) Co-chaired by U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns (a former Secretary of
Agriculture and former Gov. of Nebraska) and Florida Agriculture
Commissioner Adam Putnam.
Health Care Policy Advisory Group
(announced
March 23, 2012) Members are Scott
Atlas, Tom Barker, Scott Gottlieb, Paul Howard and Tevi Troy. "This group will
help Romney design policies that will strengthen the health
care system nationally while giving states the power to innovate and
individuals the power to control their own health care decisions."
Special Advisors on
Policy
former Sen. Norm Coleman
(announced
Sept. 21, 2011)
Chairman of the American Action Network, and a senior governmental
advisor at Hogan Lovells. Served one term in the U.S. Senate,
elected 2002. Mayor of St.
Paul from 1993-98. Served
as a chief prosecutor in the Minnesota Attorney General’s office and as
the Minnesota Solicitor General.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk
(announced
Sept. 21, 2011) Elected
to the U.S. Senate in 2010 to complete Obama's term and serve a full
term. Previously served five terms in the House. A Naval
Reserve
Intelligence Commander; just returned from Afghanistan in
September from his third Reserve assignment there.
Senior Advisor Gabriel Schoenfeld
(July 2011) Senior fellow on leave from the Hudson Institute and
from the Witherspoon Institute. Senior editor at Commentary magazine,
1994-2008. Post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University's Russian
Research Center, 1989-90. Temporary FSO in the Soviet Union,
1986-87. Legislative correspondent and research assistant to Sen.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 1977-79. PhD from Harvard University’s
Department of Government. Author of Necessary Secrets.
Operations
Deputy Director of Operations and Senior Advisor Louis Tavares
Chief Operating Officer and Counsel to the Free and
Strong America PAC. Deputy national finance director on the Romney for
President campaign. Associate legal counsel in the Office of Gov.
Mitt Romney, 2005-06. Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP,
2004-05. J.D. from Boston College Law School, 2004; B.A. in
political science and economics from Tufts University, 2001.
Director of Advance Will Ritter
Director of operations for Mitt Romney's Free and
Strong America PAC. Special assistant to Mitt Romney on the
Romney for President campaign. Attended Northeastern University.
Trip Director Charles
W. Pearce
Director of advance on Baker for Governor (Mass.),
2009-10. National advance coordinator on Romney for President,
2007-08, then lead advance on the McCain campaign. Scheduler to
U.S. Rep. Turner, 2006-07. Research assistant at the U.S. Senate
Republican Policy Committee. Originally from Mission Viejo,
Calif..
Advance Representatives
Jacob Kastan
Jonathan Palmer
Personal Aide (Mitt's Body Man) Garrett
Jackson
Mississippi native. twitter
Director of Scheduling Vicki Blanton
(April 2011) Finance director on the Buck for
Colorado campaign July-Nov. 2010 after serving as deputy finance
director on the Sue Lowden for U.S. Senate campaign in Nevada.
Consultant to the John Suthers for Attorney General campaign in
Colorado, 2009. Scheduler on Bob Schaffer for U.S. Senate,
started in March 2008. Scheduler on Romney for President, May
2007-Feb. 2008. B.A. from Hope College, 2007.
Director of Internal & External Relations Jim Rogers
(started in May 2011 on the exploratory
committee; initially deputy director, director since Oct. 2011)
Assistant
director of undergraduate admission at Bentley University from 2008-11
and previously an academic advisor at Bentley College, 2006-08.
MBA from Bentley University, 2011; M.S. from Miami University, 2006;
B.S. in English from SUNY College at Geneseo, 2004.
Chief Financial Officer Bradley Crate
(from April 2011) President and founder of Red
Curve Solutions,
specializing in financial and operational outsourcing, Jan. 2009.
Deputy CFO on Romney for President, 2007-08. Serving in Gov.
Romney's administration as a fiscal policy analyst (2003-05) and as
capital planning and policy director (2005-06). Political
operations director on Romney's 2002 campaign for governor.
Trader for JP Morgan Chase, 2000-02. Associate vice president at
Prudential Securities, 1998-2000. M.S. in investment management
from Boston University, School of Management, 2007; B.A. from
Washington College, 1998.
Finance
Finance Chair Spencer Zwick (SJZ LLC,
Lexington, MA)
A managing partner of Solamere Capital, LLC, a firm he
co-founded with with Tagg Romney and Eric Scheuermann. National
finance chair on Meg Whitman's 2010 campaign for governor of
California. National finance director of Romney for
President. Deputy chief of staff and COO in the Gov. Romney's
office. Worked in the Executive Office of the Salt Lake City
Olympic Organizing Committee for the Winter Games of 2002.
Attended the University of Utah and graduated from Brigham Young
University.
Finance Director Mason J. Fink
Worked at Solamere Capital and on his independent business MJF LLC.
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Regional Finance Director Trent Christensen
Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP,
2009-11. Regional finance manager on Romney for President, Inc.,
2007-08. J.D. from Brigham Young University, 2008.
California Finance Coordinator Caitlyn
Malcynsky
(May 2011; previously interned at Free and Strong
America PAC)
Graduate of Columbia College, 2011.
Massachusetts Director Magan Munson
Previously at the Massachusetts Republican
Party. Community liaison for Sen. David Vitter, from late
2006-mid 2008.
Bruce Nilson
CIO at Free and Strong America PAC from April
2008-March 2011 and, from Jan. 2009 managing partner at Minuteman
Strategy, LLC. Manager of headquarters operations at Romney for
President, Dec. 2006-April 2008. Operations coordinator on the
Healey for Governor campaign, 2005-06. Bentley University.
West Region Coordinator Kaitlin O'Reilly
Executive assistant at Solamere Capital, LLC and
executive assistant at
SJZ, LLC. Graduate of Tufts University, 2009.
National Finance Director-West/Senior Finance
Advisor Don Stirling
(based in Utah) National finance advisor
to Romney's Free and Strong America PAC. National deputy director
of finance on Romney's 2008 campaign. President and CEO of the
Massachusetts Sports & Film Commission, 2004-06. Managing
director of sponsorship for the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter
Games. B.A. in humanities from Brigham Young University.
Sagar Vachhani
Worked in finance for Free & Strong America PAC. Undergraduate degree from NYU Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Matthew Waldrip
(June 2011) Partner at Action First, a
consulting firm, from June
2010.
Director of grassroots operations at Policy Impact Communications,
2009-10. Program specialist in the International Fellows Program
at National Defense University, 2007-09. Ran a nation-wide
grassroots
finance operation (Ambassador Program) for the 2008 Romney for
President campaign. B.S. in political science from Brigham
Young University, 2007.
Ryan Morley
(April 2011) Partner at Action First, a consulting firm, from May 2009. Director of grassroots communications at Policy Impact Communications, 2009-10. Management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, 2007-09. Ran a nation-wide grassroots finance operation (Ambassador Program) for the 2008 Romney for President campaign. Brigham Young University.
Texas Director William Walker
Principal at TCB Strategies (Taking Care of
Business). eFinance
director at the RNC for six months in 2009-10. Northeast finance
director on McCain-Palin Victory 2008. Finance events manager on
Romney for President, Inc. 2007-08. Director of advance on Healey
for Governor, 2006. Bachelor's degree in biology from Kenyon
College.
National Finance Co-Chairs
include
Wayne Berman - chairman
of Ogilvy Government Relations.
Woody Johnson (Robert
Wood Johnson IV) - New York Jets owner; Johnson & Johnson
heir.
John Rakolta, Jr. - chairman
and CEO of Walbridge, a top construction company headquartered in
Detroit, since 1993.
G. Scott Romney - partner at
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP;
Romney's brother.
Meg Whitman - president and CEO
of HP since Sept. 2011; Republican
nominee for governor of California in 2010; president and CEO of eBay
Inc., from 1998 to March 2008. +
Counsel
General Counsel Katie Biber
(April 2011) Associate at Patton Boggs, LLP from
2006; Biber also served as general counsel on Romney's 2007-08
campaign. Served as associate counsel on Bush-Cheney '04.
J.D. from Harvard Law School, 2004. B.A. in journalism/political
science from The George Washington University, 2000.
Deputy General Counsel Megan Sowards
(June 2011) Associate at Patton Boggs, LLP from
Oct. 2009. Speechwriter at the U.S. Department of State,
2003-05.
Press secretary to Sen. Susan Collins, 2001-03. Speechwriter to
Sen. John Chafee and then Sen. Lincoln Chafee,
1999-2001. J.D. from University of Michigan Law School;
undergraduate degree from Middlebury College.
Senior Advisor Benjamin Ginsberg
National counsel on Romney's 2007-08 campaign.
Polling
Neil Newhouse
(On Jan. 13, 2011, Real Clear Politics reported that Neil Newhouse would be pollster of a "near-certain presidential bid.") A partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies. Previously executive Vice-President of The Wirthlin Group. Graduated from Duke University and attended graduate school at the University of Virginia. Originally from Kansas City.
Former
"Just Helping Out" with Debate Prep. Brett
O'Donnell
(latter part of Jan. 2012; "helped out" with
preparations for the Florida debates) Senior policy advisor on
Michele Bachmann's campaign.
President of O'Donnell
and
Associates, a political consulting firm. Director of
messaging for the McCain-Palin presidential campaign overseeing the
implementation of the McCain message, particularly in debates and
speeches. Served as coach of Liberty University's debate team for
18 years. In 2004 the Bush-Cheney campaign retained O'Donnell to
assist
President Bush in debate preparation. He has consulted on many
other races.
More National
National co-Chairs
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty
(announced
Sept. 12,
2011)
National Advisory Council
Chairman of National Advisory Council
Former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez
(announced
Oct. 10,
2011)
Co-Chair U.S.
Sen.
Kelly Ayotte (NH) (announced
Nov. 20, 2011)
Co-Chair U.S. Sen. John Thune
(SD) (announced
Nov. 23, 2011)
Former U.S. Sen.
Connie Mack III (announced
Nov. 3, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (MI-4) (announced
Dec. 20, 2011)
National steering committee
Chairman of National Steering Committee
Former Gov. John H. Sununu
(announced
Oct. 24,
2011)
Co-Chair Gov.
Nikki Haley (SC) (announced
Dec. 16, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass
(announced
Nov. 21, 2011)
National Grassroots Leadership Committee
Co-Chair Jennifer Horn (NH)
(announced
Dec. 20,
2011)
And
Reaganites for Romney
(announced
Dec. 15, 2012)
Chairman Ambassador Jerry Carmen
Veteran of Ronald
Reagan's 1980 campaign; Administrator of the U.S. General Services
Administration
from 1981-1984; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva
1984-1986.
National Hispanic Steering Committee
(announced
Jan. 27,
2012)
Honorary Co-Chairs Sec. Carlos
Gutierrez and Sen. Mel Martinez
Co-Chairs
Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen – Represents
Florida’s 18th district and is currently the Chairman of the House
Foreign Relations Committee; Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen is the most
senior Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart –
Represents
Florida’s 21st District in the U.S. Congress; Founding members of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Served in both the Florida House of
Representatives and the Florida Senate. He was elected in 2002.
Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart
– Represented
Florida’s 21st District In The U.S. Congress From 1993 Until 2011;
Vice-Chairman of the House Rules Committee; Currently the Chairman of
the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute.
Jose Fuentes – Former Attorney
General
of Puerto Rico; Former Surrogate and Co-Chair Bush-Cheney 2000 and
2004; Chairman, Eastport Strategies LLC.
Hector Barreto – Chairman of the Board
of The Latino Coalition; President/CEO of Barreto Associates; Former
Administrator of the United States Small Business Administration
2001-2006.
Misc. Endorsements
Additional
Endorsements
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (announced
Dec. 28, 2011)
Ambassador John Bolton
(announced
Jan. 12, 2012)
Jay Sekulow and Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (announced Jan. 15, 2012)
Medal of Honor
recipients Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr.
(U.S. Army, Ret.) and Captain John James McGinty, III (USMC, Ret.)
(announced
Jan. 19, 2012)
Actor Jon Voight (Jan. 28, 2012
appearance with Romney in Pensacola, FL)
Donald Trump (announced
Feb. 2, 2012)
Conservationist and
hunter Rob Keck (announced
Feb. 21, 2012)
Comedian Jeff
Foxworthy (JF March 8, 2012 tweet)
Alabama's lead singer
Randy Owen (March 9, 2012 tweet)
Medal of Honor
recpients Colonel Lee Mize (U.S. Army,
Ret.) and Colonel Leo K. Thorsness (USAF, Ret.) (announced
March 12, 2012)
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (FL) (announced
March 21, 2012)
American Conservative Union
President Al Cardenas (FL) (announced
March 26, 2012)
Former President George H.W.
Bush (announced
March 29, 2012)
State primary and Caucus Organization
Feb. 4 - NV | Feb. 7 - CO | Feb. 7 - MN | Feb. 4-11 - ME | Feb. 28 - AZ | Feb. 28 - MI
March onward
Jan. 3 precinct caucuses
Iowa
Headquarters: 2932
Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines ...from the latter
part of
Nov. 2011
previously c/o Redwave
Communications, 4019 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines
State Director Sara Craig
(reported by Ben Smith on April 29, 2011; announced
May 23, 2011) Consultant at Redwave Communications. Managed
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey's primary campaign for Governor of Tennessee.
Legislative caucus director and executive director of the North Dakota
Republican Party, 2008. Central Iowa field director on Romney's
2007-08 Iowa caucus campaign, and continued on with the campaign to
Michigan, Florida, and Minnesota. Western Iowa field director for
the Legislative Majority Fund at the Republican Party of Iowa in the
2006 cycle. Degrees in political science and journalism from
Marquette University.
Field Staff Phil Valenziano
(announced May 23, 2011) Most recently worked as
a legislative clerk in the Iowa House. Victory field director in
Cedar Rapids for the Republican Party of Iowa.
Field Staff Luke Martz
(Sept. 2011) In 2010 Martz served as a field
representative for
the California Republican Party, campaign manager on Sorensen for
Supervisor and Orange County office manager on Meg Whitman for
Governor. Regional field director at the Republican Party of
Iowa, July-Nov. 2008. Regional field manager on Romney for
President, Jan.-Dec. 2007.
Field Staff Jacob Fullmer
(Sept. 2011) Most recently an area captain on
the Orrin Hatch
Election Committee, March-Sept. 2011. Field representative for
the CRNC, Aug.-Nov. 2010. Publications coordinator for the
Arlington Chamber of Commerce, 2009-10. Other recent experience
includes sales manager for Living Scriptures, editorial intern for New
Era magazine, and English teacher for Berhan Language Institute.
B.A. in print journalism from Utah State University, 2008.
Senior Advisor David Kochel
(Earlier served as PAC Treasurer) Owner of
Redwave Communications in Des Moines.
Served as senior Iowa advisor on Romney's Iowa campaign in
2007-08. Executive vice president at DCI Group, Dec. 1996-Feb.
2002. Managed Lamar Alexander's Iowa campaign in 1999.
Executive director of the Michigan Republican Party for April-Dec.
1996. Executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa in
1995-96. B.A. in political science from Iowa State University,
1987.
Kent Lucken
Managing director at Citigroup since Oct. 2002.
Advisor/active in
Iowa on Romney's 2007-08 campaign. Robertson Stephens Investment
Bank, 2001-02. Served as a diplomat in the U.S. foreign service,
1987-2001. M.P.A. from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government;
undergraduate degree Iowa State University, 1986. Grew up near
Akron, IA (Plymouth Co.).
