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7 Influential Georgia Republicans Join McCain’s Campaign

Senator McCain’s official site announced on Wednesday, March 28, that seven influential Georgia Republicans were joining the campaign as advisors in the Peach State.State Senator Jeff Mullis will serve as co-chair of Legislators for McCain.

Georgia GOP Chairman and RNC Committeeman Alec Pointevint is also serving as the Southern Co-Chair for the McCain effort.

Derrick Dickey, the President and CEO of Dickey Strategic Relations, most recently served as Communication Director and Deputy Campaign Manager for the 2006 re-election of Gov. Sonny Perdue.  Prior to the 2006 campaign, Dickey had been Deputy Director of Communications on Gov. Perdue’s staff.  

Leigh Ann Wood Gillis has served Gov. Perdue in three different roles:

  • Finance Consultant for Perdue’s 2006 re-election campaign
  • Director of Executive Appointments
  • Finance Director for Perdue for a New Georgia, Perdue’s successful 2002 gubernatorial campaign
  • Gillis is also the contact person for a fundraiser for Senator McCain, to take place in Atlanta on April 14, 2007.

    Clint Murphy has been active in Georgia politics in a variety of roles:

  • Co-Chair for U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson in Chatham County
  • Chatham County Chair for Casey Cagle’s lieutenant gubernatorial campaign
  • Manager of Barbara Dooley’s House campaign in Athens County
  • Member of the late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell’s staff
  • Political Appointee to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
  • John Sours, former Chairman of the Fulton County GOP, a three-time delegate to the Republican National Convention (1992, 1996, 2000), has also been active in a variety of roles within Georgia politics:

  • Former member of Georgia GOP State Committee
  • In a unique connection to Senator McCain, former chairman of the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association
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