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February 14, 2007

Rudy Beefs Up Political Team

Mike DuHaime, the former RNC political director, sure has loyal colleagues.

Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani's exploratory cmte. announced a bunch of new hires today to its political team, at the national and regional levels.

Mark Campbell, nat'l pol. dir.; "past clients" include Bush-Quayle, American Medical Association PAC, RNC, NRCC, Bush-Cheney FL Recount

Rick Wiley, dep. pol. dir.; previously served as executive director and pol. dir. of GOP of WI, exec. dir. of GOP Victory '04

Bill Stepien, nat'l field dir.; dir. of '05-'05 Nat'l 72 Hour, BC04 NH field dir

Jake Menges, sr. advisor to pol. dept.; worked for National Media, a GOP media firm in Alexandria, VA, and managed Bill Simon's CA GOV primary.

Cary Evans, nat'l field advisor; previously worked as RNC regional pol. dir., BC04 regional pol. dir., dep. manager for Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR),

Regional Political Directors

Chris Gulugian-Taylor, previously served as exec. dir. of NV Victory '06, exec. dir of NV GOP, the Nevada Republican Party as Executive Director and Political Director. Gulugian-Taylor has worked for the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., and in the field, serving as the Washington State 72 Hour Director for President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign.

K.C. Jones, manager for Rick O'Donnell's House Run (CO-07), VA dir. of RNC's 72 Hour, BC04 IA field dir., BC04 MN dep. exec. dir.

Matthew R. Mahoney, Giuliani's WH Pol. Affairs Liason from '02-'07, dep. dir. of advance for Giuliani between '98-'02, sr. legal adviser to Solutions America PAC.

Matt Mason, dir. GOTV in '04 and '06 for OH GOP, joined Marines after 9/11, served a tour in Iraq in '05

Tyler O'Connor, state. dir. for MO GOP 72 Hour/Victory '06, pol. dir. for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) '04 camp

Mike Roman, dir. of Election Day Operations at RNC in '06 and in PA in '04, before that at the PA GOP camp. cmte., Phill Ward Leader from '02 to '06

Mike Vallante, COO of CA GOP, chair of RI GOP, regional pol. dir. for RNC

David Watts, exec. dir./pol. dir. of Dallas County GOP ('98-'01), Western reg. pol. dir. for BC04.



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