Iowa Leadership Team
(announced
May 27, 2011)
Former Iowa GOP Chairman Brian
Kennedy, Bettendorf
State Representative Renee Schulte,
Cedar Rapids
Polk County GOP
Organization Chair Connie Schmett, Clive
Republican Activist Alan Lucken, Akron
Former State GOP Central Committee Member Rose Kramer, Dubuque
Former Pottawattamie County
GOP Chairman Steve Cates, Council Bluffs
(announced
July 12, 2011)
State Senator James Hahn, Muscatine
Romney For
President Iowa Volunteer Legal Counsel and Former Linn County
Republican Party Chairman, Mark Hudson, Marion
Dallas County GOP Activist, Paul Bissinger
Former University Of Northern Iowa College Republican Chairman, Patrick Finnegan, Des Moines
Dr. Stephen Hunter, Iowa City
Lorene Hunter, Iowa City
(announced
July 20, 2011)
Former District Director for
Congressman Jim Leach, Gary Grant, Cedar
Rapids
President of Rock Communications and ColorFX, Jon Troen, West Des Moines
Woodbury County Activist,
Brett Lyon,
Sioux City
Harrison County Activist,
Don
Blackford, Logan
Former Republican Party of Iowa Victory Field Director, Heather Fransen, Cedar Rapids
(announced
Aug. 2, 2011)
Former Ambassador to
Barbados and Eastern Caribbean and Former Iowa Senate President, Mary
Kramer, Clive
Former
State
Representative
and
Former
Chief
of
Staff
to
Governor
Terry
Branstad,
Bob
Rafferty,
West
Des
Moines
(announced
Aug. 24, 2011)
State Representative
Linda Miller, Bettendorf [backed Pawlenty until he withdrew Aug.
14]
Dallas County Recorder Chad Airhart, Waukee [backed Pawlenty until he withdrew Aug. 14]
Woodbury County Activist
Kristin Moran, Sioux
City
Story County Activist Jacqui Norman, Ames
(announced
Dec. 2, 2011)
former Gov. Robert Ray
(announced
Dec. 21, 2011)
former House Speaker Chris Rants (Sioux City), Speaker from 2003-06.
former House Speaker Brent Siegrist (Council Bluffs), Speaker from 1998-2002.
(announced
Dec. 22, 2011)
25 Iowa elected officials and leaders including 5 state Representatives
and a state Senator
City Councilman Greg Adamson, Bettendorf
State Representative Chip Baltimore, Boone
City Councilman Shane Blanchard, Waukee
Mayor and Former State Representative Bob Brunkhorst, Waverly
City Councilman Mike Carver, Urbandale
Mayor Josh Chapman, DeSoto
Chair of Dallas County Board of Supervisors Kim E. Chapman, Adel
County Treasurer Jerry Coffman, Muscatine
Former Mayor, Current member of Iowa Juvenile Justice Advisory Council
Jason Dively, Pleasant Hill
State Senator Joni Ernst, Red Oak
Mayor Mitch Hambleton, Dallas Center
State Representative MaryAnn Hanusa, Council Bluffs
Former Councilwoman Sarah Henderson, Cedar Rapids
State Representative and Former Senate Leader Stewart Iverson, Clarion
Former State Senator and Ambassador to Latvia Chuck Larson, West Des
Moines
Former State Representative Janet Metcalf, Urbandale
Former State Senator Dave Mulder, Sioux Center
State Representative Steve Olson, DeWitt
Former Republican Party of Iowa Co-Chairman David Oman, Des Moines
Former Speaker of the House Christopher Rants, Sioux City
Former State Senator Donald Redfern, Cedar Falls
City Councilman Charles Schneider, West Des Moines
Former Speaker of the House Brent Siegrest, Council Bluffs
County Supervisor Jeff Sorensen, Muscatine
State Representative Ralph Watts, Adel
More than 40 Iowa business
leaders (announced
Dec. 29, 2011)
and
Quad-City Times
(Jan. 1, 2012)
Waterloo Cedar
Falls Courier (Jan.
1, 2012)
Iowa City
Press-Citizen (Dec. 28,
2011)
Des Moines Register
(Dec. 18, 2011)
Sioux City Journal
(Dec. 4, 2011)
Jan. 10 primary
New Hampshire
Headquarters: 361 Elm
Street, Manchester (from early June 2011)
State Director Jason McBride
(reported by John DiStaso March 22, 2011) Deputy
political director at the RNC, March 2010 to early 2011. Deputy
director of the Workforce Fairness Institute, Jan. 2009-March
2010. Regional manager for Freedom's Watch, April-Dec.
2008. Michigan state director on Romney's 2007-08 presidential
campaign. Executive director of the House Republican Campaign
Committee (in that position, he was the lead fundraiser). Prior
to that McBride worked for Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, the 2002
Dick Posthumus for Governor Campaign, as deputy political director for
the Michigan State Republican Committee, and on the 2000 Mike Rogers
for Congress campaign. Graduate of Michigan State University,
1995. Originally from Shelby Township, Michigan.
Deputy State Director Jill Neunaber
(May 2011) Northeast regional Victory director
at the RNC, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Political director on the Ovide
Lamontagne for U.S. Senate campaign, Jan.-Sept. 2010. Special
projects at the RNC, Sept.-Nov. 2009. Staffer to Sen. Johnny
Isakson (R-GA), 2008-Sept. 2009. A regional field director on the
Romney for President Iowa caucus campaign, 2007-08. Undergraduate
degree in political science from University of Georgia.
Deputy State Director Danny O'Driscoll
Managed businessman Paul Huber's campaign for the
Republic nomination in the May 18, 2010 primary in PA-3 (Mike Kelly won
the primary).
Field Staff
(reported by John DiStaso on June 8, 2011)
Matt Moroney - Campaign coordinator on Angerhofer for State
Senate in Fall 2010, after serving as Seacoast area campaign
representative for Ashooh for Congress in the primary. B.A. in
political science from UNH, 2009; volunteered on Romney's 2008
campaign. Originally from Haverhill, MA.
Megan Stone - Volunteer coordinator on Jim Bender for U.S. Senate, May-Sept. 2010. Studying U.S. History at Keen State College. From Hollis.
Danielle Winters - Carroll County coordinator on Frank Guinta's 2010 congressional campaign. From Hale's Location.
Caitlin Woodward
- Field rep. on Charlie Bass' 2010 congressional campaign in the
Fall, and on Bill Binnie's U.S. Senate campaign in the primary.
From Newport.
National Regional Press Secretary Ryan Williams
Communications director at the NH Republican Party from Jan. 2009-early 2011. Worked on communications on the Sununu for Senate campaign in the latter half of 2008. Broadcast media for Romney for President, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008. Director of media services in the Massachusetts Governor's Office, 2005-07. Worked in the media department of Romney's campaign for governor, 2002.
Senior Advisor/Strategist Jim Merrill
(reported by John DiStaso March 22, 2011) Managing director of Devine Strategies in Concord, NH (>). Senior advisor on Ovide Lamontagne's 2010 campaign for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. Director of Romney's 2007-08 New Hampshire primary campaign, after serving as chairman of Romney's The Commonwealth PAC NH in the 2006 cycle. Member of the Devine Millimet Law firm and served as legal counsel to the New Hampshire Republican Party. Prior to joining Devine Millimet, Merrill spent over two years on the staff of former New Hampshire Gov. Stephen E. Merrill. New Hampshire field director for the successful 2000 general election campaign of George W. Bush and New Hampshire Grassroots Co-Chairman for President Bush’s re-election campaign in 2004. J.D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center, 2001. B.A. from Gettysburg College, 1994.
Senior Advisor Tom Rath
Senior advisor to Romney's 2008 New Hampshire primary
campaign from early on (announced Sept. 25, 2006). Founder of Rath, Young and Pignatelli, P.C.;
started in private practice in 1980 and has been involved in government
relations since then. Attorney General of New Hampshire,
1987-90. Appointed by President George H.W. Bush to be a director
of the Legal Services Corporation. Chaired the campaigns of Sen.
Warren Rudman and Sen. Judd Gregg. Senior advisor to the
presidential campaigns of Howard Baker, Robert Dole (1987-88), Lamar
Alexander (1995-99) and George W. Bush (1999-2000). J.D. from
Georgetown University Law School, 1971. B.A. from Dartmouth
College, 1967.
Key Supporters
State Senator and
former Congressman Jeb Bradley (neutral in 2008) - reported by
John DiStaso on March 4, 2011
Elected to the State Senate, District 3 in April 2009 special
election. Elected to Congress in 2002, re-elected in 2004,
defeated in 2006, and waged a second unsuccessful campaign for Congress
in 2008. Served in the New Hampshire state house of
representatives, 1990-2002. Served on the Wolfeboro Planning
Board. B.A. from Tufts University, 1974. From Wolfeboro
(Carroll County).
Executive Councilor Ray
Burton (neutral in 2008) -
reported by John DiStaso on March 4, 2011
Elected to the Executive Council in 1977, took a hiatus in 1980, and
elected in 1981 and since. B.Ed. from Plymouth State College (now
Plymouth State University), 1962. From Bath (Grafton County).
former Executive Councilor Ruth Griffin (Huckabee in 2008) - March 2011
Executive Councilor from
1987-2006. A co-chair of George W. Bush's 2000 NH Primary
campaign steering committee. Served in the New Hampshire State
Senate and in the State House. Served two terms as Republican
National Committeewoman. A Portsmouth Police Commissioner for ten
years. Graduated from the Wentworth Hospital School of Nursing
and is a Registered Nurse. From Portsmouth (Rockingham County).
former Speaker of the House Doug Scamman and Stella Scamman (Giuliani
in
2008) - reported by John
DiStaso on May 4, 2011
Doug Scamman served 13 terms in the NH House of Representatives
and two terms as Speaker and his wife Stella served three terms; they
did not seek re-election in 2010. They own the Bittersweet Farm
in Stratham (Rockingham County).
Susan Duprey (McCain in 2008) - reported by John DiStaso on May
19, 2011.
Shareholder at Devine Millimet and served as president of the
firm from 1998-2005. Served as treasurer of Ovide Lamontagne's
2010 U.S. Senate campaign. Twice elected and served as a City
Councilor for the City of Concord. J.D. from Northeastern
University School of Law; B.A. from Maxwell School of Political Science
at Syracuse University. Wife of RNC Committeeman Steve Duprey
(who must remain neutral). From Concord (Merrimack County).
Jim Coburn -
reported by John DiStaso on May 19, 2011.
Republican nominee for Governor in 2006. Served one term in the
NH House of Representatives, 2004-06. Co-founded Valco Data
Systems in 1994; sold his share in 2004. Worked for Digital
Equipment Corporation for 21 years. Served in the U.S. Air Force
for four years. From Windham (Rockingham County).
Rockingham County Steering Committee
- reported by John DiStaso on June 1, 2011
State Sen. Jack Barnes of Raymond - Executive Councilor
Ruth Griffin - former Salem GOP Chair Jeff Hatch
- former state Sen. Bob Letourneau of Derry - former
Rockingham County Chairman Dan Linehan - State Rep. Chris
Nevins of Hampton - State Rep. Mary Griffin of
Windham - State Rep. Marilinda Garcia of Salem, a co-chair
of the conservative House Republican Alliance - former
House Speaker Donna Sytek - former Speaker of the House
Doug Scamman and Stella Scamman of Stratham - former Portsmouth Deputy
Mayor Evelyn Marconi - activists Jim MacEachern of Derry, Marie
Paling of East Kingston, Mark and Sharon Sykas of Stratham, Chris Wolfe
of Derry, Bryan Smeltz of Newmarket, Betty and John Callanan of
Hampton, and George Kassas of Salem.
Endorsements
by Current Elected Officials
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (announced
Nov. 20, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass (announced
Nov. 21, 2011)
Executive Councilor
Ray Burton of Bath
(District 1) (reported March 4,
2011)
Executive Councilor Dan St. Hilaire of
Concord (District 2) (announced
June 14, 2011)
Executive Councilor Ray Wieczorek of
Manchester (District 4)
Executive Councilor Chris Sununu of Newfields (District 3) (announced
Oct. 13, 2011)
State Sen. Jeb
Bradley of Wolfeboro (District 3)
(reported March 4, 2011)
State Sen. Jack Barnes of Raymond
(District 17) (reported June 1, 2011)
State Sen. Jim Rausch of Derry
(District 19) (announced
July 14, 2011)
State Sen. Chuck Morse of Salem
(District 22) (announced
Sept. 8, 2011)
State Sen. Gary Lambert of Nashua
(District 13) (announced
Oct. 10, 2011)
State Sen. Tom DeBlois of Manchester
(District 18) (reported Oct. 14, 2011)
State Sen. David Boutin of Hooksett
(District 16) (announced
Oct. 20, 2011)
State Sen. Russell Prescott of Exeter (District 23) (announced
Nov. 3, 2011)
Sen. President Peter Bragdon of
Milford (District 11) (announced
Dec. 1, 2011)
State Sen. John Gallus of Berlin
(District 1) (announced
Dec. 22, 2011)
State Sen. Sharon Carson of
Londonderry (District 14) (announced
Dec. 27, 2011)
(reported June 1, 2011)
State Rep. Chris Nevins of
Hampton
State Rep. Mary Griffin of
Windham
State Rep. Marilinda Garcia of Salem
...reported July 26, 2011; switch from Pawlenty:
State Rep. Shaun Doherty of Pelham
(announced
Sept. 16, 2011)
State Rep. Steve Schmidt of Wolfeboro
State Rep. Will Infantine of Manchester
State Rep. Bill Tobin of Sanbornton
State Rep. Laura Gandia of Litchfield
State Rep. Bev Rodeschin of Newport
(announced
Sept. 26, 2011)
State
Rep. John Tholl of Whitefield
State
Rep. Carl Seidel of Nashua
State
Rep. Ken Hawkins of Bedford
State
Rep. David Welch of Kingston
State
Rep. Barry Palmer of Nashua
State
Rep. John O’Connor of Derry
State
Rep. Robert Rowe of Amherst
State
Rep. Frank Sterling of Jaffrey
State
Rep. Molly Smith of Hooksett
State Rep. Michael Weeden of Dover
(announced
Oct. 18, 2011)
State Rep. David Hess of Hooksett
State Rep. Mary Allen of Newton
State Rep. Beverly Ferrante of Derry
State Rep. Norma Champagne of
Manchester
State Rep. Russell Day of Goffstown
State Rep. Kathleen Hoelzel of Raymond
State Rep. Phyllis Katsakiores of Derry
State Rep. Frank Holden of Lyndeborough
State Rep. Charles McMahon of Windham
State Rep. Joseph Krasucki of Nashua
State Rep. Michael Reed of Nashua
State Rep. John Sytek of Manchester
State Rep. James Webb of Derry
State Rep. Ross Terio of Manchester
State Rep. Chris Ahlgren of Wolfeboro
(switch from Perry
reported by the Union Leader
on Oct. 28, 2011)
State Rep. Norman Major of Plaistow
(switch from Perry
reported by the Union Leader
on Nov. 2, 2011)
State Rep. Elaine Swinford of Barnstead
(announced Nov. 10, 2011)
State Rep. Edwin “Smokey” Smith of
Hinsdale
State Rep. Betsey Patten of Moultonborough
State Rep. Susan Emerson of Rindge
State Rep. Tony Pellegrino of Merrimack
State Rep. Robert Moore of Westmoreland
State Rep. and Brookline Selectman
Jack Flanagan of Brookline
State Rep. Irene Messier of Manchester
State Rep. Kathleen Stroud of Merrimack
State Rep. Ron Belanger of Salem
State Rep. Gene Charron of Chester
(announced
Dec. 8, 2011)
Deputy House Majority Leader Shawn
Jasper of Hudson
State Rep. Betsy McKinney of Londonderry
State Rep. Frank Tilton of Laconia
State Rep. Jim Devine of Sandown
State Rep. Donald Flanders of Laconia
State Rep. Dennis Reed of Franklin
State Rep. Jane Johnson of Swanzey
State Rep. Chris Christensen of Merrimack
State Rep. Larry Emerton of Goffstown
State Rep. John Byrnes of Swanzey
(announced
Jan. 2, 2012)
State Rep. Mike McCarthy of Nashua
State Rep. Jon Richardson of Allenstown
State Rep. Robert Luther of Laconia
State Rep. Bob Haefner of Hudson
State Rep. David Lundgren of
Londonderry
State Rep. Patrick Abrami of
Stratham
State Rep. Glenn Ritter of Kensington
State Rep. Karen Hutchinson of Londonderry
State Rep. Bill Belvin of
Amherst
State Rep. David Palfrey of Franklin
State Rep. Amy Perkins of Seabrook
State Rep. Gail Barry of
Manchester
State Rep. Dennis Fields of
Sanbornton
State Rep. Herb Richardson of
Lancaster
State Rep. Harry Merrow of Ossipee
(announced
July 12, 2011)
County Attorney Peter Heed (Cheshire)
County Attorney Scott Murray
(Merrimack)
County Attorney Jim Reams (Rockingham)
(reported by
James Pindell, Aug. 17, 2011)
Sheriff Douglas Dutile (Grafton)
(announced/reported ...?)
