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New
England Regional Chairman - Jim Tobin
Northeast
Regional Political Director - Mike DuHaime
Bush-Cheney '04, Inc. |
16 Penn Plaza | Bangor
(Grand Opening March 22, 2004...Bush-Cheney
'04 Maine Chairman Peter Cianchette and Regional Chair Jim Tobin)
| Chairman |
Peter Cianchette |
(announced Sept. 29, 2003) Republican
nominee for Governor in 2002. Served two terms in the Maine House
of Representatives, representing South Portland and Cape Elizabeth; did
not seek re-election in 2000. In 1992 left Dragon Products and started
his own business, Cianchette Enterprises, Inc., which owned and operated
Initial Staffing Services, an employee staffing, recruiting and placement
company; sold the company after five years..Senior executive at the Dragon
Products Company, a leading supplier of cement and concrete and one of
Maine’s top manufacturing companies. Graduate of University of Maine,
with a degree in Business Administration and Finance.
Vice Chairwomen
(announced Sept. 29, 2003) |
Sen. Susan Collins
Sen. Olympia Snowe |
| Executive Director |
Randy Bumps |
Previously served as state director
for Sen. Susan Collins, overseeing her state offices. Deputy campaign
manager on Collins' 2002 re-election campaign. Earlier served as
a regional field representative for Collins in Augusta, and in western
Maine for then-Senator Bill Cohen. Served three terms as a State
Representative, elected in 1996 and re-elected in 1998 and 2000.
Graduate of Bates College with a degree in Political Science, 1995.
From Minot, Maine.
| Communications Director |
Jamie Loftus |
| Field Coordinator, CD 1 |
William Thompson |
| Field Coordinator, CD 2 |
Trevor Bragdon |
| Coalitions Director |
Sarah Bonner |
-On Jan. 16, 2004 the campaign
announced its Maine County Leadership Team, comprising 50 Bush-Cheney
'04 county leaders.
-On May 3, 2004 the campaign
announced Maine Southern Regional Farm Families for Bush-Cheney '04.
-On July 9, 2004 Doro Bush
Koch helped kick off of the Maine "W Stands for Women" Leadership Team;
State Co-chairs are Jan Staples and Janet Bowne.
-Bush-Cheney '04 Maine
Veterans State Chairman: State Representative Ted Heidrich (U.S. Marine
Corps, Ret.) (R, House District 64[Oxford]). Heidrich served from
1951- 1953 in the Korean War. He then owned and operated a small
business in New York. He is serving his third term in the Maine House
of Reprentatives. He is active in several organizations, including the
Marine Corps League, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion.
(May 11, 2004 press release Bush-Cheney '04 National Veterans Steering
Committee)
-Jane Amero is the Bush-Cheney
'04 Maine Educators for Bush steering committee chair. She served
as a state senator for eight years, including four years as the Republican
leader. She was a Republican congressional candidate for Maine's
First Congressional District in 2000 and chaired the state board of education
from 1989 to 1992.
-Maine Students for Bush:
Chairman Dan Schuberth (Bowdoin '06)
Victory 2004
| 172 Main Street | South Portland
| Executive
Director |
Michael Leavitt |
(started
April 2004) Has worked for Cassidy & Associates, a Washington,
D.C. government relations firm and on the federal and campaign staffs of
Sen. Olympia Snowe. Graduate of the University of Maine-Orono and
holds a M.B.A. from Husson College in Bangor.
| 72
Hour Director |
Matthew Pare |
| Deputy
72-Hour Director |
Christian Morris |
Field Coordinators
| Aroostook
and Washington Counties (Northern) |
Barry Flynn |
| Events
Director |
Vinh Nguyen |
| Director
of Early/Absentee Voting |
Melissa |
Maine Republican Party |
9 Higgins Street | Augusta
Elected Dec. 19, 1998; previously
served as Vice Chair.
| Executive Director |
Dwayne Bickford |
Bickford also served as executive
director in the 2000 cycle. Ran for state Rep. in 1998.
| Assistant to the Director |
Rachel Y. Ellis |
| Fundraising Coordinator |
April Ross |
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