Grassroots chair for Bush-Cheney '04 - Hunter Bates
Founder & President, The Bates Capitol Group, LLC, Louisville, KY & Washington, D.C., 2003.  Chief of Staff to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, 2000-02.  Campaign Manager for McConnell for Senate, 2002.  Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Rules Committee, 1999-2000.  Attorney at Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C., 1995-97.  J.D. from Harvard Law School, 1994.  B.A. from Eastern Kentucky University, 1989.
 

Kentucky Republican Party  |  105 W. 3rd St.  |  Frankfort

Chairman (ran the party day to day)

John McCarthy

(Elected April 17, 2004)  Prior to becoming chairman McCarthy served as special assistant for personnel to Gov. Ernie Fletcher.  Fundraiser on Fletcher's 2003 campaign.  Lobbyist with McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, 1999-2003 in Frankfort.  Experience on many campaigns including Ron Lewis' upset election to Congress in 1994.  B.A. in Economics and Government from Centre College, 1990.  From Louisville.
 
 

Political Director (managed State House races)

Michael Clingaman

Managed Rep. Anne Northup's congressional re-election campaign in 2002.  Field representative for the NRCC in 2000 and did NRCC candidate recruitment in 1999.  Northup for Congress in 1998, 1996.
 

An outside consultant handled State Senate races.
 
 

Finance Director

Tracy Legal

Finance director for Rep. Anne Northup for Congress in 2002.
 
 

Treasurer

Cathy Bell

Also of note:
David Young managed Sen. Jim Bunning's re-election campaign.