Sheriff
Scott Hilliard (Merrimack)
(announced
Nov. 28, 2011)
Sheriff Mike Downing (Rockingham)
Sheriff Craig Wiggin (Belknap)
Sheriff Michael Prozzo (Sullivan)
(announced Dec. 5, 2011)
Sheriff Wayne Estes (Strafford)
Sheriff Gerald Marcou (Coos)
(reported by James Pindell, Dec. 21, 2011)
Sheriff Richard Foote (Cheshire)
Manchester Mayor Ted
Gatsas (announced
Dec. 11, 2011)
Keene Mayor-elect Kendall Lane
(reported by James Pindell, Dec. 21, 2011)
More
Endorsements
Former House Speakers George Roberts
(1975-80), John Tucker (1981-86), Harold Burns (1991-96), Donna Sytek
(1997-2000) and Doug Scamman (1987-90 and 2005-06) (announced
Dec. 21, 2011)
New Hampshire conservative leader and
former congressional nominee Jennifer
Horn (announced
Dec. 20, 2011)
Anti-tax leader Tom Thomson (announced
Dec. 12, 2011)
Former Gov. John H. Sununu (announced
Oct. 24, 2011)
Former U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg and wife
Kathy (announced
Oct. 10, 2011)
Ambassador Jerry Carmen (announced
Oct. 6, 2011)
Taxpayer advocate George Lovejoy (announced Sept. 29, 2011)
Former NH Senate President Tom Eaton
of Keene (announced
Aug. 24, 2011)
Robb Thomson (announced
July 21, 2011)
New Hampshire Women
for Mitt (announced
Dec. 28, 2011)
New Hampshire Veterans for Mitt
(announced
Jan. 5, 2012)
and
Eagle-Tribune [North Andover,
MA] (Jan. 6, 2012)
Nashua Telegraph (Jan. 5, 2012)
The Weirs
Times (Dec. 29,
2011)
Boston Herald (Dec. 27, 2011)
Conway Daily Sun (Dec. 22, 2011)
Seacoast
Media Group -
Portsmouth Herald, Hampton Union and Exeter News-Letter (Dec.
18,
2011)
Foster's Daily
Democrat (Dec. 4, 2011)
and, post
primary
Huntsman delegate Paul Collins (announced
March 26, 2012)
Jan. 21 primary
South Carolina
Headquarters: 131 State
Street, West Columbia, SC 29169 SC page
874 Orleans Rd. Suite
#4, Charleston, SC 29407
17 College Street , Greenville, SC
29602
Senior Advisor David Raad
(announced May 19, 2011) Raad served as national
field director at the Republican National Committee in the 2010
cycle. With his wife Lori he co-founded of LDR Services, based in
Upstate South Carolina. He has worked on campaigns since 1996,
including serving as executive director of the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign
in Missouri, and as the Bush campaign's Upstate field director during
the 1999-2000 South Carolina primary. After the 2000 campaign
Raad worked at the U.S. Department of State, where he was a founder of
the Sudan Programs Group and served as the Senior Desk Officer for
Sudan. He later founded David Raad & Associates, a business
and investment consulting service in South Sudan. Degree in
history and political science from Clemson University, 1997.
Served in the U.S. Army's First Ranger Battalion. Resident of
Powdersville.
State Chair Treasurer Curtis Loftis
(announced Sept. 5, 2011) Elected South Carolina State Treasurer in November 2010. Before his election, Loftis was appointed to serve as the Director of the Office on Aging and Director of Transparency in the Comptroller’s office. Loftis is a businessman who has operated several companies and real estate investments. In 2000, Loftis founded The Saluda Charitable Foundation which helps feed, educate and provide medical care for children, especially those with disabilities. Graduate of the University of South Carolina.
Field Director
Patrick Sebastian
Aide to Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (NC-2), Jan.-May
2011. Worked on South Carolina Republican Party
Victory in Fall 2010; political director at Pat McCrory's New
Leadership PAC,
April-Dec.
2010; aide to Rep. Walter Jones, Jan.-Sept. 2010. In 2008
Sebastian worked on the North Carolina Republican Party Victory effort
and earlier on the Pat McCrory for Governor primary campaign.
Degree in political science from East Carolina University, 2010.
Luke Martz
(Charleston) - came
to SC after the Iowa caucuses, where he was a field staffer
Michael Joffrion (Greenville) -
national regional political director
Phil Valenziano - came to SC
towards the end of the primary campaign; he also was a field staffer in
Iowa
[volunteer] Central SC John Eddie ed. note: mistakenly listed as state
director.
Endorsements
Rep. Nathan
Ballentine (District 71-Chapin) - from Romney's May 21,
2011 visit
Vice president, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. Has served in the House
since 2005, district includes parts of Lexington and Richland Cos.
Rep. Chip
Huggins (District 85-Columbia)
- from Romney's May 21, 2011
visit
Realtor, has served in the House since Aug. 3, 1999.
Mayor Marilyn Hatley
of North Myrtle Beach (announced
July 20, 2011)
Rep. Phyllis Henderson (District 21-Greenville) (announced
Nov. 15, 2011)
Businesswoman and community leader.
former
U.S.
Rep.
Tommy
Hartnett and former Newberry
County GOP Chairman Alan Gardner. (announced
Dec.
8,
2011)
Gov. Nikki Haley (announced Dec. 16, 2011)
(announced
Jan. 11, 2012)
Businessman and Former Prosecutor Robert Bolchoz
Former Congressman Henry Brown
RNC National Committeewoman Cindy Costa
Senator Ronnie Cromer
Speaker Pro Tempore Jay Lucas
Greenville Mayor Knox White
Kershaw County Council Chairman Gene
Wise
(announced
Jan. 12, 2012)
South Carolina business leaders
(announced
Jan. 13, 2012)
South Carolina veterans
(announced
Jan. 14, 2012)
State Representative Murrell Smith (District 67-Sumter)
(announced
Jan. 17, 2012)
Upstate
State Representative Don Bowen,
Anderson
Greenville County Councilman Joe Dill
Greenville City Councilwoman Amy
Ryberg Doyle
George Dean Johnson, Jr., Chairman,
Johnson Development Associates,
Spartanburg
Greenville County Council Chairman
Butch Kirven
State Representative Phil Owens, Easley
Rick Pennell, Metromont Corporation,
Greenville
Specialist John Snyder, U.S. Army,
Ret., Greenville
Greenville Mayor Pro Tempore David
Sudduth
Midlands
John H. Burriss, Owner of Gold's Gyms
of Columbia
Former York County GOP Chairman Henry
Eldridge, Rock Hill
Richard J. Gaton, Columbia
Richard Jackson, CEO, C.R. Jackson,
Inc., Columbia
Leighton Lord, Former Chairman, Nexsen
Pruet, Columbia
State Representative Ralph Norman,
Rock Hill
Former York County GOP Executive
Committeewoman Karen Walto, Rock Hill
Coastal
Sally and Richard Coen, Mount Pleasant
Former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon, Charleston
Former South Carolina Secretary of Commerce Robert A. Faith, Chairman
& CEO, Greystar Real Estate Partners, Charleston
Rear Admiral, James Flatley, U.S. Navy, Ret., Charleston
William B. Hewitt, Retired Executive, Charleston
Former Bluffton Mayor Hank Johnston
Former South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Buck Limehouse,
Charleston
Brigadier General Cliff Poole, U.S. Army, Ret., Charleston
Bill Prezzano, Charleston
Charleston County Treasurer Andy Smith
Jonathan Zucker, President, The InterTech Group, Charleston
(announced
Jan. 19, 2012)
Carolyn & Neal Draisin, Charleston
Bill Maddux, Mt. Pleasant
Bill Baker, Chairman, The Baker Companies
Ron Thomas, Businessman and Former Senior SC Advisor to Bachmann for
President
O.L. Thompson, III, CEO of O.L. Thompson Construction Company
(announced
Jan. 19, 2012; supported Perry until he exited)
former United States Ambassador
to Canada and South Carolina Speaker of the House David Wilkins
and
The Post and Courier (Jan. 20, 2012)
The Herald [Rock Hill] (Jan. 19,
2012)
The State [Columbia] (Jan. 19, 2012)
Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Jan.
17, 2012)
Greenville News (Jan. 15,
2012)
Charlotte Observer [NC] (Jan.
15,
2012)
Jan. 31 primary
Florida
Headquarters: 142 West
Platt Street, Tampa (Romney attended opening on morning of
Sept.
2, 2011)
(staff announced
Sept. 27, 2011)
State Director Molly Donlin
In 2010 Donlin directed Republicans' Michigan Victory
effort. In the fall
2008 campaign she directed Republicans' Victory 2008 effort in
Arizona; earlier in the cycle she served as field director for Central
Florida on the Rudy Giuliani
Presidential Committee. Donlin was a
presidential appointee in the Department of Justice Office of Public
Affairs, where she served as assistant to the director. Deputy
director of volunteer development for the RNC from Aug. 2005 to Dec.
2006, and 72-Hour field director for Hamilton County for the Ohio
Republican Party. B.S. degree in international affairs from
Xavier University in Cincinnati,
2004. twitter
Field Director JC Hernandez
(Sept. 2011) Executive director of the Republican
Party of
Miami Dade County, 2010-11. Director at Barry University,
2008-10. B.A. in political science from Roosevelt University
(Chicago), 2004. [Broward,
Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Lee, Martin,
Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, St. Lucie]
Regional Field Directors
Tampa Bay Alex Melendez
Worked for the Florida
Department of
Corrections. Worked on Rick Scott's successful 2010
campaign. In 2008 worked on the McCain campaign. [Citrus, Hardee, Hernando,
Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota]
North Florida Andrew Messer
Partner at The Vineyard Company. Graduate of Liberty University School of Law.
Central Florida Pablo Pantoja
(Oct. 2011) Previously at the RPOF from Sept.
2010, most recently
as coalitions director from Jan. 2011. Florida Division of
Emergency Management, 2008-10. Served in the Florida National
Guard and is an infantry combat veteran, Kuwait/Iraq, 2003-04.
M.S. in political science from Florida State University. B.A. in
Spanish from Florida State University. [Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange,
Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia]
Strategic Advisor Brett Doster
Founder and president of Front Line Strategies; also
president of
Doster Broker Group, a commercial real estate firm from 2008.
Opened up and headed the Florida office of Revolution Agency, a media
and communications firm, 2007. Campaign manager for the Tom
Gallagher for Governor campaign from 2005-06. Executive director
of the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign in Florida.
Associate at Uhlfelder & Associates,
P.A. in Tallahassee, starting Feb. 2003. Deputy Director
of the Governor’s Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development,
focusing
particularly on developing new high technology business in the state,
2001-03.
Florida political director for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, and in
the fall statewide
political director for Florida Victory 2000. Special assistant to
Jeb Bush in his first gubernatorial campaign in 1993 and worked on his
1997 and 2001 campaigns. Graduated from The Citadel. Fifth
generation native of Florida.
Senior Advisor Bertica Cabrera-Morris
(announced July 22, 2011) Opened Bertica
Cabrera Consulting, a public relations and government relations
consulting firm, in 1993. I-4 campaign
chair and I-4 finance team co-chair on Marco Rubio's successful
campaign for U.S. Senate in 2010. Administrator with Orange
County Public Schools. Worked at Sun Bank and AmeriFirst
Federal. Born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in Spain, then Southern
California. According to her bio for the Valencia College board
of trustees, she is the daughter of the president of Massey-Ferguson
Company.
Advisor Alberto Martinez
(reported Jan. 20, 2012) Senior advisor to Marco
Rubio's 2010
campaign for U.S. Senate and worked in the Florida House Majority
Office under Rubio. Spokesman on Tom Gallagher's 2006
campaign. Miami native.
County Chairs
(announced Dec. 21, 2011) in all 67 counties.
Social Conservatives Statewide Steering Committee
(announced
Nov. 14, 2011) +
State Chair Dave
Weldon,
M.D.
(Melbourne)
Physician; former U.S. Congressman; founder of the Space Coast Family
Forum; founder of the Israel Allies Caucus.
State Co-Chairs
Rep. Daniel Davis (Jacksonville)
Sen. Anitere Flores (Miami)
Pat Neal (Bradenton)
Nancy Peek McGowan (Jacksonville)
more...
Florida Advisory Council
Co-Chair Susie Wiles
(endorsement announced
Dec. 12, 2011) Previously national campaign
manager for Jon Huntsman for President and campaign manager for Rick
Scott for Governor.
Florida Finance Team
(announced
Oct. 6, 2011)
Florida Finance Chair (and Member of National Leadership Team) Brian and Kathryn Ballard
(announced July 13, 2011) Brian Ballard is president of Ballard Partners, Inc. Ballard has nearly twenty-five years of experience in Florida politics and government affairs. He earned his stripes serving as chief of staff to Gov. Bob Martinez from 1988-90. In 2008, Ballard served as the McCain for President Co-Chair for Florida/National Finance Co-Chair, as well as the RNC’s McCain Victory Florida Finance Committee Chair and National Finance Co-Chair.
Florida Finance Chair (and Member of National
Leadership Team) Jay and Tammy Demetree
(announced July 22, 2011) President and CEO of Demetree Brothers,
a Jacksonville-based real estate company. President since 1987;
previously served as vice president. Served as finance chairman
on Marco Rubio's successful campaign for U.S. Senate in 2010.
Florida Finance Chair Ambassador John Rood
Chairman of Vestor Companies, property development
firm in
Jacksonville, which he founded in 1983, and chairman of JDR
Construction, founded 2007. Former RPOF finance chairman,
appointed by Gov. Crist in 2009. Ambassador to the Commonwealth
of the Bahamas, appointed by President Bush in Sept. 2004 and served to
2007.
Florida Finance Co-Chairs
Bill
and
Ann
Bain
Jr.
-
G.
