New
England Regional Chairman - Graham Shafer (succeeded Jim Tobin)
Northeast
Regional Political Director - Mike DuHaime
Bush-Cheney '04, Inc.
| 1045 Elm Street, Suite 401 | Manchester
(Grand
Opening April 13, 2004...Gov. Craig Benson)
Co-Chairs
(announced Nov. 24, 2003) |
Gov. Craig Benson
Sen. Judd Gregg
Sen. John Sununu |
Executive Director |
Julie Teer |
Communications director for
the New Hampshire Republican State Committee starting in March 2003.
Worked briefly for Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) in Washington, DC after serving
as press secretary on Sununu's campaign during fall 2002. Served
as press secretary to Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI). Native of East
Lansing.
Communications
Director |
Maria
Comella |
Worked for The Winston Group,
a survey research firm in Washington, DC. Deputy director of operations
on Gov. George Pataki's (R-NY) 2002 re-election campaign. Graduate
of the Elliot School at the George Washington University, 2003.
Field Director |
Bill Stepien |
Campaign Manager for Assembly
candidates Bill Baroni and Sidna Mitchell in New Jersey's 14th Assembly
District, 2003. Campaign Manager for Kathe Donovan for Bergen County
Executive also in New Jersey, 2002.
Field Representative |
Steve Quain |
Interned at Bush-Cheney '04
headquarters in Arlington, before starting in New Hampshire. Graduated
from the University of Connecticut in Dec. 2003 with a double major in
Political Science and Economics. Active in the UConn College Republicans,
volunteered on Rob Simmons' (R-CT) 2000 and 2002 congressional campaigns,
and interned in Simmon's Capitol Hill office in 2002.
Coalitions Director |
Stephen Replogle |
Previously worked for a Republican
consulting firm. Interned at the White House. Graduate of Presbyterian
College in Clinton, South Carolina with a degree in Political Science,
2001. From Decatur, Georgia.
some coalitions and other key volunteers
-On May 21, 2004, Gov. George
Pataki (NY) announced "New Hampshire First Responders for Bush-Cheney
'04" in an event at the Auburn firehouse. Manchester Fire Department
Lt. Terry Pfaff is Chair.
-On May 17, 2004 former Gov.
Christine Todd Whitman announced the Bush-Cheney '04 New Hampshire Education
Leadership Team at a press conference in Manchester. Steering
committee Co-chairs include
Bill Grimm - chairman of
the board of trustees for the the first charter school in New Hampshire
and a former chairman of the Franklin School Board.
Brenda Hastings -a third
grade teacher at the a school in Concord, New Hampshire.
Linda Henderson - a member
of the Exeter Region Cooperative School Board for the last six years, and
prior to that, she served on the Exeter School Board for 11years.
Kent LaPage - chairman of
the Portsmouth school board.
-On Jan. 21, 2004, Sec. Anthony
Principi announced the Bush-Cheney '04 New Hampshire Veterans Leadership
Team in Manchester.
Chair: Paul Chevalier
- a former Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Co-Chairs: Griffin
T. Dalianis (Past Commander of Disabled Veterans Chapter 7); William Grimm
(a former Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy); and Joseph C. Petrone (a retired
U.S. Army Colonel).
-New Hampshire Students
for Bush - James Baehr, Chair (Dartmouth '05).
-According to the Bush-Cheney
website Rick Richardson of Derry was a top volunteer in New Hampshire.
(Nov. 2004)
Note. The campaign
made an initial announcement of county chairs in the latter part of 2003
and was fully underway by Spring 2004. According to an April 13 press
release "the office is occupied by the five campaign staff members and
has a phone bank that operates Wednesday and Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00
p.m."
NH Victory |
1 Depot Street | Concord
Executive
Director |
Rob
Varsalone |
Previously senior
advisor to Gov. Craig Benson. (Dan Tuohy of the [Lawrence, MA] Eagle
Tribune described Varsalone as "the Karl Rove of the Benson Office").
Political director on Benson's campaign for governor in 2002. Deputy
director NH-CSE. Finance director for Jay Lucas' campaign for governor
in 1998. Political director on Sen. Arlen Specter's 1996 NH primary
campaign. Former state legislator.
