JOHN MCCAIN 2008 ANNOUNCES TENNESSEE LEADERSHIP TEAM
ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released its Tennessee Leadership Team. The leadership team will contribute to the growing grassroots organization on behalf of John McCain's candidacy in the state.
"The Volunteer State is looking for a president who understands what service to our country really means and has the leadership traits to guide us through very uncertain times," said Sam Bartholomew. "John McCain can bring us together as a nation like no other candidate. Americans will sleep well knowing our commander in chief will make wise decisions. His life has been full of bravery, courage and integrity, and I am confident he will do the right thing for our great nation."
John McCain thanked the Tennessee leaders, stating, "I am very proud of the team we have put together in Tennessee, and I am confident that with their hard work and support we will be successful on February 5th."
JOHN MCCAIN 2008 TENNESSEE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Honorary Chair
Former U.S. Senator Howard Baker. Huntsville
State Co-Chairs
Captain Sam Bartholomew, Nashville
Former Congressman Van Hilleary, Spring City
Fred Smith, Memphis
Former Governor Don Sundquist, Townsend
The Honorable Harry Wellford, Memphis
Tennessee Leadership
Robert Alderson
CEO Kirklands, Knoxville
Pat Brock
CEO Brock Candy Co. Ret., Chattanooga
State Senator Tim Burchett
R-7, Knoxville
Todd Gardenhire, Chattanooga
Gordon Grigg
CEO ProTrust Management, Franklin
State Representative Michael Harrison
R-9, Sneedville
Ron Jackson, Normandy
Preston Lamm
President River City Management, Chattanooga
Fred Lawson, Maryville
Former Commissioner of Financial Institutions
David Lillard, Memphis
Shelby County Commission Chairman; Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee for the Tennessee State Republican Party Executive Committee
Albert McCall
D.T. McCall & Sons, Lebanon
State Representative Joe McCord
R-8, Maryville
State Representative Gerald McCormick
R-26, Chattanooga
Scott McCormick, Memphis
Memphis City Council Chairman
State Representative Steve McDaniel
R-72, Parkers Crossroads
Frank McGill, Oak Ridge
Former Commissioner of Labor
State Senator Randy McNally
R-5, Oak Ridge
State Representative Richard Montgomery
R-12, Seymour
Wendell Moore, Nashville
Former Deputy to Governor Sundquist
Claude Ramsey, Chattanooga
Hamilton County Mayor
Master Sergeant Kenny Reich, Lebanon
Wilson County Commissioner
Jim Rout, Memphis
Former Shelby County Mayor
Jack Sammons, Memphis
Former Memphis City Council Chairman
Larry Scroggs, Germantown
Former State Representative
Maida Pearson Smith, Germantown
Former Republican National Committeewoman
Bill Stokes, Knoxville
Former Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Employment Security; Special Assistant to the Governor
State Representative Eric Swafford
R-25, Pikeville
Bill Swann, Morristown
Bill Watkins, Germantown
Former Shelby County RNC Chairman
Buckner Wellford, Memphis
Former Shelby County Commission Chairman
Becky West, Memphis
President WestRodgers
Steve West, Maryville
Former Mayor of Maryville
Jim Williams, Mount Juliet
CEO Digital Communications
State Representative Kent Williams
R-4, Elizabethton
Susan Richardson Williams, Knoxville
Former Tennessee State Party Chairman
Eleanor Yoakum, Tazewell
Former Commissioner of Personnel
Tennessee Veterans for McCain Honorary Chairs
Dr. David Fox, WWII, Nashville
Col. Roger Ingvalson, Vietnam POW, Chattanooga
Tennessee Veterans for McCain Co-Chairs
1st Lieutenant Harvey Cameron, Jasper
Staff Sergeant Scooter Clippard, Nashville
Lt. Col. Mark Cuttle, Ooltewah
Vice Admiral Ron Eytchison, Chattanooga
Rear Admiral Vance Fry, Chattanooga
Brigadier General Wendell Gilbert, Lebanon
Dr. Mark Green, Nashville
Major Mark Green, Clarksville
Col. Dan Lindsey, Newburn
Col. Tom McConnell, Chattanooga
Major General Bill Raines, Chattanooga
Capt. Gary Roden, Murfreesboro
Dr. Ross Rogers, III, Signal Mountain
Captain Robert Segrest, Ooltewah
Lt. Gen. Robert A. Tiebout, Townsend
Capt. David Townsend, Hendersonville
Major General Jackie "Dan" Wood, Nashville
Tennessee Attorneys for McCain
Melinda Arrington, Franklin
Mike Baisley, Rockwood
Marnee Baker, Nashville
Letitia Baldwin, Nashville
Russ Baldwin, Nashville
Rob Bateman, Clarksville
Dennis Brooks, Knoxville
Christopher Chi, Nashville
Evan Cope, Murfreesboro
Kevin Douglas, Nashville
Renard Francois, Nashville
Ronald Fults, Hermitage
Mark Kenneth Green, Brentwood
Pele Houk, Spring Hill
Chad M. Jackson, Red Boiling Spring
Rockford King, Nashville
Richard E. Ladd Jr., Bristol
William Outhier, Nashville
Courtney Pearre, Nashville
Justin Pitt, Franklin
Brian Roark, Nashville
Charles Sanger, Nashville
Kenneth Sanney, Nashville
Alex Tolbert, Nashville