Nicholas
Beckwith
-
Speaker
Allan
Bense
-
Carlos
and Janelle Beruff
-
David
and Caroline Cardenas
-
Gary and Nancy
Chartrand
-
Jim
and Kathy Dahl
- Remedios Diaz-Oliver
-
Lew
Eisenberg
-
Mike and Constance Fernandez - Marty
Fiorentino
- Paul Fireman
-
Bill
Heavener
-
Mori and Forough Hosseini
-
Darlene
and Jerry Jordan
-
William
Koch
-
Dr. Gary Kompothecras - Rodger
and Hillary Krouse
-
Brian Kulp - Ned
Lautenbach
-
Marc
Leder
-
Genean
McKinnon
-
Donald and Priscilla Miller - H.
Gary
and
Renee
Morse
-
Rick
and Lynn Mullaney
- Lee Munder - Thomas
Petway
III
-
Ronna
Romney
-
Ambassador
John
Rood
-
Ambassador
Francis
and Kathleen Rooney
-
Steve Ross - Melanie
Sabelhaus
- Brent and Debbie Sembler
-
Ambassador
Mel
and
Betty
Sembler
-
Ambassador
Ned
and
Stephanie
Siegel
-
Jim Stanley - Tony
Tamer
- State Senator
John and Jean Thrasher - Dr.
Zachariah Zachariah - Dr. Paul Zimmerman
Statewide Finance Committee
Scott Adams -Marta
Batmasian - Richard Corbett - Toni & Andy Crawford - Bruce Deardoff
- June & Ferdinand Duda - Charles Githler -Steve Halverson - Robert
Hershenhorn - Mike Hightower - Fred Leonhardt, Jr. - Tom Neff - Lee
Nutter - Duane & Sue Ottenstroer - Don Phillips - Dr. Peter Wish
- Jordan & Denise Zimmerman
Endorsements
by Current Elected Officials (+)
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack (14th
CD-Fort Myers) - reported by St. Petersburg Times on April 14,
2011
Elected 2004. Previously served in the Florida House of
Representatives. Background as a business and marketing
consultant.
U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney
(16th CD-Tequesta) - announced June 16, 2011
Elected 2008. Served as an Assistant Attorney General and in
private practice in Stuart. Also served as CEO of “The Children’s
Place At Home Safe,” a home for abused children. Rooney spent
four years in the U.S. Army JAG Corps.
U.S. Rep. Ander
Crenshaw (4th CD-Jacksonville)
- announced June 16, 2011
Elected in 2000. Previously served in the Florida State Senate
and worked in the private sector as a banker.
State Sen. John
Thrasher (District 8-Jacksonville) - reported by Florida Times
Union on March 6, 2011, announced June 16, 2011 +
(announced Aug. 18, 2011)
State Sen. JD Alexander (District
17-Lake Wales) +
State Sen. Mike Bennett, President Pro Tempore (District
21-Bradenton) +
State Sen. Anitere Flores (District
38-Miami) +
State Sen. Evelyn Lynn (District
7-Daytona Beach) +
State Sen. Stephen Wise (District
5-Jacksonville) +
State Rep. Daniel Davis (District
13-Jacksonville) +
State Rep. Shawn Harrison (District
60-Tampa) +
State Rep. Ed Hooper (District
50-Clearwater) +
(announced
Oct. 5, 2011; had endorsed Pawlenty)
Speaker
Designate Will Weatherford (Wesley Chapel)
State Rep. Chris Dorworth (Lake Mary)
State Rep. Richard Corcoran (Trinity)
(announced
Oct. 25, 2011)
State Sen. Nancy Detert (District 23)
State Sen. Garrett Richter (District
37)
State Rep. Doug Broxson
State Rep. Steve Crisafulli
State Rep. Marti Coley
State Rep. Fred Costello
State Rep. Jose Diaz
State Rep. Jim Frishe
State Rep. Eduardo “Eddy” Gonzalez
State Rep. Ana Rivas Logan
State Rep. Charles McBurney
State Rep. Larry Metz
State Rep. Peter Nehr
State Rep. Bryan Nelson
State Rep. Jeanette Nunez
State Rep. Jose Oliva
State Rep. Kathleen Passidomo
State Rep. Jimmy Patronis
State Rep. Ray Pilon
State Rep. Stephen Precourt
State Rep. Lake Ray
State Rep. Patrick Rooney
State Rep. John Tobia
State Rep. Mike Weinstein
Commissioner of
Agriculture Adam Putnam (announced
Oct. 18, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller (1st CD-Pensacola/the western Panhandle) (announced Oct. 27, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen (18th CD) and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (20th CD)
as well as former U.S. Rep. Lincoln
Diaz-Balart
(announced
Nov. 29, 2011)
Attorney General Pam
Bondi (announced
Jan. 8, 2012)
U.S. Rep. John Mica
(7th CD-suburban areas north of Orlando to the Jacksonville city limits)
(announced
Jan. 16, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams
(24th CD-part of four counties – Orange, Seminole,
Brevard and Volusia) (announced
Jan. 18, 2012)
Miami-Dade County
Leaders (announced
Jan. 25, 2012)
Anitere Flores, State
Senator - Jose Felix
Diaz, State Representative - Eddy Gonzalez, State
Representative - Ana Rivas Logan, State
Representative - Jeanette Nunez, State
Representative - Jose Oliva, State
Representative - Jose “Pepe” Diaz, Miami-Dade
County Commissioner - Jose Bermudez,
Mayor of Doral - Pete Cabrera, Doral
Councilman - Carlos Hernandez, Mayor of
Hialeah - Isis Garcia-Martinez, Hialeah City
Councilwoman - Jose Caragol, Hialeah City
Councilman - Katharine Cue, Hialeah City
Councilwoman - Luis Gonzalez, Hialeah City
Councilman - Paul Hernandez, Hialeah City
Councilman - Yioset de la Cruz, Mayor of Hialeah
Gardens - Michael Pizzi, Mayor of Miami
Lakes - Nelson Hernandez, Miami Lakes City
Councilman - Tim Daubert, Miami Lakes City
Councilman - Zavier Garcia, Mayor of Miami
Springs - Dan Espino, Vice-Mayor of Miami
Springs
also
Former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (announced
Oct. 10, 2011)
Former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack III
(announced
Nov. 3, 2011)
Former St. Petersbug
Mayor Rick Baker (announced
Jan. 17, 2012)
Former U.S. Rep. Clay
Shaw (announced
Jan. 27, 2012)
and
Orlando Sentinel (Jan. 25,
2012)
Pensacola News Journal (Jan. 22, 2012)
Tampa Bay Times (Jan. 16, 2012)
and, post
primary
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (announced
March 28, 2012)
Feb. 4 precinct caucuses
Nevada
Headquarters: 6830 West Oquendo Road, Suite 201, Las Vegas, NV ...Romney officially opened on Oct. 17, 2011.
Co-Chair Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki
(announced
June 17, 2011) Elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010.
Previously served two terms as State Treasurer.
Co-Chair U.S. Rep. Joe Heck
(announced June 17, 2011) Elected to Congress in 2010. State Senator from 2004-08. Physician with more than 20 years of experience.
State Director
Sarah Nelson
(announced
August 4, 2011) Deputy political director on the Meg Whitman for
Governor campaign in California, 2009-10. Consultant at Ryan
Erwin & Associates, 2005-09. Associate at November Inc.,
2004-05. Degree in journalism and political science from Brigham
Young University, 2001.
Jeff Kaye
Senior Advisor
Ryan Erwin
(announced August 4, 2011; also served as senior advisor on Romney's 2007-08 Nevada campaign) President of RedRock Strategies, formed in May 2011; earlier headed Ryan Erwin & Associates. Chief operating officer of the California Republican Party starting in mid-2001. Executive director of the Nevada Republican Party from 1999 to July 2001.
Endorsements
by State Legislators
(announced Aug.
17, 2011)
Assemblyman Ed Goedhart
Assemblyman Scott Hammond
Assemblyman Cresent Hardy
Assemblyman Pat Hickey
Assemblyman Kelly Kite
Assemblyman Pete Livermore
Assemblyman Mark Sherwood
Assemblyman Lynn Stewart
Assemblywoman Melissa Woodbury
(announced Nov.
16, 2011)
Senator Greg Brower
Senator Barbara Cegavske
Senator Elizabeth Halseth
Senator Joe Hardy
Senator Ben Kieckhefer
Senator Mike McGinness
State Senator Dean Rhoads
State Senator Michael Roberson
More
Endorsements
U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei (announced
Oct. 26, 2011)
and
Las Vegas Journal-Review (Jan. 29, 2012)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Feb. 3, 2012)
Feb. 7 caucuses
Colorado
Colorado
Leadership Committee (announced
June 20, 2011)
Attorney General John Suthers
Treasurer Walker Stapleton
Former Gov. Bill Owens
Former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown
Former U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez
Claudia Beauprez
University Of Colorado Regent-At-Large
Steve Bosley
More Endorsements (announced
Sept. 8, 2011)
Scott Gessler, Colorado Secretary of
State
Kyle Hybl, CU Regent, 5th
Congressional District
Nancy Spence, State Senator
B.J. Nikkel, House Majority Whip
Cindy Acree, State Representative
Robert Ramirez, State Representative
Victor Mitchell, Former State
Representative
Bob Balink, El Paso County Treasurer
Jack Hilbert, Douglas County
Commissioner
Barbara Brewer, Mesa County Assessor
Garry Brewer, Former Mesa County GOP
Chairman
Katie Witt, Longmont City Council
Member
over 40 Colorado
business leaders (announced
Jan. 24, 2012)
members of the
Douglas County Board of Education (announced
Feb. 1, 2012)
additional Colorado
elected officials and leaders (announced
Feb. 4, 2012)
Erik Hansen, Adams County Commissioner
Matt Heimerich, former Crowley County
Commissioner
John Odom, Jefferson County
Commissioner
Wayne Williams, El Paso County Clerk
Jean White, State Senator
Tom Massey, State Representative
Spencer Swalm, State Representative
Mark Waller, State Representative
Cheri Gerou, State Representative
Larry Liston, State Representative
Kevin Priola, State Representative
Jim Kerr, State Representative
Carole Murray, State Representative
Rob Witwer, former State Representative
Dan May, 4th Judicial District Attorney
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, former US
Senator
Frances Owens, former First Lady of
Colorado
Marti Allbright Whitmore, former Chief
Deputy Attorney General of Colorado
and
Denver Post (Feb. 3, 2012)
Feb. 7 caucuses
Minnesota
Headquarters: 7300 Metro
Blvd Suite 135, Edina,
MN 55439
National Co-Chair Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty
(announced Sept. 12, 2011)
State Director Sara Craig
State director of Romney's Iowa caucus campaign.
Consultant at
Redwave Communications. Managed
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey's primary campaign for Governor of Tennessee.
Legislative caucus director and executive director of the North Dakota
Republican Party, 2008. Central Iowa field director on Romney's
2007-08 Iowa caucus campaign, and continued on with the campaign to
Michigan, Florida, and Minnesota. Western Iowa field director for
the Legislative Majority Fund at the Republican Party of Iowa in the
2006 cycle. Degrees in political science and journalism from
Marquette University.
Field Staff Luke Martz
(Sept. 2011) In 2010 Martz served as a field
representative for
the California Republican Party, campaign manager on Sorensen for
Supervisor and Orange County office manager on Meg Whitman for
Governor. Regional field director at the Republican Party of
Iowa, July-Nov. 2008. Regional field manager on Romney for
President, Jan.-Dec. 2007.
Endorsement
U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen (3rd CD,
western suburbs of Minneapolis)
(announced
Jan. 26, 2012)
48 elected officials
and leaders (announced
Feb. 3, 2012)
including
Speaker of the House Kurt Zellers
House Majority Leader Matt Dean
Senator Roger Chamberlain
Representative Kurt Daudt
Representative Dan Fabian
Representative Joe Hoppe
Representative Jennifer Loon
Representative Linda Runbeck
Representative Tim Sanders
Feb. 4-11 municipal caucuses
Maine
Headquarters: 235
Presumpscot St., Portland, ME
04123
State Director Karl Beckstein
Senior in political science at Suffolk University in
Boston.
Managed a state rep. campaign. Served as chairman of the
Massachusetts Alliance of College Republicans. In the closing
month of Scott Brown's U.S. Senate campaign ran the Littleton field
office. From Boxborough, MA.
Endorsements
(announced
Sept. 20, 2011) Forty elected
officials and leaders
led by Attorney General William Schneider and including four state
Senators and seven state Representatives:
William Schneider; Attorney
General
Peter Cianchette; Former U.S.
Ambassador
Dave Emery; Former U.S. Congressman
Jon Courtney; Senate Majority Leader
Ron Collins; State Senator
Richard Rosen; State Senator
Lois Snowe-Mello; State Senator
Bruce Bickford; State Representative
Richard Cebra; State Representative
Dean Cray; State Representative
Stacey Fitts; State Representative
Leslie Fossel; State Representative
Ken Fredette; State Representative
Peter Johnson; State Representative
more...
(announced
Feb. 6, 2012) Twenty additional
elected officials and
leaders led by State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin and Senate
President
Kevin Raye along with nine more state Senators:
Bruce
Poliquin;
State
Treasurer
Kevin Raye; Senate President
Nichi
Farnham State Senator
David
Hastings; State Senator
Roger
Katz; State Senator
Brian
Langley; State Senator
Tom
Martin; State Senator
Garrett
Mason; State Senator
Earle
McCormick; State Senator
Christopher
Rector; State Senator
Tom
Saviello; State Senator
Cary
Weston; Mayor of Bangor
more...
Feb. 28 primary
Arizona
(initial round of endorsements including 8
co-chairs, 16 state
legislators and extensive finance committee announced
on Sept. 14,
2012)
Co-Chairs
Secretary of State Ken Bennett
Attorney General Tom Horne
House Speaker Andy Tobin
Paul E. & Susan Gilbert
Lee & Nancy Hanley
Ambassador Barbara & Dr. Craig R. Barrett
Jim & Vicki Click
Kevin & Melissa DeMenna
Legislative Endorsements
16 state legislators led by House Majority Leader Steve Court
Arizona Finance Committee
Fred Ash - Cecil & Linda Ash - Ernie & Ginna Baird - Denny & Nichole Barney - Edward "Trey" Basha - Leo & Annette Beus - Max & Debbie Boyer - Nancy & Art Case - Steven R. Chanen - Sam Cowley - Eric Crown - Greg & Demi Davis - Debbie Forrest - Phil Francis - Ira A. & Mary Lou Fulton - Al & Kathleen Gardner - Mark Goldman - Todd & Ashley Heap - Dr. Karl & Diana Hiatt - Paul Hickman - David & Rena Hoefferle - Dr. Bill & Susan Horsley - Mike Ingram - Dave Johnson - Rex & Ruth Maughan - Steve & Debbie Moak - Chris & Irene Monson - Jerry & Vickie Moyes - Francis Najafi - Todd & Amy Nelson - John Norton - Andrew Pacheco - Ed Parker - John & Verna Perkinson - Marian & Michael Pickerd - Bob & CC Porter - Steve & Marilyn Rizley - Tyler & Kristen Robison - Diane Ruebling - Heather & Paul Sandstrom - Quinton Seamons - Don Stapley - Don Tapia - Peter Thomas - Eddy & Heather Torriente - Danny & Jo Lynn White - Jeff & Holly Whiteman - Bob & Christi Worsley
additional
Co-Chair
Pinal
County
Sheriff
Paul
Babeustepped down Feb.
20, 2012 following allegations
(announced
Oct. 13, 2011) Heads of department of 700. Named Sheriff of
the
Year by the National Sheriffs' Association.