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Hour Director |
Aaron Goulette |
Prior
to joining the Victory program, Goulette worked as litigation support director
for former Congressman and State Supreme Court Justice Chuck Douglas’ law
firm in Concord, NH. In 2002 he worked as a field operative on former
U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey’s campaign for governor and for the New Hampshire
Republican State Committee’s Victory operation. Graduate of the University
of New Hampshire in Durham with a B.A. in political science, 2002.
New Hampshire native; graduate of Berlin High School.
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Hour Assistant |
Rachel Suttles |
Former
Capitol Hill staffer for Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Field Representatives
In
addition to the headquarters in Concord there were 16 field offices and
a Boston office for volunteer recruitment
Northern
Hillsborough Co./Manchester
Manchester
- 1045 Elm / Ramada Inn Conf. Center
Neva
Foley
Graduate
of American University. |
Southern
Hillsborough Co./Nashua
Nashua
- Main St.
Jamie
Burnett
Capitol
Hill staffer for Sen. John Sununu. |
Western
Hillsborough Co.
Milford
Mark
Buckley
John
Malena |
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Merrimack
Co.
Concord
- 1 Depot St.
Misty
Haungs
Graduate
of UNH, 2004. |
Rockingham
Co.
Portsmouth
- Bow St.
Exeter
- Winter St.
Derry
- E. Broadway
Salem
- S. Broadway
Brian
Cohen
2004
Convention staffer. |
Strafford
Co.
Dover
- Central Ave.
Ben
Dalianis - also Events Coordinator
Graduate
of UNH, 2003.
Pete
Fullerton
transfered
from Maine. |
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Cheshire/Sullivan
Co.
Keene
- 25 West St.
Claremont
- Pleasant St.
Sarah
Janas
Graduate
of Brandeis University, 2002. |
Belknap
Co.
Laconia
Marie-Courtney
Devitte |
Grafton
Co.
Lebanon
G.
Trenholm Boggs, Jr. - also Sportsmen Coordinator |
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Carroll
Co.
Conway
- Main St.
Wolfeboro
- Center St.
Evan
Gilbert
transfered
from Arizona Victory |
Coos
Co./North Grafton Co.
Berlin
- Unity St.
Littleton
- Main St.
Derek
Luyten |
Not
Sure
Laura
Parks
MBA
from Babson College. |
Field
Coordinators
(worked
in headquarters helping to coordinate data, maps, call sheets and such
for the field reps) |
Andrew
Leach
Fletcher Strong |
Events
Director |
Genevieve Schmitt |
Absentee
Ballot Coordinator |
Gordon Pennoyer |
Assistant
to the Director of Operations on the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Graduate of Kenyon College, 2003.
Evangelical
Coordinators |
Emile Beaulieu
Former
Mayor of Manchester.
Pam Coluntuno |
Catholic
Outreach Coordinator |
Maureen Mooney |
State
legislator from Merrimack.
College
Coordinator |
Jenn Umenhofer |
Also
mobilizing students for the last weeks of the campaign: Christina Bain
and Chris Gosselin (a Georgetown University senior taking a semester off;
he worked at Bush-Cheney national headquarters in Arlington before New
Hampshire).
Volunteer
Coordinator for Massachusetts |
Douglas Shea |
Manned
an office in Boston and was responsible for recruiting volunters to come
to NH and getting volunteers into the Boston office to make phone bank
calls into NH.
Election
Day Coordinator |
Gregg Keller |
Transfered
from serving as political and communications director for the Bush-Cheney
campaign in Missouri. He formerly served as special assistant to Sen. Jim
Talent (R-MO). Clayton, MO native.
New Hampshire Republican State Committee
| 134 North Main Street | Concord
Chair since January 2003; also
has a consulting business, Marcucci Consulting. Served as executive
director of the party in the 2002 cycle. Deputy press secretary to
Sen. Bob Smith. Deputy campaign manager on Republican nominee Jay
Lucas' gubernatorial campaign in 1998. B.A. in Political Science,
UNH, 1995.
Executive Director |
Jen Wrobleski |
Started working at the party
in January 2003 and became executive director in March 2003. Worked
on Sean Mahoney's primary campaign in the 1st CD and then on Dick Green's
successful campaign for State Senate in 2002. Graduate of Boston
University. Grew up in Massachusetts.
Office Manager |
Eileen Smiglowski |
Office manager since April 2003;
also assistant treasurer of the state party since June 2003. |