Pacific
Regional Chairman - Mario Rodriguez
Northwest
Regional Political Director - Cary Evans
Bush-Cheney '04, Inc. |
4840 W. University Ave. | Las Vegas
(Grand Opening April 1, 2004...Attorney
General Brian Sandoval, Secretary of State Dean Heller, Treasurer
Brian Krolicki)
Chairman |
Attorney General Brian Sandoval |
(announced Sept. 8, 2003) First
Hispanic in Nevada to be elected to a statewide office, sworn in Jan. 2003.
Honorary Co-Chairs - Governor Kenny
Guinn, Senator John Ensign, Congressman Jim Gibbons and Congressman Jon
Porter
Executive Director |
Scott Stewart |
Former chairman of the College
Republican National Committee, elected July 1999 and re-elected June 2001,
served to 2003. Graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in history,
1998. Started with College Republicans as a club chairman at Brigham
Young University in Utah before transfering to Yale. Designed a youth
effort for California Gov. Pete Wilson’s re-election campaign in 1994 and
directed the youth effort for Bob Dole in Connecticut in 1996. Native
of San Jose, California
Communications Director |
Brooke Buchanan |
President of UNLV College Republicans
in 2003-04.
Field Representative |
Aaron Coates |
also with Aaron Coates, Mike McCarlie
started as a Field Representative, but he later became 72 Hour Director
(see below)
more Field Representatives added
in the last month from other states:
Ashley Lang (previously in Missouri)
Megan Badasch (previously in California)
Todd Cranney (previously in California)
Coalitions Director |
Ross Mellor |
-On May 27, 2004 Bush-Cheney
'04 announced the members of the state's Viva Bush Coalition in
Las Vegas. Chair is Luis Valera. He works as a financial advisor
and is president of the Nevada Republican Hispanic Assembly; in 2002 he
ran for the 17th District Assembly seat.
-Brett Whipple is the Bush-Cheney
'04 Nevada Educators for Bush steering committee chair, and a regent
for the University and Community College System of Nevada.
-Paul Adams (U.S. Army, Ret.)
is the Bush-Cheney '04 Nevada Veterans State Chair and a national
veterans steering committee member from Las Vegas, Nevada. He serves as
COO of a service connected, veteran owned company that offers manufacturing
related consulting services to the U.S. government. He graduated from West
Point in 1976 and was commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer with
the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii where he served as an Infantry Battalion
S-2, the Interrogation Section Chief and the Division Intelligence Training
Officer. In 1979, he was selected for the Judge Advocate General's Funded
Legal Education Program, ultimately graduating from Hastings College of
the Law in San Francisco.
Victory 2004
Executive
Director |
Chris Carr |
Prior
to starting as executive director of the Nevada Republican Party, Carr
served as executive director of the Clark Country Republicans. He
came to Nevada from Louisiana; extensive experience in Louisiana campaigns
including manager of Dan Kyle's primary campaign for Louisiana Insurance
Commissioner in 2003; manager of Donna Mayeux's 2000 campaign for mayor
of Baton Rouge; and manager of State Rep. Quentin Dastugue's 1995 gubernatorial
campaign. Deputy campaign manager on Jim Gibbons' 1994 campaign for
governor. Campaign manager for Bush-Quayle in Nevada in 1992.
Interned at the White House during the administration of President George
H.W. Bush. Graduate of McNeese State University in Lake Charles,
LA. Originally from Sulphur.
Field
Director |
Sam Fischer |
(started
in latter part of Sept. 2004) Previously worked for four years as
Regional Finance Director for Republican National Committee. Field
Representative for Progress for America, building coalitions to support
President Bush’s tax cuts in 2001. Executive Director of the Douglas
County Republican Party in Omaha, 1998-99. Helped raise $1.8 million
for Christensen for Governor, 1997-98. Finance Director of the Republican
State Committee of Pennsylvania, 1995-97. Finance Director of the
Nebraska Republican Party, 1992-95. B.S. in Criminal Justice
from the University of Nebraska, 1990.
Field Representatives
Richard Harper
Jennifer Harrington
Zead Haddad
Brendon Merkley
Valerie Pachulski
(Field Rep. and Voter Registration Coordinator)
Christine Wilie
72
Hour Director |
Mike McCarlie |
(initially
BC'04 Field Representative) Worked as Assistant to the Legislative
Director and a Legislative Correspondent in Sen. John Ensign's office following
graduation from BYU; he also formerly interned in the office. Graduated
from Brigham Young University in May 2002. Las Vegas native.
(Mario
Sanchez started out as 72 Hour Director but was moved to New Mexico in
August).
72
Hour/Volunteer Deployment |
Irma Aguirre |
Events |
Gabi Plumlee
Brittany Candarin |
Coalitions |
Stephanie Miller |
Absentee/Early
Vote |
Joe Catania |
Headed
the Las Vegas office of LVI Environmental of Nevada Inc. Served as
chairman of the UNLV College Republicans club.
Election
Day Coordinators |
Chris Jaarda
David O'Mara |
Nevada Republican Party
| 8625 W Sahara Avenue | Las Vegas
Chairwoman |
Earlene Forsythe |
(Elected April 29, 2004)
Nurse practicioner from Reno. Former vice-chair of the state party
and former chair of the Washoe County party. (Replaced Lia Roberts
who resigned March 1, 2004).
Executive Director |
Chris Carr |
see above
Controller |
Chrissie Hastie |
Senate Caucus Director |
Joe Brezny |
Assembly Caucus Director |
Erin Russell |
Northern Nevada Coordinator |
Trudy Hushbeck |
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