30 Grassroots Leaders led by Statewide Grassroots Director Laura
Knaperek
(announced
Jan. 30, 2012) Knaperek is president of
Knaperek Consulting, LLC. Candidate for Congress in AZ-5 in
2008. State representative first elected in 1994 and served to
2002 when she waged and unsuccessful campaign for state Senate.
Elected again as a state Rep. in 2004, but defeated in re-election bid.
Endorsements
U.S. Sen. John McCain (announced
Jan. 4, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake (6th CD-Mesa) (announced Sept. 19,
2011)
Former Vice President
Dan Quayle
(announced
Dec. 6, 2011) After seeking the Republican
presidential nomination in 1999 Quayle joined Cerberus Capital
Management; he serves as chairman of Cerberus Global Investments
LLC. Resident of Paradise Valley.
27 additional elected
officials including one state Senator, four state Reps. and 13 mayors
(announced
Feb. 2, 2012)
State Treasurer Doug
Ducey (announced
Feb. 9, 2012)
Gov. Jan Brewer
(announced
on NBC "Meet the Press" Feb. 26, 2012)
Feb. 28 primary
Michigan
State Director Rob Macomber
(reported by the Detroit
Free
Press on June 7, 2011) Managing partner at The Macomber
Group in Lansing, MI
since April 2009. Director of candidate and party assistance at
the Michigan Republican Party, 2005-09. Legislative aide in the
Michigan House of Representatives, 2000-05. Staffer at Saline
Picture Frame Company, 1993-2000. B.B.A. in business management
from Northwood University, 2001.
Senior Advisor Lori Wortz
(reported by the Detroit
Free
Press on June 7, 2011) Partner at WWP Strategies.
Consultant to Romney
for President, 2007-08. Partner at Sterling, 1998-2008.
Chief of staff to the Michigan Senate Majority Leader, 1990-98.
Worked at the RNC. Worked for Pat Robertson in 1986, ran his 1988
campaign in Michigan and worked on the regional level.
Finance Director Lauren Rakolta
(reported by the Detroit
Free
Press on June 7, 2011) Finance director on the Rick Snyder
for Governor
campaign, started April 2009. Has also worked in marketing for
Walbridge, the Detroit construction firm run by her father John
Rakolta. In 2008 after Romney withdrew Rakolta served as a
finance consultant to the McCain campaign. Finance director for
the Great Lakes States for Romney for President from Jan. 2007; finance
director for the Great Lakes States for Romney's Commonwealth PAC
starting Dec. 2005. Worked on the finance team of Romney's 2002
campaign for governor. Graduate of Michigan State University,
2001.
State Chairman Attorney General Bill
Schuette
(announced June 22,
2011) Elected Attorney General in Nov. 2010. Previously
served
on
the
Michigan
Court
of
Appeal
for
six
years,
elected
in
2002.
Eight
years
in
the
Michigan
State
Senate.
Served
as
Director
of
the
Michigan
Department
of
Agriculture
in
Gov.
John
Engler's
cabinet.
Elected
to
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
in
1984;
did
not
seek
re-election
in
1990
and
instead
ran
unsucessfully
for
U.S.
Senate.
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C., 1976; J.D., University of San Francisco School of
Law, San Francisco, Calif., 1979. From Midland, MI.
Michigan Finance Committee
National Finance Co-Chairmen: John Rakolta, Jr. and G.
Scott
Romney.
Michigan Finance Co-Chairmen: David Fischer - Dan
Gilbert - John Kennedy - Alan Kiriluk
- Matt Kiriluk - Bob Liggett - Joe
O'Connor - Bill Parfet - Edward Schwartz
- Walter Schwartz - Greg Schwartz, Sr. - Robert
Taubman - Edward Levy
(members
include)
Endorsements
(announced
June 22, 2011)
Holly Hughes, Republican National
Committeewoman & State Representative
Nancy Danhof, Secretary, State Board
of Education
Melanie Foster, Vice Chair,
Michigan State University Board of Trustees
Sen. Rick Jones
Sen. Roger Kahn
Sen. Mike Kowall
Sen. Phil Pavlov
Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker
Rep. John Walsh, Speaker Pro-Tempore
Rep. Lisa Posthumus-Lyons,
Assistant Majority Floor Leader
Rep. Dave Agema
Rep. John Bumstead
Rep. Frank Foster
Rep. Kurt Heise
Rep. Marty Knollenberg
Rep. Eileen
Kowall
Rep. Matt Lori
Rep. Greg
MacMaster
Rep. Mark Ouimet
Rep. Paul Scott
Rep. Dale Zorn
announced
Sept. 8, 2011
Senate Majority Leader Randy
Richardville
...named
a
Michigan
Co-Chair
announced
Sept. 15, 2011
Republican National Committeeman Saul
Anuzis
announced
Sept. 19, 2011
Speaker
of
the
House Jase Bolger
...named a Michigan Co-Chair
State Senator Dave Hildenbrand
State Senator Jim Marleau
State Senator John Pappageorge
State Representative Kurt Damrow
State Representative Joe Haveman
State Representative Chuck Moss
State Representative Margaret O’Brien
State Representative Wayne
Schmidt
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus
McCotter (MI-11) announced
his endorsement in his Sept. 22, 2011 withdrawal statement.
announced
Nov. 7, 2011
Former Congressman Vern Ehlers
Former Congressman Joe Knollenberg
State Senator Goeff Hansen
State Senator John Proos
State Representative Mike Callton
State Representative Ken Horn
State Representative Bradford Jacobsen
State Representative Ken Yonker
Bill Bullard, Oakland County Clerk
John McCullough, Oakland County Water
Resources Commissioner
Mike Gingell, Chairman, Oakland County
Board of Commissioners
Andrew “Rocky” Raczkowski, Former
House Majority Floor Leader
Paul Welday, Former Candidate For
Congress
Dennis Cowan, Former Chairman, Oakland
County Republican Party
Ronna Romney, Former Republican
National Committeewoman
announced
Dec. 14, 2011
19 additional grassroots leaders:
Carl Meyer, Treasurer of the Michigan
Republican Party
Eileen McNeil, Outreach Vice Chair of
the Michigan Republican Party
Joe Haas, 6th District
Chair
Theresa Mungioli, 9th District Chair
Paul Leidig, 2nd District State
Committee Member
Andrew Emmitt, 3rd District State
Committee Member
Bill Womer, 3rd District State
Committee Member
Russell Spencer, 8th District State
Committee Member
Scott Czasak, 10th District State
Committee Member
Martha Snow, 11th District State
Committee Member
Jake Jelsema, Barry County Chair
Aaron Baylis, Bay County Chair
Joe Groff, Clare County Chair
Al Heilman, Kalamazoo County Chair
Michelle O’Neal, Lapeer County Chair
Barbara Van Sickel, Macomb County Chair
Todd Gambrell, Midland County Chair
Kathleen Berden, Sanilac County Chair
Joseph Xuereb, Wayne 11 County Chair
and older
endorsements...
announced
Dec. 20, 2011
U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (MI-4)
announced
Dec. 22, 2011
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (MI-8)
announced
Jan. 9, 2012
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (MI-2)
announced
Jan. 20, 2012
U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek (MI-1)
announced
Feb. 8, 2012
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg
and addtional Michigan
leaders
announced
Feb. 15, 2012
former Michigan Attorney
General Mike Cox
former Senate Majority Leader Mike
Bishop
and
additional members of the Michigan Legislature and Michigan Republican
State Committee.
announced
Feb. 16, 2012
Gov. Rick Snyder
announced
Feb. 17, 2012
Lt. Gov. Brian Calley
announced
Feb. 20, 2012
Oakland County Sheriff Mike
Bouchard
former State Senator Alan Sanborn,
Macomb
County
former State Representative Bill Runco,
Wayne
County
announced
Feb. 24, 2012
Michigan Economic Advisory Group
announced
Feb. 24, 2012
Michigan Tea Party Leaders
announced
Feb. 27, 2012
additional West Michigan leaders
Kent County Commissioner Harold
Voorhees
Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans
State Rep. Peter MacGregor
Anthony Dugal, Southwest Michigan Tea
Party Patriots
Dave Healy, Texas Township Supervisor
Kalamazoo
and, post
primary
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller
(announced
March 21, 2012)
March 3 precinct caucuses
Washington
State Chair U.S. Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers
(announced
Dec. 7, 2011) Highest ranking Republican woman
in Congress, first elected in 2004 representing the 5th CD (Eastern
Washington). Elected to the State House in 1994.
Co-Chair Former U.S. Attorney Mike McKay
Co-Chair Former State Sen. Dino Rossi
Co-Vice Chairs, Eastern Mary Dye and former State
Rep. Dale Foreman
Co-Vice Chairs, Western Rob McCallum and Diane Tebelius
Honorary Chair Former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Dan
Evans
Grassroots Coordinator Jeff McMorris
Chief of staff to Metropolitan King County
Councilmember Kathy
Lambert and brother of Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers.
and
the rest of extensive Grassroots
Leadership Team comprising
Congressional District, County, Legislative District and City Chairs (announced
Feb. 27, 2012)
Specific
Endorsements
(announced Oct. 13, 2011)
Secretary of State Sam Reed
Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt
U.S. Rep. Jaime
Herrera Beutler (announced
Feb. 6, 2012)
former state Sen.
Dino Rossi (announced
Feb. 9, 2012)
88 additional elected
officials and leaders including 9 state Senators and 14 state
Representatives (announced
Feb. 13, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Dave
Reichert (announced
Feb. 28, 2012)
March 6 district conventions
Alaska
Endorsements
Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell (announced
Oct. 12, 2011)
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (announced
Dec. 2, 2011)
Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan (announced
March 6, 2012)
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March 6 primary
Georgia
Steering
Committee
(announced
Feb. 29, 2012)
Chairman
Attorney General Sam Olens
(endorsement announced
June 16, 2011) Elected Nov. 2010. Chairman of the Cobb
County Board of Commissioners from 2002-10; Cobb County District 3
Commissioner from 1999-2002. Member of Ezor &
Olens, P.C. for 27 years. Graduate of Emory University School of
Law.
Grassroots Chairman Ric Mayfield
Mayfield was Georgia steering committee chair of the
2007-08 Romney campaign. Managing director at SunTrust; joined
the firm in July 1996. Former assistant treasurer of the Georgia
Republican Party. MBA in finance from Vanderbilt University Owen
Graduate School of Management, 1993; BBA from Georgia State University,
1991.
and including
26 State Co-Chairs (6 state Senators and 15 state Representative among
them)
11 Local Officials
for Mitt
14 Congressional
District Chairmen
Dozens of County Grassroots Chairmen
State Director Lamar Echols
Attorney. Director of
operations/general counsel on Lucas for Congress, Nov. 2009-June
2010. Special assistant in the Office of Congressional Affairs at
GSA, Aug. 2008-Jan 2009. J.D. from Tulane University Law School,
2007. B.A. in history from Auburn University, 2002.
Georgia Finance Team Leadership
Chair Eric Tanenblatt
(announced
March 2, 2012) Tanenblatt was one of two Georgia co-chairs of the
2007-08 Romney campaign. He
is
senior
managing
director
at
McKenna
Long
&
Aldridge,
Fred Cooper
- Chris Hohlstein - Prescott Miller - James
McCurry - Bartow Morgan - Robert Sheft
- Ross Singletary - Jeffrey Sprecher
(also announced support of prominent Georgia business leaders)
Earlier
Endorsement Announcements
(announced
Aug. 22, 2011)
State Senator Bill Hamrick
State
Representative Calvin Hill
State Representative & House
Majority
Whip Edward Lindsey
State Representative Wendell Willard
State Representative Bruce Williamson
Public
Service Commissioner Doug Everett (one of five)
Former
House Speaker Mark Burkhalter
(announced
Sept. 19, 2011)
State Representative Lynne Riley
State Representative Val Clark
Max Bacon, Mayor of Smyrna
Gabriel Sterling, Sandy Springs City
Councilman
Dan Israel, State Board of Education
Jose Perez, Former State Board
of Education
Molly Dye, Chief of Staff to the late
Senator Paul Coverdell
Heath Garrett, Former Chief of Staff
to Senator Isakson
Fred Cooper, State Chairman for
President George H. W. Bush’s
Presidential Campaign
Oscar Persons, State Chairman for
Senator Bob Dole’s Presidential
Campaign
Eric Tanenblatt, State Chairman for
President George W. Bush’s
Presidential Campaign and Chief of Staff to Governor Sonny Perdue
Lori Pesta, National Federation of
Republican Women, Board of Directors
Ric Mayfield, Former Assistant
Treasurer – Georgia Republican Party
Chandler Epp, Former Vice Chair –
Georgia College Republicans
Marion Hay, Chairman,
Moultrie/Colquitt County Industrial Development
Authority
Keith Stone, 1st District GOP Chair
David Burge, 5th District GOP Chair
Ryan Boland, Former Habersham County
GOP Chair
Jerry Loupee, Former Chatham County
GOP Chair
Michael Barrett, Vice Chairman – Towns
County GOP
Ryan Cleveland, Decatur County GOP
Chair
Tom Morrill, Peach County GOP Chair
(announced Oct. 27, 2011)
Fran Millar, State Senator
B.J.
Pak, State Representative
Nancy Coverdell
Kelley O'Bryan Gary, Chairman, Jackson County GOP
Robert J. Walker, Former Mayor, Dublin
Jon Jones, Chairman, Tift County GOP
James P. Golden, Former Chairman, Tift County
GOP and Former 2nd District Director, Young Republicans
Myron Faircloth, Chairman, South Georgia Young
Republicans
Ruth Malhotra, Former Executive Director,
Georgia Association of College Republicans
Orit Sklar, Former Executive Director, Fulton
County GOP
Jaime F. Aguilera, Former Director of Hispanic
Outreach, Cobb County GOP
Ron Johnson, Former Chairman, Jackson GOP
(announced
Jan. 20, 2012)
Labor Commissioner Mark
Butler
State
Senator Cecil Stanton, Majority Whip
State
Senator Johnny Grant
State
Senator Greg Goggins
State
Senator Jeff Mullis
State
Representative Jan Tankersley
State
Representative Mike Jacobs
State
Representative Ben Harbin
State
Representative Allen Peake
State
Representative Jay Neal
State
Representative Tom Taylor
State
Representative Alex Atwood
Sandy
Springs Mayor Eva Galambos
Johns
Creek Mayor Michael Bodker
Fulton
County Commissioner Liz Hausmann
Chatham
County Commissioner Helen Stone
Gwinnett
Commissioner Mike Beaudreau
Walton
County Sheriff Joe Chapman
City of Monroe Chief
of Police Keith Glass
(announced
Feb. 7, 2012)
State Representative David Casas (switched from Gingrich)
(announced
Feb. 13, 2012)
Former Georgia Attorney General Mike
Bowers
State Representative Tom Weldon
Douglas County School Board member
Janet Kelley
and
Savannah Morning News (March 1,
2012)
National Senior Advisor Mark DeMoss
(announced May 18, 2011) Served on Romney's National Faith and Values Steering Committee in 2007-08. Founder (Sept. 1991) and president of the DeMoss Group, based in Atlanta, GA. Founded and ran CivilityProject.org, Jan. 2009-11. Spokesman and aide to Jerry Falwell for eight years. Degree in political science from Liberty University. Grew up in the Philadelphia area. Author of The Little Red Book of Wisdom (1997).
March 6 caucus
Idaho
State Co-Chair Gov. Butch Otter
(announced June 20, 2011) Elected governor in 2006 and relected in 2010. Represented Idaho’s 1st CD in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms, first elected in 2000. Elected as Idaho’s Lieutenant Governor for four terms, served 1987-2001. Served two terms in the Idaho House of Representatives. Otter has over thirty years of experience working in the private sector. B.A., College of Idaho (now Alberston College of Idaho), 1967.
