McCain Campaign Press Release - McCain 2008 Announces West Virginia Statewide Leadership Team

ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced the West Virginia Statewide Leadership Team. This team of West Virginia leaders and grassroots activists will help organize and coordinate the campaign's grassroots efforts across the state and will communicate John McCain's message of greater national security, a stronger economy and meaningful government reform.

Each of West Virginia's 55 counties will have designated chairmen at the local level to serve as the points of contact for volunteers and supporters in each region and organize turnout efforts for Election Day.

John McCain's West Virginia campaign chairman and former Minority Leader Larry Swann said, "John McCain is a leader West Virginians can believe in. He will lead our nation forward with new policies to solve our nation's most pressing problems while preserving the rights and principles that are important to West Virginia. John McCain believes in lower taxes, more and better jobs, greater national security, and an energy policy that will move us away from our dependence on foreign oil."

"John McCain has the experience to be commander in chief on Day One. He doesn't need any on-the-job training. He has always put country first above his own self-interest. We are proud to support John McCain and we look forward to helping him to victory in November," Swann concluded.

WEST VIRGINIA STATEWIDE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND COUNTY CHAIRS


Honorary Chair
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito

Chairman
Larry Swann, Former House Minority Leader

Congressional District Chairs
Mayor Andy McKenzie, 1st Congressional District Co-Chair

Sarah Minear, 1st Congressional District Co-Chair

John Ellem, 1st Congressional District Co-Chair

Charles Trump, 2nd Congressional District Co-Chair

Senator Mike Hall, 2nd Congressional District Co-Chair

Tim Armstead, 2nd Congressional District Co-Chair

Joe Long, 3rd Congressional District Co-Chair

David Tyson, 3rd Congressional District Co-Chair

Delegate Mike Porter, 3rd Congressional District Co-Chair

County Chairs
John Heiss, Barbour County

Lynn Staton, Berkeley County

Donna Gosney, Boone County

Herbert White, Braxton County

Marilyn McCord, Brooke County

John Morris, Cabell County

Nicole Kirby, Calhoun County

Mike Boggs, Clay County

Jack Adams, Doddridge County

Gary Lilly, Fayette County

Delbert Shackleford, Gilmer County

Phylis Cole, Grant County

Denny Canterberry, Greenbrier County

Charles Price, Hampshire County

Jeff Wargo, Hancock Count y

Marcia Miller-Markley, Hardy County

Sue McKinney, Harrison County

Tommy Phillips, Harrison County

Bryan Thompson, Jackson County

Greg Corlis, Jefferson County

Mike Stuart, Kanawha County

Claude Riffle, Lewis County

Troy McClung, Linco ln County

Roger Porter, Logan County

Andrew Sabak, Marion County

Tiffany Turner, Marshall County

Randy Filkins, Mason County

Mike Lushbaugh, McDowell County

Marty Gearheart, Mercer County

Bob Harman, Mineral County

Russell Deskins, Mingo County

Pam Krushansky, Monongalia County

Duane Miller, Monroe County

Daryl Cowles, Morgan County

Benjean Rapp, Nicholas County

Brian Gaus, Ohio County

Gene McConnell, Pendleton County

Donna Boley, Pleasants County

Cheryl McCullough, Poc ahontas County

Buddy Turner, Preston County

Ronald Stone, Putnam County

Dereck Severt, Raleigh County

Mark Scott, Randolph County

Woody Ireland, Richie County

Larry Harpold, Roane County

Karen Johnson, Summers County

Sherman Davidson, Ta ylor County

Debbie Stevens, Tucker County

Roger Romine, Tyler County

Patty Nesbitt, Upshur County

Mark Maynard, Wayne County

Robert Waybright, Webster County

Wayne Weber, Wetzel County

Angie Adams, Wirt County

Greg Smith, Wood County

Jack Fincham, Wyoming County