Indeed for the first six months of 2004 the Republican campaign was tiny.  Colin Campbell had started initial work on the 96-Hour effort in about December 2003, and he eventually gathered a team of about ten full-time volunteers, but only on June 1 were the first six staffers hired.  In mid-June Jason Hebert started as Bush-Cheney '04 executive director after previously heading the campaign in Louisiana.  From June to September the Bush campaign was a small operation, and the team had to work very hard to hold things together; they did meet their targets nonetheless, in part thanks to a huge volunteer effort. 

In September the floodgates opened and a bunch of new people came in from other states such as Arkansas, North Carolina, and California.  The result was kind of a grand coalition as the Bush team, 96-Hour people, and staff from the Coors campaign and many other campaigns worked in tandem on the Republican effort.  The large numbers of volunteers was critical to the Republican effort.  By Election Day 2004, the 96-Hour program had recruited over 8,300 volunteers from all over Colorado; over half of those volunteers were recruited before July of 2004.  (By comparison in 2002, the 96-Hour program recruited 1,300 volunteers in Colorado). 

Chair

Governor Bill Owens

 

Co-Chairs

Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell Sen. Wayne Allard

 

Honorary Chairs

Reps. Joel Hefley, Scott McInnis, Tom Tancredo, Marilyn Musgrave, and Bob Beauprez

 

Executive Director

Jason Hebert

(started mid-June 2004)  Hebert came to Colorado after starting as Bush-Cheney'04's executive director in Louisiana in March 2004.  Previously served as executive director of the Republican Party of Louisiana (starting in early 2003 through March 1, 2004), and earlier as the party's political director.  He also worked on Vice President Dan Quayle's presidential exploratory committee in 1999, as an executive with Innovative Advertising in Covington, as a finance representative with the National Republican Congressional Committee, and as a government relations associate with ICF Kaiser.  Graduate of Louisiana State University.
 
 

Communications Director

Nicole Andrews

Prior to the campaign Andrews served as spokeswoman for the House Committee on Resources.
 

Deputy Communications Director

Camille Anderson -Anderson had served as Comm. Dir. for BC'04 in California

 

Coalitions Director

Sarah Beth Bailey

(arrived in September after serving as BC'04 Coalitions Director in Arkansas).  Previously worked at Small Business Administration.  Worked on Sen. Tim Hutchinson's 2002 re-election campaign. 2001 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a degree in political science and broadcast journalism.  Native Arkansan.
 

Regional Field Staff

Denver Metro

Bryant Adams -arrived mid-Sept.; had been BC'04 field staffer in Arkansas

North

Josh South -arrived mid-Sept.; had been BC'04 field staffer in Arkansas

Colorado Springs

Alex Robertson -started first week Oct.; had been BC'04 staffer in North Carolina

Denver Metro

Margaret Wicker -started first week Oct.; had been BC'04 staffer in North Carolina

 

96-Hour Program

Executive Director

Colin Campbell

Veteran of about a dozen campaigns; son of retiring U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
 
 

Deputy Executive Director

Chuck Broerman

Named vice chairman of the Colorado Republican Party in January 2003.  South Central Business Development Representative for the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OED&IT).  Previously held manufacturing, engineering and management positions for several high-tech companies.  Graduated from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio with a degree in electronics, 1982; has also earned degrees in electronic-mechanical engineering from Sinclair College and business administration from Regis University. 
 
 

Organization Director

Ethan Eilon

 

Organization Director

Adriel Domenech -had been 72-Hour Director in Arkansas.

Interned at the RNC in Fall 2001.  Graduate of Texas A&M; studied history and political science. 
 
 
 

Absentee Ballot/Early Vote Coordinator

Brian Elson

First campaign.  Started in June as a volunteer making phone calls.  Graduate of Metropolitan State College of Denver with a degree in aviation management, 2004.
 

Regional Field Staff: Joe Bunecke, Corey Curtis, Mark Eisbrenner, Drew Griffin [Western Slope - had been a field staffer in Arkansas], Allison Johnson [Boulder/Longmont - had been a field staffer in Arkansas], Amy Ollivier, Jon Reynolds, Tony Ryba, Claudia Vasquez [South Colorado], Garrett Walls [Western Slope].

also: Mark Bliton
 

Regional Field Coordinators (Volunteer): Tom Banks, Butch Batchelder, Clark Bolser, Jeff Bull, Kris Kouch, Tara Crumb, Suzanne Guggenheim, Cheryl Oleyar, Art Onweller, Kay Rendleman, Scott Shires, Rich Sokol, Jim and Becky Way.

volunteer: Amanda Trisdale-Rundell
 
 

Volunteer Coordinator

Susie McKinney

Lori Horn, Betty Pilcher, Pam Prestage.
 
 

Communications

Carolyn Williams

Started as an intern, then worked as volunteer coordinator before finishing as a communications person.  Daughter of Peter Webb, Peter Webb Public Relations, Inc. in Centennial.  Colorado State University.  From Littleton.
 
 

Ballot Integrity/HAVA

Jeff Hammond

HAVA Chairman: Tom Norton.
 
 

Attorney

Scott Gessler

Attorney at Hale Hackstaff in Denver.   For eight years Gessler served in management positions in several small companies.  M.B.A. from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.  Trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.   J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.  B.A. from Yale University.  Army Reservist.
 
 

Consultants

Andy Merritt Alan Philp

Interns: Sarah Little, Katie Mayer, Dan McNeill, Kristine Palser, Nicole Walker, Sean Wickersham, Jamie Wilson.
 
 

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Chairman

Ted Halaby

(from March 15, 2003) Arapahoe County attorney. 
 
 

Executive Director

David Wardrop

(Dec. 2003) Former political director for the party. In past served on the staffs of Sen. Bill Armstrong and Rep. Dan Schaefer. 
 
 

Political Director

Scott T. Russell

 

Operations Director

Dallas Diaz

 

Communications Director

Bill Ray