State Co-Chair U.S. Sen. Jim Risch
(announced
June 20, 2011) Has served Idaho as Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
and
State Senator. In
addition to being a successful rancher and attorney, Risch also
operates several small businesses.
Members of Statewide Steering
Committee
U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson
Lieutenant Governor Brad Little
Secretary of State Ben Ysursa
Superintendent of Public Schools Tom
Luna
State Controller Donna Jones
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden
Senate Pro Tempore Brent Hill
Speaker of the House Lawerence Denney
Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Winder
House Assistant Majority Leader Scott
Bedke
House Caucus Chairman Ken Roberts
Idaho Finance
Co-Chair Travis B. Hawkes
Managing partner of Aletheia Capital Advisors and president of Sports
Fan Corp.
Idaho Finance Co-Chair (also a
national finance co-chair) Frank VanderSloot
Founder of Melalueca.
County Chairs
(announced
Feb. 14, 2012)
More
Endorsements
11 state senators and 16 state
Representatives (announced
Feb. 8, 2012)
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March 6 primary
Massachusetts
Endorsements
33 of the 36 Republicans in the
Massachusetts legislature (announced Sept. 13, 2011).
March 6 caucus
North Dakota
State Chairs Sen. John and Mikey
Hoeven
(announced
Nov.
18, 2011)
Endorsements
(announced
Feb. 9, 2012)
Statewide Officials:
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem
Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm
State Auditor Bob Peterson
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring
State Senators:
Senator Dwight Cook
Senator Layton Freborg
Senator David Hogue
Senator Ray Holmberg
Senator Lonnie Laffen
Senator Stan Lyson
Senator Dave Nething
Senator George Nodland
Senator Dave Oehlke
Senator Ron Sorvaag
Senator Judy Lee
House Members:
Representative Tom Beadle
Representative Don Clark
Representative Stacey Dahl
Representative Bob Frantsvog
Representative Kathy Hawken
Representative Curt Hofstad
Representative Dennis Johnson
Representative Nancy Johnson
Representative Larry Klemin
Representative Andy Maragos
Representative Mike Nathe
Representative Jon Nelson
Representative Mark Owens
Representative Mark Sanford
March 6 primary
Ohio
Headquarters: 1335 Dublin Rd., Suite 101C, Columbus, OH
...grand
opening
Feb.
24,
2012
with
Sen.
Portman
State
Director Molly Donlin
State director for Romney's Florida primary
campaign. iIn
2010 Donlin directed Republicans' Michigan Victory
effort. In the fall
2008 campaign she directed Republicans' Victory 2008 effort in
Arizona; earlier in the cycle she served as field director for Central
Florida on the Rudy Giuliani
Presidential Committee. Donlin was a
presidential appointee in the Department of Justice Office of Public
Affairs, where she served as assistant to the director. Deputy
director of volunteer development for the RNC from Aug. 2005 to Dec.
2006, and 72-Hour field director for Hamilton County for the Ohio
Republican Party. B.S. degree in international affairs from
Xavier University in Cincinnati,
2004. twitter
Ohio Leadership Team
(announced
Feb.
28, 2012)
Chairman U.S. Sen. Rob Portman
Honorary Co-Chairs
Former U.S. Senator
George Voinovich
Congressman Mike Turner
Congressman Jim Renacci
Congressman Steve LaTourette
State Senate President Tom Niehaus
Former Attorney General Betty
Montgomery
Former State Treasurer and Hamilton
County Prosecutor Joe Deters
and
State Auditor David Yost (announced Feb. 29, 2012)
Legislative Leadership Team
6 state Senators and
17 state Representatives
Ohio County Chairs
(announced
March 1, 2012) in all 88 counties
Ohio Manufacturers for Romney (announced
Feb. 29, 2012)
Ohio Conservatives
Coalition (announced
March 2, 2012)
Hon. Chair Auditor David Yost.
Co-Chairs Ron Beshear and Dr. Mark Smith.
More
Endorsements
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (announced
Jan. 19, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (OH-3) (announced
Jan. 17, 2012)
(35 announced
July 27, 2011; an additional 33 announced
Oct. 25, 2011) including:
U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci (OH-16)
Attorney General Mike
DeWine announced
switch to Santorum Feb. 17, 2012
Former U.S. Senator
George Voinovich
Former Attorney General Betty Montgomery
Former State Treasurer Joe Deters
State Senator Troy
Balderson
State Senator David Burke
State Senator Mark Wagoner
State Senator Chris Widener
Ohio House Assistant Majority Whip
Cheryl Grossman
State Representative Marlene Anielski
State Representative Peter Beck
State Representative Timothy Derickson
State Representative Mike Duffey
State Representative Randy Gardner
State Representative Anne Gonzales
State Representative Bruce Goodwin
State Representative Bob Hackett
State Representative Richard
Hollington
State Representative Jay Hottinger
State Representative Al Landis
State Representative Ross McGregor
State Representative Craig
Newbold
State Representative Cliff Rosenberger
State Representative Kirk Schuring
State Representative Gerald Stebelton
U.S. Rep Steve
LaTourette (OH-14) (announced
Feb. 21, 2012)
Ohio Senate President
Niehaus (announced
Feb. 27, 2012)
Ohio House Speaker
Pro Tem Louis Blessing Jr. (announced
March 2, 2012)
and
New Philadelphia Times-Reporter (March
4,
2012)
Cincinnati Enquirer (March 3, 2012)
Cleveland Plain-Dealer (March 3, 2012)
Columbus Dispatch (Feb. 5, 2012)
March 6 primary
Oklahoma
Endorsements
(announced Oct. 25, 2011)
Former Governor Frank Keating
State
Treasurer
Ken
Miller
State Auditor Gary Jones
State Senator Brian Crain
State
Representative
Paul
Wesselhoft
State Representative Guy Liebmann
State Representative Lee Denney
State Representative Dan Sullivan
Francis Rooney, Former Ambassador
Jim Dunlap, Former Senate Floor Leader
Thad Balkman, Former State Representative
Lynn Windel, Former RNC National Committeeman
Ryan Leonard, Former Republican Candidate for
Attorney General
Dan Keating
(announced
Feb. 20, 2012)
Former U.S. Sen. Don Nickles
U.S. Sen. Tom
Coburn (announced March 4, 2012 in The Oklahoman)
(announced
March 5, 2012)
Steve Edwards, Former
Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman
Forrest Claunch, Former State
Representative, Conservative Advocate
Carol Hefner, Oklahoma County
Conservative activist
Harold Hamm founder and CEO of Continental Resources, Enid, OK (announced March 1, 2012)
and
The Oklahoman (Dec. 18, 2011)
March 6 primary
Tennessee
State Chairman
Gov. Bill Haslam
(endorsement announced
Jan. 11, 2012; announced
as chairman on Feb. 14, 2012, along with a full slate of delegates)
Endorsements
(announced Dec, 5, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (TN-1) Eastern
tip
of
TN
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan
(TN-2) Eastern
TN
including
Knoxville
U.S. Rep. Diane Black (TN-6) Central
TN
(announced
Dec. 8, 2011)
Honorary Chair Former Gov.
Winfield Dunn
Legislative
Co-Chairs State Reps Barrett Rich (West Tennessee), and
Ryan Haynes (East Tennessee).
and endorsements of 11 more state
Representatives including House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick
(announced
Jan. 19, 2012)
Speaker of the House Beth Harwell
and 3 more state Representatives
(announced
Feb. 24, 2012)
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander
(announced
Feb. 27, 2012)
5 state Senators
State Senator Mike Faulk – Church Hill
State Senator Jack Johnson – Franklin
State Senator Brian Kelsey – Germantown
State Senator Bill Ketron –
Murfreesboro
State Senator Jim Tracy – Shelbyville
(announced March 2, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (TN-4)
in
Eastern
TN
Tennessee Finance Leadership Team
(announced
Nov. 3, 2011)
Chair James A. “Jim” Haslam II
Knoxville business and philanthropic leader; founder
and
chairman of Pilot Corporation. The father of current Tennessee
Governor Bill Haslam, Jim Haslam has chaired successful Tennessee
fundraising campaigns for Howard Baker, Lamar Alexander, Bill Frist and
many others. In 2000 and 2004, he was a “Super Ranger” which
consisted of finance leaders nationally for the presidential campaign
of George W. Bush.
Chair Ted Welch
Nashville business leader and real estate
developer. A former
national finance chairman of both the RNC, and the NRSC. He has
also chaired fundraising efforts for former U.S. Senator and
presidential candidate Howard Baker; current U.S. Senator, former
Governor and presidential candidate Lamar Alexander; and he served as
the national and regional finance chairman for the Bush/Quayle
presidential campaigns in 1988 and 1992.
Co-Chairs -
Brad Martin, former chairman and CEO of
Saks, Inc., from Memphis; Orrin Ingram, President and CEO of Ingram
Industries, Inc., from Nashville; Joe Davenport, president of Porter
Management Company, from Chattanooga; and Jimmy Haslam, president and
CEO of Pilot/Flying J, from Knoxville.
Vice Co-Chairs
(heading up the regional efforts) - Randy
Boyd, founder, chairman and CEO of Radio Systems Corp., from
Knoxville; Jerry Sink, senior vice president of CBL &
Associates, from Chattanooga; Bob Rolfe, managing partner of West
End Holdings, LLC, from Nashville; and Todd Watson, with Armstrong
Relocation in Memphis.
March 6 primary
Vermont
On Sept. 29, 2011 the campaign announced
endorsements of 60 Vermont elected officials and officials including:
State Auditor Tom
Salmon
5 state Senators including Senate
Minority Leader William Doyle
12 state Representatives
additional endorsements (announced
Feb. 29, 2012)
Former
Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie
State Senator
Joe Benning
State Senator
Richard Westman
Former Speaker
of the House Walter Freed
National
Committeeman George Schiavone
National
Committeewoman Susie Hudson
Former Vermont
Republican Party Chairwoman Pat McDonald
March 6 primary
Virginia
On Aug. 1, 2011 the campaign announced Virginia campaign
chair and initial co-chairs; on Dec. 29, 2011 the campaign announced
more co-chairs and a steering committee:
State Chair Lieutenant Governor Bill
Bolling
First elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009.
Prior to his election
as Lieutenant Governor, he served in the Virginia Senate and as
Chairman of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors. During his second
term as Lieutenant Governor, Bolling has focused on creating jobs,
improving the economy, and recruiting new businesses to Virginia. In
addition to his duties as Lieutenant Governor, Bolling is Vice
President of Riggs, Counselman, Michaels and Downes, an insurance
agency.
Honorary State Chairs
Former Gov. Jim
Gilmore
(endorsement announced Jan. 12, 2012)
Former U.S.
Rep. Tom Davis
(endorsement announced
March 1, 2012)
Co-Chairs
(announced Dec. 29, 2011)
Delegate Barbara Comstock
Delegate Chris Peace
Delegate Tag Greason
Delegate Dave Albo
Delegate Jackson Miller
Delegate John Cosgrove
Delegate-elect Mark Dudenhefer
(announced
March 1, 2012)
Delegate Rich Anderson
Delegate Joe May
Delegate Ron Villanueva
Chairman Corey Stewart
Steering Committee Members
(announced Dec. 29, 2011)
Tom Foley – 1st Congressional District Chairman
Jack Wilson – 4th Congressional
District Chairman
Linwood Cobb – 7th
Congressional District Chairman
Mike Ginsberg – 8th
Congressional District Chairman
David O'Kelley – 2nd
Congressional District State Central Committee
Representative
Jane Ladd – 3rd Congressional
District State Central Committee
Representative
Bill Flanagan – 4th
Congressional District State Central Committee
Representative
Wayne Ozmore – 4th
Congressional District State Central Committee
Representative
Dolores Switzer – 5th
Congressional District State Central Committee
Representative
Fred Anderson – 6th
Congressional District State Central Committee
Representative
Marie Quinn – 7th Congressional
District State Central Committee
Representative
Adam Tolbert – 9th
Congressional District State Central Committee
Representative
Brian Plum – Republican Party
of Virginia Treasurer
Brandy Dyke – State Central
Committee Representative
Anna Lee – State Central
Committee Representative
(announced
March 1, 2012)
Chris Woodfin – 3rd District
Chair
E.
Janet
Riddick – 3rd District State Central Committee
Lynn
Mitchell – 6th District State Central Committee
Jo-Ann
Chase – 10th District State Central Committee
Gary
Lofton – 10th District State Central Committee
Polly Campbell – RPV Secretary
Pam
Brown – State Central Committee Representative
Endorsements
Gov. Bob McDonnell
(announced Jan. 20, 2012)
U.S. Rep. and House Majority Leader
Eric Cantor (announced
March 4, 2012)
March 6-10 county conventions
Wyoming
State Chair Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis
(announced Nov. 14, 2011) First elected to Congress in 2008 and serves on the Appropriations Committee. Prior to her election, she served in both the Wyoming Senate and House and served two terms as Wyoming’s State Treasurer. Lummis is a rancher and an attorney.
March 10 territorial convention
GUAM
Endorsement
Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo (March 9,
2012)
+
March 10 territorial convention
Northern Mariana Islands
Endorsement
Gov. Benigno R. Fitial (March
9,
2012)
+
March 10 territorial caucus
U.S. Virgin Islands
Endorsements
Senator Holland Redfield, USVI
National
Committeeman
Lilliana Belardo, USVI National
Committeewoman
Herb
Schoenbohm, Chairman of the USVI Republican State Committee
March 10 caucus
Kansas
Endorsements
Former U.S. Sen. Bob
Dole
(announced
Dec. 18, 2011)
Secretary of State Kris Kobach
(announced
Jan. 11, 2012)
March 13 primary
Alabama
Co-Chairman of the Alabama Leadership Team
Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard
(announced Oct. 5, 2011; also to serve as chairman of the Alabama Legislative Steering Committee) First elected to the Alabama House in 1998; represents portions of Auburn and Opelika, and was re-elected in 2002, 2006, and 2010.
Alabama
Leadership Team (announced Aug. 30, 2011)
Lieutenant
Governor Kay Ivey, Chairwoman
Lee Styslinger III, Finance Chairman
Congressman Mike Rogers
Former Congressman Jack
Edwards
State Representative Phil Williams
State Representative Lesley Vance
State Representative Steve Hurst
State Representative Randy Wood
Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos
Additional
Endorsements
Former Gov. Bob Riley (announced
March 7, 2012)
(announced
March 12, 2012)
House Majority Leader Micky Hammon
State Representative Blaine Galliher,
Chairman of the House Rules
Committee
State Representative David Sessions
State Representative Mike Hill
State Representative Richard Baughn
State Representative Harry Shiver
State Representative Mike Millican
State Representative Mike Ball
Randy McKinney, AL State Board of
Education, District 1
George Williams, Alabama Republican
Party Senior Vice Chairman
Darius Foster, Chairman of the Alabama
Minority GOP
Greg Albritton
and
Times Daily (Florence)
(March 9, 2012)
Birmingham News (March 7, 2012)
March 13 primary
Mississippi
Endorsements
U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (announced Oct. 12, 2011)
(announced
Jan. 20, 2012)
Lt. Gov. Tate
Reeves
State Treasurer
Lynn Fitch
State Auditor
Stacey Pickering
State Agriculture
Commissioner Cindy Hyde Smith
State Insurance
Commissioner Mike Chaney
and 15 more elected officials
including 6 state Senators and 4 state Representatives
Secretary of State
Delbert Hosemann (announced
Feb. 20, 2012)
Gov. Phil Bryant
(announced
March 8, 2012)
Jackson County endorsements (announced March 9, 2012)
March 13 precinct caucuses
Hawaii
Endorsements
Former U.S. Rep.
