Bachmann Campaign Press Release - Michele Bachmann Announces South Carolina Grassroots Team

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann today announced the team of grassroots leaders who will propel her campaign to victory in South Carolina. This announcement leaves little doubt that the Bachmann campaign has the most organized ground game in the Palmetto State.

Led by campaign chairman Lee Bright, campaign director Sheri Few, four paid field staff and senior advisors Ron Thomas and Wesley Donehue, the team of 33 county chairmen join the previously announced 56 Tea Party leaders and other new grassroots leaders to form the state's strongest "Get Out The Vote" machine. The grassroots county chairmen consists of five S.C. Republican Party executive committeemen, former GOP county chairmen, and local GOP officers and executive committee members.

"Grassroots activists across the state are tired of Washington insiders, flip-floppers and fake conservatives," State Sen. Lee Bright said. "Michele Bachmann is the consistent conservative we need as President of the United States and we've built the best political machine in South Carolina to get her to the White House."

Upstate Chairman State Rep. Bill Chumley said, "Our network is ready to catch the momentum Michele will receive from a big showing in Iowa.  Our team is energized, active and enthusiastic. They're not going let some Washington insider win in the nation's most conservative state."

Fifth District Chairman and State Rep. Ralph Norman said, "This race isn't going to be won by who has the most money — it's going to be won by the most organized team of passionate conservatives who are putting in hours of sweat equity for their candidate. We have the hardest working team in South Carolina and we intend to work hard for a win for Michele Bachmann."

"We are excited to announce South Carolina's most organized and energetic grassroots network," Bachmann said. These are hardworking conservatives who are ready to return our country back to prosperity.  They're working around the clock to ensure that a consistent conservative wins the nation's first-in-the-south presidential primary. I'm honored to have them on our team."

The Bachmann for President South Carolina Grassroots Team includes the following County Chairmen and grassroots leaders:

Abbeville

Vinnie Maxwell – Chairman

Aiken

Susan Swanson – Chairman

Erin Ashley — Grassroots Coordinator

Eric Brown

Marilyn Ericson

Executive Committeewoman Diane Giddings

Spencer Grothier

Jerry & Philomena Guerin

Leslie Hutto

Walter King

Douglas Noel

Debbie Osmundsen

Allendale

Shushanna Koontz – Chairman

Anderson

Henry Jordan – Chairman

Kristine Caufield

Marvin Collier — TEA Coalition

Jonathon Hill — TEA Coalition

Bamberg

Ryan Koontz – Chairman

Barnwell

Clifton Baker – Chairman

Beaufort

Lauren Martel — Co-Chairman

Sharon Nelson — Co-Chairman

Shelia Morgan — TEA Coalition

Tom Morgan — TEA Coalition

Tom Russo — TEA Coalition

Berkeley

Executive Committeeman Joshua Finn – Chairman

Gerald Addison — TEA Coalition

Linda Addison — TEA Coalition

Raye Chapman — TEA Coalition

Charleston

Charles Steinert – Chairman

Daniel Bostic

Jeff Diemier — TEA Coalition

Lynda Fry — TEA Coalition

Robert Fry — TEA Coalition

Maurice Isaac

Jacqueline Mckool

Steve Rapchick — TEA Coalition

Cathy Tyler

Cherokee

Fred Keller — Co-Chairman

John Neel — Co-Chairman

Will Cobb

Chester

Dena Espinoza – Chairman

Don Murphy

Chesterfield

Zachery Michael – Chairman

Joe & Doris Foch

Clarendon

Third District Vice Chairman Marie Dukes – Chairman

Dorchester

Ken Uthe – Chairman

Jerry Wolf

Florence

Nancy Elaime Kelly – Chairman

Greenville

Stephen Brown – Chairman

Dean Allen — TEA Coalition

Greg Ashe

Steve Bomar

Javan Micah Browder — TEA Coalition

Theodore Drinkhahn

Paul Fallavollita

Levi Fox

Shane Franks

Braden Hal

Jim Hargett — TEA Coalition

Samuel Harms

Representative Gloria Haskins

Matt Holmes

Virginia Jelley — TEA Coalition

Austin Jones — TEA Coalition

Bobby Jones

Dawn Lennon

Dorine Lennon

Nate Leupp — Grassroots Coordinator

Charles Lewis

Rick Moesser — TEA Coalition

Scott Napier — TEA Coalition

Gwen Neighbors

Gill Robison

Sean & Toni Sharp

Greenwood

John Sparks – Chairman

Horry

Cris Panos – Chairman

Carlene Carmen

Linda McHugh — Grassroots Coordinator

Leo O'Brien

Cheryl Savage — TEA Coalition

Dennis Stancoven

Kershaw

Executive Committeeman Shelby Price – Chairman

Sally & Jack Burdin

Jim Morris

Christie Thompson

Republican Women's Treasurer Mary Young

Lancaster

Executive Committeeman Donnie Jones – Chairman

Indian Land Republican Club Comm Chairman Steven Coley — Grassroots Coordinator

Lee

Rebecca Shadwell – Chairman

Hank Shadwell — TEA Coalition

Lexington

Preston Baines – Chairman

Joe Mac & Annie Bates

Steve & Lisa Cunningham — Grassroots Coordinator

Pat & Lu Donlon

Ashleigh Milam

Linda Panis

James Rizzuti

Leo Senn — TEA Coalition

Ross Snell — TEA Coalition

Helen Watson — TEA Coalition

Helen Watson

Marion

Lisa Cunningham — TEA Coalition

Marlboro

Peter Robyn – Chairman

Newberry

Arnold Queen – Chairman

Mark Hockman

Oconee

Codi Butts – Chairman

Orangeburg

Harold Blitch – Chairman

Pickens

Kyle Porter – Chairman

Richland

County GOP Secretary Kelly Payne – Chairman

Lee Adams

Steve & Gail Eisenecker

Jim Fry

A.L. & Louise Geddings — TEA Coalition

Matt Gottlieb — Grassroots Coordinator

Jan Horvath

Debra Langley Kennedy — Grassroots Coordinator

Republican Women President Deb Marks

Ray Moore

Jo Ann Narewski

Jim & Geri Sampson

Brandon Sandusky

Bruce Snell

Zan Tyler

Glenn Wilson — TEA Coalition

Justina Wilson — TEA Coalition

Spartanburg

Representative Lee Bright

Representative Bill Chumley

Executive Committeeman Doug Cobb — Co-Chairman

Nicole Cobb — Co-Chairman

Celia Anderson — TEA Coalition

Linda Clark-Reel

Stan Crenshaw — Grassroots Coordinator

Loretta Gilchrist — TEA Coalition

Paul Huber — TEA Coalition

Christina Jeffrey — TEA Coalition

Cibby Krell — TEA Coalition

Grace Lecara

Ramona Ludvik — TEA Coalition

Robert Ludvik — TEA Coalition

Tony Mormando

Harry & Carol Musselman

Beverly Owensby — TEA Coalition

Dorothy Powell

Sara Romney — TEA Coalition

Barron Young

Sumter

Executive Committeeman Ashby Rhame – Chairman

Shirley O'Quinn — Grassroots Coordinator

Nancy Pugh — Grassroots Coordinator

Union

Nora Lewis – Chairman

Robert Bailes — TEA Coalition

Harold & Nora Lewis — TEA Coalition

York

S.C. Representative Ralph Norman

Executive Committeeman Mark Palmer – Chairman

Ron Case — Grassroots Coordinator

JoAnna DiPastena — Grassroots Coordinator

Deidre Mazzoni