Giuliani Names Georgia Campaign Chairs

More key individuals have been appointed as the Giuliani Campaign rolls forward towards the 2008 Presidential election. In a press release dated July 18, JoinRudy2008.com announced that Regional Chairs were named for the state of Georgia. The Giuliani campaign split the state into four regions and announced the eight individuals who will chair or co-chair those divisions.

In the Coastal Georgia region, Mary Flanders was selected to represent the Giuliani campaign. Ms. Flanders has previously served as the President of the Savannah Area Republican Women and Chairman of the Chatham County (Georgia) Republican Party. She currently serves on the Department of Technical and Adult Education State Board. Ms. Flanders has worked on previous political campaigns, including local and Senate races.

In the Greater Atlanta area, four Co-Chairs were named to head up efforts for the Giuliani campaign. Rusty Paul, a former State Senator turned entrepreneur, brings more than thirty years of political experience with him to this Presidential race. He is joined by Jay Morgan, who served as a Regional Political Director for the George H.W. Bush Presidential campaign in 1988. Mr. Morgan has also worked extensively on statewide election campaigns. Paul and Morgan are also joined by William Woodall, a public affairs expert whose expertise led to the election of the first Republican governor in Georgia since the Civil War. Mr. Woodall also leant his efforts to the Bush/Cheney reelection campaign in 2004. The final Co-Chair in the Greater Atlanta area is State Representative Jeff May, who has represented House District 111 since 2005.

In East Georgia, two Co-Chairs were named. State Representative Barry A. Fleming¸ who has served House District 79 since 2002. Mr. Fleming is currently the Majority Whip in the State House of Representatives. He is joined by Gwen Fulcher Young, the wife of former Augusta Mayor Bob Young. Ms. Young currently serves as Chairman of the Georgia Real Estate Commission and is a member of the International Real Estate Hall of Fame. In 2007, Ms. Young was the recipient of the Women of Excellence Award.

In Central Georgia, the Giuliani campaign announced State Representative Jay Roberts as chair. Mr. Roberts is now representing House District 154 for a second term and serves as the Vice Chair of the Majority Caucus. He was appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue as the Governor's Floor Leader. He also serves on a number of State House Committees, including Appropriations, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Economic Development and Tourism, Ways and Means and Ethics.

Georgia Speaker Glenn Richardson was announced in a previous press release on May 24^th as the Georgia State Chairman for the Rudy Giuliani Campaign. He is joined by State Co-Chair Ronnie Chance, a Georgia State Senator, who recently remarked that, "This team will help spread the message across Georgia that Mayor Giuliani is the candidate that has a proven record on our most important issues." Richardson and Change will work closely with these eight newly-announced leaders in the coming fifteen months towards the election of Rudy Giuliani as the next President of the United States of America.

References:

"Georgia Speaker Glenn Richardson Endorses Rudy Giuliani." (http://www.joinrudy2008.com//news/pr/239/)

"Giuliani Campaign Announces Georgia Regional Chairs." (http://www.joinrudy2008.com//news/pr/455/)