Charles Djou (announced
Aug. 29, 2011)
(announced March 12, 2012)
House Minority Leader Gene Ward
former State Senator Fred Hemmings
former State Senator Fred Rohlfing
March 13 territorial convention
American Samoa
March 17 caucuses
Missouri
Headquarters: 21 North Meramec Avenue, St. Louis, MO
Missouri Finance
Chair Ambassador Sam
Fox
Ambassador to Belgium, April 2007-Jan.
2009. Founded the Harbour Group.
Missouri Finance Chair
Jeff
Fox
Chairman and CEO of the Harbour Group; started there in 1985.
Endorsements
(announced
June 9,
2011)
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent
Auditor Tom Schweich
Senate Majority Leader Tom Dempsey
House Majority Floor Leader Timothy
Jones
(announced
Sept. 20, 2011)
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt
(announced
Oct. 4, 2011)
Michael
Gibbons; Former Senate President Pro Tempore
Catherine
Hanaway; Former Speaker of the State House
Doug
Russell; Former Missouri Republican Party Chairman
Mike
Kehoe; State Senator
John
Griesheimer; Former State Senator & Franklin County
Commissioner
Sue
Allen; State Representative
Cloria
Brown; State Representative
Mike
Cierpiot; State Representative
John
Diehl; State Representative
Tom
Flanigan; State Representative
Glen
Klippenstein; State Representative
Bill
Lant; State Representative
Noel
Torpey; State Representative
Chuck
Pryor; Former State Representative
Todd
Smith; Former State Representative
Dean
Dankleson; Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney
Eric
Zahnd; Platte County Prosecutor
Kathy
Swan; Cape Girardeau City Council Member
Jeremy
Boucher; St. Clair County Republican
Chairman
Robert
Hull; Worth County Republican Chairman
(announced
Dec. 1, 2011)
Steven Tilley;
Speaker of the House
George H. Walker III;
Former U.S. Ambassador
Harry
Otto; Deputy State Auditor
Ron Richard; State Senator
Betty Sims; Former State Senator
John
Griesheimer; Former State Senator & Franklin County Commissioner
Gary
Nodler; Former State Senator
Jay
Barnes; State Representative
Scott
Dieckhaus; State Representative
Delus
Johnson; State Representative
Cole
McNary; State Representative
Dwight Scharnhorst; State
Representative
Sheila
Solon;
State
Representative
Gary
Dusenberg; Former State Representative
Brian
Stevenson; Former State Representative
J.
Daniel Patterson; Greene County Prosecuting Attorney
Steven
Stevenson;
Andrew
County
Prosecuting
Attorney
Adam
Warren; Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney
Gregg
Grounds; Former Mayor of Blue Springs
Stephen
Holt;
Jasper
Collector
of
Revenue
Dale
Carter; Blue Springs City Council Member
Larry
Vincent; Cole County Collector
Chris
Wrigley; Cole County Commissioner
Judy
Lohman; Vice Chair, Morgan County Republican Central Committee
Karen McCutcheon; Vice Chair Morgan
County Republican Central Committee
Louella Pryor; Treasurer, Morgan
County Republican Central Committee
Katie Smith; Former
Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture
Trish Vincent; Former
Director, Missouri Department of
Revenue
(announced
Dec. 2, 2011)
Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth
(announced
Jan. 12, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Billy Long (CD-7, SW corner
of Missouri)
Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer
State Sen. Dan Brown
State Sen. Mike Parson
State Sen. David Pearce
State Sen. Kurt Schaefer
State Rep. Kathy Conway
Cass County Committeeman Ryan Johnson
St. Louis County Committeeman Jim
Gwinner
(announced March
5, 2012)
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft
(announced
March 8, 2012)
Former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond
(announced
March 15, 2012)
14 more current and former officials including Jefferson City Mayor
Eric Struemph
March 18 primary
Puerto Rico
On Sept. 21, 2011 the campaign announced its Puerto Rico
campaign
committee:
Zoraida F. Fonalledas: National
Committeewoman – Republican Party
Of Puerto Rico
Mario Gaztambide: Treasurer –
Republican Party Of Puerto Rico
Héctor Ramos: Legal Counsel
Republican Party Of Puerto
Rico
Hon. José Torres Zamora: State
Legislator – Chair, House
Republican Caucus
Hon. Vanessa Viera: Deputy Secretary
Of The State Department Of
Puerto Rico
Hon.
Luis Gerardo Rivera Marín: Secretary Of The Department Of
Consumer
Affairs – Deputy Legal Counsel – Republican Party Of Puerto Rico
Gloria Escudero: President – National
Federation Of Republican
Women - Puerto Rico Chapter
Luis Carlos Maldonado: President –
Federation Of Municipal
Legislators
Jorge San Miguel: Deputy Director For
Federal Affairs –
Republican Party Of Puerto Rico
Andrés Guillemard, Sr.:
President: Lone Star
Insurance Producers, Inc.
Antonio Hernández: Deputy Legal
Counsel – Republican Party
Of Puerto Rico
Eduardo Emanuelli: Insurance Broker –
Carrion, Laffitte &
Casellas Insurance Company
More
Endorsements
Gov. Luis G. Fortuño (announced
Jan. 27, 2012)
On March 16, 2012 the campaign announced additional
endorsements as well as delegates and alternates:
Jenniffer
González-Colón: Speaker of the House of
Representatives (had been
a co-chair for Rick Perry's campaign)
Thomas Rivera Schatz: President of Senate
Jorge
Santini: Mayor of San Juan
Héctor
O'Neill: Mayor of Guaynabo
...and delegates and alternates
+
also note, just after
the primary, on March 20, 2012, Carlos
Méndez, the
Mayor of Aguadilla, who had been a key Gingrich supporter, announced
his support for Romney.
March 20 primary
Illinois
State Chairman Treasurer Dan Rutherford
(announced
May 26,
2011) Elected State Treasurer in Nov. 2010. Previously
served
18
years
in
the
Illinois
General
Assembly,
including
10
years
as
a
state
representative and
as
a
state
senator
from
2003-10.
Retired
from
his
career
in
the
private sector at the end of 2010 after 25 years in business.
Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Illinois State
University.
Endorsements
(announced Oct. 12, 2011)
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis
Hastert
U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (IL-13)
(announced
Nov. 8, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (IL-18)
(announced
Nov. 14, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Robert Dold (IL-10)
(announced
Dec. 19, 2011)
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk
(announced
March 13, 2012)
Senate Republican Leader
Christine Radogno
Sen. Dave Luechtefeld
Sen. John Millner
Sen. Sue Rezin
Sen. Dale Righter
Sen. Pam Althoff
(announced
March 15, 2012)
House Republican Leader Tom Cross as
well as 17 state Representatives and another state Senator:
Sen. Ron Sandack
Rep. Mike Tryon
Rep. Darlene Senger
Rep. Dave Winters
Rep. David Harris
Rep. David Leitch
Rep. Renee Kosel
Rep. Sandy Cole
Rep. Tim Schmitz
Rep. Skip Saviano
Rep. Ed Sullivan
Rep. Joann Osmond
Rep. Patti Bellock
Rep. Franco Coladipietro
Rep. Dennis Reboletti
Rep. Sid Mathias
Rep. Bill Mitchell
Rep. Jill Tracy
(announced
March 18, 2012)
U.S. Rep. John Shimkus (IL-19) +
and
Peoria Journal Star (March 18,
2012)
Chicago Tribune (March 17,
2012; online March 16)
Daily Herald [Arlington Heights] (March
4,
2012)
March 24 primary
Louisiana
Contact Scott Sewell
Sewell, who served as chair of the 2008 Romney
campaign's
statewide
steering committee, is again active in the Romney effort.
Endorsements
(announced Oct. 6, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander (LA-5)
(announced
March 19, 2012)
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Forestry Mike Strain (had endorsed Perry before he left the
race)
(announced
March 21, 2012)
Jefferson Parish President John Young
Senator Conrad Appel
Senator Danny Martiny
Representative Tony Ligi
Representative Franklin Foil
Representative Joe Harrison
Representative Kirk Talbot
Representative Tim Burns
Representative Joseph Lopinto
PSC Commissioner Eric Skrmetta
Former Jefferson Parish Council
At-Large Diane Hollis
Jefferson Parish Tax Assessor Tom
Capella
April 3 primary
Maryland
Chairman Former Gov. Bob Ehrlich
(announced
Oct. 21, 2011) Served one term as governor, 2003-07;
defeated in 2006 re-election bid and in 2010 attempt. Represented
Maryland’s 2nd CD in
the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995-2003. Earlier he
practiced
law and served in the House of Delegates.
Co-Chair
Louis Pope
RNC committeman. President and owner of Century
21 Trademark
Realty, Inc, based in Montgomery and Prince Georges County.
Steering
Committee
Former Maryland
Republican Party First Vice Chair Chris Cavey
Former
Maryland Republican Party First Vice Chair Chuck Gast
Former Maryland Republican Party
Chairman Audrey Scott
Howard
County Republican Party Chairman Loretta Shields
Former Howard County Republican Party Chairman Brian Harlin
County Chairs
(announced
March 28, 2012)
Maryland Women for
Mitt (announced
March 29, 2012)
Chair Kendel Ehrlich
Maryland Veterans for
Mitt (announced
March 30, 2012)
Co-Chairs Donald Hoffman, US Navy Ret. and Calvin J. (Jim) Olson, US
Army Ret.
Endorsements
(announced Sept. 8, 2011)
State Senator Richard Colburn
State Senator Joe Getty
State Senator Allan Kittleman
Delegate Kathryn Afzali
Delegate John Cluster
Delegate Addie Eckardt
Delegate Donald Elliott
Delegate Michael Hough
Delegate Nic Kipke
Delegate Steven Schuh
Former United States Ambassador to New Zealand Robert Goodwin
National Committeeman Louis Pope
National Committeewoman Joyce Terhes
2010 Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor and Former Secretary
of State Mary Kane
Former Maryland Republican Party Chairman John Kane
Former Maryland Republican Party Chairman Audrey Scott
Former Maryland Republican Party First Vice Chair Chris Cavey
Former Maryland Republican Party First Vice Chair Chuck Gast
Maryland Republican Party Treasurer Christopher Rosenthal
Garrett County Republican Party Chairman Brenda Butcsher
Howard County Republican Party Chairman Loretta Shields
Montgomery County Republican Party Chairman Mark Uncapher
Frederick County Councilman Paul Smith
Howard County Councilman Greg Fox
State Central Committee Member – St. Mary’s County Mary Russell
More
Endorsements
(announced Dec. 20, 2011)
State Senator Bryan
Simonaire
Former Senate Minority Leader Marty
Madden
Former State Senator and Montgomery
County Councilman Howard Denis
Delegate William Frank
Delegate Susan Krebs
Former House Minority Leader and
former Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer
Former Delegate Doug Riley
...and 30 more
April 3 primary
Wisconsin
Headquarters: 1701-7 Pearl St., Waukesha, WI 53186
State
Director Molly Donlin
Previously state director for Romney's campaigns in
Florida and and then Ohio. iIn
2010 Donlin directed Republicans' Michigan Victory
effort. In the fall
2008 campaign she directed Republicans' Victory 2008 effort in
Arizona; earlier in the cycle she served as field director for Central
Florida on the Rudy Giuliani
Presidential Committee. Donlin was a
presidential appointee in the Department of Justice Office of Public
Affairs, where she served as assistant to the director. Deputy
director of volunteer development for the RNC from Aug. 2005 to Dec.
2006, and 72-Hour field director for Hamilton County for the Ohio
Republican Party. B.S. degree in international affairs from
Xavier University in Cincinnati,
2004. twitter
Co-Chair Former State Sen. Ted Kanavas
(announced
Oct. 3, 2011) Software executive. Elected to the state
Senate in July 2001 special election; re-elected in 2002 and 2006; did
not seek re-election in 2010. Served a term on the Elmbrook
School Board starting 1999. Started career as an aide to
Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner. Graduate of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1983.
Co-Chair Sen. Alberta Darling
(announced
Dec. 21,
2011) Represents District 8 (River Hills); has served in the
state Senate since 1992, and previously served in the state
Assembly.
Former teacher and marketing director. B.S. from University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1966; did graduate work at University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
County Chairs
(announced
March 28, 2012)
Wisconsin Women for Mitt (announced March 29, 2012)
More
Endorsements
(announced
March 26, 2012)
State Representative Jim Ott
State Representative Dan Knodl
State Representative Gary Tauchen
State Representative Jeff Stone
State Representative Mark Honadel
State Representative Dale Kooyenga
State Representative Chris Kapenga
Former Racine County Executive William
McReynolds
Sue Green
Michael Grebe, conservative leader (announced March 29, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (announced
March 30, 2012)
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson
(announced
April 1, 2012)
Former U.S. Rep. Mark
Green (announced
April 2, 2012)
On Sept. 28, 2011 the campaign announced its Wisconsin Finance Committee.
and
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (April 1,
2012; online March 31)
April 3 primary
District of Columbia
Chair
Betsy Werronen
Republican
National Committeewoman, former Chair of the D.C. Republican Committee
Co-Chairs
Teri Galvez
Romney Delegate, Candidate for RNC Committeewoman
Rich Counts
Romney Delegate,
Former Chairman of DC Young Republicans
(announced
March 28, 2012)
April 24 primary
Connecticut
Endorsements
On Sept. 29, 2011 the campaign announced endorsements of
53 elected officals and leaders, including six current state Senators
and eight current
state Representatives. Leading the effort in the state are three
chairs of the Connecticut Steering Committee:
Connecticut
Steering Committee
Chairs
House Minority Leader
Larry Cafero
Senate
Minority
Leader
John McKinney
Former
U.S.
Ambassador
Tom Foley
April 24 primary
Delaware
Endorsements
On Oct. 27, 2011 the campaign announced endorsements of
24 elected officals and leaders:
House Republican Leader Greg
Lavelle
State Senator Liane
Sorenson
Dale Wolf; Former Governor and
Lieutenant Governor
Janet Rzewnicki; Former State Treasurer
Bob Weiner; New Castle County
Councilman
Laird Stabler; RNC National
Committeeman
Everett Moore; Former Delaware
Republican Party Chairman
Cathy Murray; Former Delaware
Republican Party Vice Chairwoman
Steve Engebretson; Newark Region
Republican Chairman
Hans Reigle; Kent County Republican
Chairman
John Rollins; New Castle County
Republican Chairman
Michael Fleming; Former New Castle
County Republican Chairman
Rick Carroll; Former Wilmington Region
Republican Chairman
Ted Cover; Wilmington Region
Republican Vice Chairman
Jerry Martin; Former Brandywine Region
Republican Chairman
Dave Burris; Former Sussex County
Republican Chairman
Dave Jones; Former Newark Region
Republican Chairman
Ron Sams; Former Sussex County
Republican Chairman
Jim Ursomarso; Former Candidate for
Lieutenant Governor and Wilmington
City Republican Chairman
Michele Rollins; Former Congressional
Candidate
Judy Travis; Former Candidate for
State Senate
Louis Saindon; Former Candidate for
State Representative
Josh Hoveln; University of Delaware
College Republican Vice Chairman
Tom Schrandt
Christine
O'Donnell-conservative activist and 2010 U. S. Senate nominee (announced
Dec. 13, 2011)
April 24 primary
New York
Endorsements
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (NY-13)
(announced
Oct. 10, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Nan Hayworth (NY-19) (announced
Nov. 4, 2011)
former Congressman
and Staten Island
Borough President Guy
Molinari (announced
Oct. 6, 2011).
former Congressman Susan Molinari (announced
Oct. 12, 2011).
additional
endorsements by New York elected officials and leaders (announced
Dec. 20, 2011) ...total of 45 to date
Former Gov. George
Pataki (announced March 7, 2012)
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (announced April 23, 2012)
April 24 primary
Pennsylvania
Endorsements
U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach (PA-6) (announced Nov. 9, 2011)
RNC Committeeman Bob Asher (announced
Dec. 9, 2011)
(announced
March 13, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (PA-9)
U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent (PA-5)
Former U.S. Rep. Phil English
Alan Novak, Former Chairman,
Republican State Committee of PA
Jim Roddey, Allegheny County GOP Chair
and Former Allegheny County
Executive
Andy Reilly, Delaware County GOP Chair
Dwight Weidman, Franklin County GOP
Chair
Don Adams, Independence Hall Tea Party
(Philadelphia)
Former Gov. and
Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge (announced
March 14, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Mike
Fitzpatrick (PA-8) (announced
March 27, 2012)
Former State Rep.
