RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman and Communications Director Brian Jones announced that Tracey Schmitt will serve as Press Secretary for the Republican National Committee. Tracey was the Regional Spokesperson for the Western States and Northern Plains, which included Minnesota, for Bush-Cheney '04.
St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly announced on February 7, 2005 that he would run for re-election. Mayor Kelly, a Democrat, endorsed President George W. Bush, a Republican, in his bid for re-election in 2004. He introduced the President at a Bush Cheney '04 Rally held at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on August 18, 2004.