Katie True (announced
March 28, 2012)
Former Gov. Mark
Schweiker (announced
March 29, 2012)
State Sen. Jane Earll (announced April 10, 2012)
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey
(announced April 10, 2012)
Gov. Tom Corbett (announced April 17, 2012)
April 24 primary
Rhode Island
Endorsements (announced
July 26, 2011)
Former Governor Don Carcieri
Former U.S. Representative Ron
Machtley
Former Lieutenant Governor Bernard
Jackvony
Senate Minority Leader Dennis Algiere
State Senator Beth Moura
State Senator Christopher Ottiano
State Representative Larry Ehrhardt
State Representative Daniel Reilly
State Representative and RNC National
Committeeman Joseph Trillo
Former Chairman Of The Rhode Island
Republican Party Gio Cicione
Former First Vice Chairman Of The
Rhode Island Republican Party
John Harpootian
Former Executive Director Of The Rhode
Island Republican Party
Jeff Deckman
2010 Republican Gubernatorial
Candidate John Robitaille
2010 Republican Congressional
Candidate Mark Zaccaria
Mayor Of Warwick Scott Avedisian
Bristol Republican Town Committee
Chair Thomas Carroll
Coventry Republican Town Committee
Chair Charles M. Vacca, Jr.
Foster Republican Town Committee Chair
Richard Grant
Lincoln Republican Town Committee
Chair Michael Napolitano
North Providence Republican Town
Committee Chair Michael Grossi
North Smithfield Republican Town
Committee Chair Alex Biliouris
West Warwick Republican Town Committee
Chair Giovanni Calise
Former Newport City Republican Town
Committee Chair Brennan
Daniels
(announced
April 18, 2012)
21 additional leaders including:
House
Republican Leader Brian Newberry
State Senator David Bates
State Senator Glen Shibley
State Representative Mike Chippendale
State Representative Doreen Costa
Mayor of Cranston Allan Fung
May 8 primary
Indiana
Endorsements
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (IN-4) (announced
Sept. 23, 2011)
(announced
Dec. 2, 2011)
Jim Merritt; State Senator
Ryan Mishler; State
Senator
Heath Van Natter; State
Representative
Mike Karickhoff; State Representative
Ed Soliday; State
Representative
Tim Neese; State Representative
Tim Fesko; Former State Representative
Matt Bell; Executive Director Regional
Chamber of Northeast Indiana and
Former State Representative
Randy Borror; Former State
Representative
Dan Dumezich; Former State
Representative
Frankfort Mayor-elect Chris
McBarnes
Deborah Adams; Rush County
Auditor
Hal Slager; Schererville Town
Councilman
Jim Kittle; Former Indiana Republican
Party Chairman
John Hammond; Chairman of the 7th
District
Craig Dunn; Kokomo County Republican
Chairman
Bill Treadway; Vigo County Republican
Chairman
Tom John; Former Marion County
Republican
Chairman
Mary Moses Cochran; Former Aide to
Vice President Dan Quayle
James Bopp, Jr. (announced
Feb. 7, 2012)
+
May 8 primary
North Carolina
Endorsements
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (announced
Dec. 29, 2011)
Former U.S. Sen.
Elizabeth Dole (announced
Dec. 28, 2011)
(announced
Oct. 17, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (NC-6)
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-5)
U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC-10)
(announced
Jan. 19, 2012)
State Senator Tommy Tucker
Former Associate Justice of the North
Carolina Supreme Court Robert Orr
Representative Bill Current
Representative Tim Moore
Representative Danny McComas
Representative Jimmy Dixon
Representative Pat McElraft
Former Mayor of Charlotte and
Gubernatorial Candidate Richard Vinroot
Former Charlotte Mayoral Candidate
Scott Stone
Former Wake County
Commissioner Kenn Gardner
North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis (announced April 18, 2012)
May 8 primary
West Virginia
Steering Committee
(and
endorsements announced
Dec. 6, 2011)
Senior Advisor Bill Phillips
Phillips, of Elkins served as senior advisor on Romney's 2007-08
campaign. Chairman of
the Bush for President campaign in West Virginia in 2000, and
co-chairman
of the Bush for President campaign in 2004. Chief of staff for
Gov. Cecil H. Underwood after serving as campaign manager on
Underwood's successful 1996 campaign.
Senior Advisor (assisting
Phillips) John
H. McCutcheon, II
McCutcheon, of White Sulphur Springs, served as senior advisor on
Romney's 2007-08 campaign. Executive director of the Bush for
President campaign in West Virginia in 2000. executive assistant in
Gov. Cecil Underwood's
office and for a time at the Department of Transportation after serving
as deputy campaign manager on Underwood's successful gubernatorial
campaign in 1996.
Co-Chairs
Donna Gosney (Madison) -
Republican National Committeewoman
Delegate Bob Ashley
(Spencer) -
a member of the WV legislature; co-chair of
Romney’s 2007-08 WV
campaign.
Thomas O’Neill (Buckhannon) - vice chairman of the WV
Republican Party, attorney; "played a key role in the WV
Romney 2008 campaign."
Wendy McCuskey (Charleston) - president of the Associated
Builders
& Contractors of
West Virginia. Romney state director in 2008. Political
director for the And For
the Sake of the Kids independent expenditure campaign in West Virginia,
2006. Political appointee in the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
2005-06. A regional field director in West Virginia on
Bush-Cheney '04, then director of event volunteers on the 55th
Presidential Inaugural Committee . B.A. in political science from
Stephen F. Austin State University, 2004.
Senator Donna Boley (St. Marys) - a former WV Republican
National
Committeewoman.
+
May 15 non-binding primary
Nebraska
Endorsements
Gov. Dave Heineman (announced
June 10, 2011)
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns (announced
Dec. 21, 2011)
May 15 primary
Oregon
Endorsements
Former U.S.
Sen. Gordon Smith
(announced July 11, 2011)
Represented Oregon for two terms, first
elected
in Nov. 1996, re-elected in 2002, defeated in 2008. Smith
currently
serves as President of the National Association of
Broadcasters.
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
(OR-2)
(announced Oct. 14, 2011)
Former gubernatorial candidate Chris
Dudley (announced
Jan. 17, 2012)
May 22 primary
Arkansas
Chairman Congressman Tim Griffin
(announced
Oct. 5, 2011) Elected in November 2010. Prior to his election,
Rep. Griffin was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of
Arkansas. Griffin was a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush
in the Office of Political Affairs. Griffin has also worked at
the Department of Justice, the Republican National Committee, and the
House Government Reform Committee. Griffin is the founder of
Griffin Law Firm, PLLC, a Little Rock law firm and Griffin Public
Affairs, LLC. He is a graduate of Hendrix College and Tulane
University Law School.
Endorsements
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack (AR-3) (announced
Jan. 19, 2012)
Former DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson
(announced
Feb. 2, 2012)
May 22 primary
Kentucky
Finance Chair Kelly Knight
(announced Nov. 7, 2011) Chairman of a strategic management firm; from Lexington.
Finance Chair Joe Craft
(announced Nov. 7, 2011)
President, CEO, and
a director of Alliance Resource Partners, the fourth largest coal
producer in the eastern United States; he also serves as
president, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Alliance Holdings
GP.
Endorsements
(announced Oct. 17, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-1)
U.S. Rep Hal Rogers (KY-5)
May 29 primary
Texas
Endorsements
(announced Oct. 26, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-21)
(announced Jan.
20, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12)
U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway (TX-11)
[had endorsed Perry until he exited]
U.S. Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22)
(announced
Feb. 21, 2012)
Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus
(announced
April 5, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (TX-32)
U.S. Rep. John Carter (TX-31)
U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
California
State Leadership Team
(announced
March 26, 2012)
Honorary Chairmen
Former Gov. Pete Wilson
(announced
Feb. 6, 2012) Served as the 36th governor of California
(1991-99), the
culmination of more than three decades of public service that included
eight years as a U.S. Senator (1983-91), eleven years as
Mayor of San Diego (1971-82) and four years as a California State
Assemblyman (1967-71). A principal with the
Bingham Consulting Group as well as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of
the Herbert Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Former Gov. George Deukmejian
Served as the 35th governor of California
(1983-91) after serving as Attorney General (1979-83) and in the State
Senate (1967-79) and Assembly (1963-67). Drafted and served in
the U.S. Army in Paris. Law degree from St. John's University;
undergraduate degree in sociology from Siena College.
Statewide Chairs
Meg Whitman
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa
U.S. Rep. Mary Bono-Mack
U.S. Rep. Buck McKeon
State Senator Tony Strickland
Carly Fiorina
Statewide Co-Chairs
U.S. Rep. Brian
Bilbray
- U.S. Rep. Ken
Calvert
- U.S. Rep. John
Campbell
- U.S. Rep. Jeff
Denham
- U.S. Rep.
Wally Herger
- U.S. Rep.
Jerry Lewis
- U.S. Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher
- State Senate
Republican Leader Bob Huff
- Assembly
Republican Leader Connie Conway
- State Senator
Sam Blakeslee
- State Senator
Bob Dutton
- State Senator
Sharon Runner
- State Senator
Mark Wyland
- Assemblyman Paul
Cook
- Assemblyman Jim
Silva
- Bill Simon
Statewide Steering Committee
State Senator Tom Berryhill - State Senator Anthony Cannella - State Senator Bill Emmerson - State Senator Jean Fuller - State Senator Ted Gaines - State Senator Tom Harman - State Senator Mimi Walters - Assemblyman Curt Hagman - Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries - Assemblyman Jim Nielsen - Assemblyman Don Wagner - LA District Attorney Steve Cooley - Former Senate Republican Leader Dick Ackerman
Endorsement
Announcements
(announced
June 23, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Buck McKeon (CD-25)
U.S. Rep. Mary Bono
Mack (CD-45)
State Senate Republican
Leader Bob Dutton
State Senator Tony
Strickland
State Senator Sharon Runner
State Senator Bob Huff
State Senator Sam Blakeslee
State Senator Mark Wyland
Assemblyman Paul Cook
Assemblyman Jim Silva
announced
July 20, 2011
U.S. Rep. John Campbell (CD-48)
announced
Sept. 21, 2011
U.S. Rep. Wally Herger (CD-2)
announced
Sept. 22, 2011
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (CD-49)
announced
Dec. 6, 2011
U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis (CD-41)
U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (CD-44)
U.S. Rep. Brian Bibray (CD-50)
announced
Dec. 12, 2011
U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CD-46)
(announced
March 26, 2012)
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CD-22)
(announced
March 26, 2012)
Carly Fiorina
announced March 27, 2012
U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (CD-19)
announced
March 27, 2012
Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff and
Assembly Republican Leader Connie
Conway
Montana
General
Chairman
Rep. Scott Reichner (Bigfork)
(announced,
with
leadership
team,
on
March
6,
2012)
Former Governor Tim Babcock
Former Governor Judy Martz
Former Governor Marc Racicot
(endorsement announced
Feb. 29, 2012)
House Speaker Mike Milburn (Cascade)
Former Senate President Bob Story
(Park City)
Former House Speaker John Mercer
(Polson)
Senator Ed Buttrey (Great Falls)
Senator Llew Jones (Conrad)
Senator Ed Walker (Billings)
Former Senator Bob Depratu (Whitefish)
Rep. Duane Ankney (Colstrip)
Rep. Jesse O’Hara (Great Falls)
Rep. Jonathan McNiven (Huntley)
Rep. Liz Bangerter (Helena)
Rep. Rob Cook (Conrad)
Rep. Steve Fitzpatrick (Great Falls)
Rep. Tom Burnett (Bozeman)
Rep. Ken Peterson (Billings)
Former Rep. Dennis Himmelberger
(Billings)
Republican National Committeeman Errol
Galt (Martinsdale)
Former Montana GOP Executive Director
Chuck Denowh (Helena)
Montana Finance
Leadership Team
(announced
Dec. 1, 2011)
Montana Finance
Chair Mark Baker (Helena)
A partner in Anderson, Baker & Swanson, PLLC. He
previously co-chaired Governor Romney’s 2008 Montana State Finance
Leadership team, served on the Montana Finance Committee for
Bush/Cheney 04, and was Montana State Co-Chairman for Lawyers for
Bush/Cheney 2000. He and his wife, Jennifer, live
in Helena and have
four children.
Missouri Finance Chair Mark
Lewis (Bozeman)
President of Jet Set Sports. Previously, Mark worked for
NBC and General Electric as head of their Olympic sponsorship programs.
Lewis also led one of the most successful fundraising and marketing
programs in Olympic history. These efforts resulted in over $1.5
billion of revenue generation and culminated in the successful
conclusion of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Mark is married to the former Dawn Allinger, a 1996 Olympian in the
sport of Team Handball, and they live in Bozeman, Montana.
Members: State
Senator Ed Buttrey (Great Falls) - State Representative Liz Bangerter
(Helena) - State
Representative Scott Reichner (Bigfork) - Former State Senator Sherm
Anderson & Bonnie Anderson (Deer Lodge) - Stephen Zabawa (Billings)
+
New Jersey
Endorsements
Gov. Chris Christie (announced
Oct. 11, 2011)
U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ-7)
(announced Oct. 26, 2011)
14 of the 16 Republican members of the
State Senate, and 28
of the 33 Republican members of the New Jersey State Assembly, 37 of 42
members of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, and all 21
Republican county chairs (announced
Dec. 15, 2011)
Full slate of
statewide and congressional district delegates (announced
April 2, 2012)
South Dakota
Endorsement (announced
Nov. 23, 2011)
U.S. Sen. John Thune
Utah
On July 6, 2011 the campaign announced
endorsements of 63 Utah elected officials:
U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch
U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz
U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop
Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell
Attorney
General Mark Shurtleff
16 state Senators (including the President
Michael G. Waddoups, Majority Leader Scott K. Jenkins and Majority Whip
Wayne L. Niederhauser)
42 state Representatives (including House
Majority Leader Brad L. Dee)
Note:
The Boston
Herald reported on July 7, that one
of the state Reps. in fact supports Huntsman; so the corrected total is
62 Utah elected officials including 41 state
Representatives.
former Gov. John
Huntsman (Jan. 16, 2012)
Gov. Gary Herbert
(announced
Feb. 2, 2012)
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee
(announced
March 26, 2012)