As straw vote looms, Crist names Palm Beach County campaign leaders
by George Bennett | October 14th, 2009Republican operative Beth Kigel, who chaired Charlie Crist’s 2006 governor campaign in Palm Beach County when most GOP bigs backed Tom Gallagher, will head Crist’s 2010 Senate campaign in the county. Kigel, the Palm Beach County GOP vice chairwoman, will have the title of organizational chairwoman for the county.
Republican elected officials on Crist’s team for Palm Beach County include County Commissioner Steven Abrams, state Reps. Carl Domino of Jupiter and William Snyder of Stuart, Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel, Palm Beach Gardens Mayor William Russo and school board member Monroe Benaim.
Crist’s campaign rolled out the Palm Beach County leadership list a few hours before the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee is scheduled to conduct a straw poll on the Senate race. Former House Speaker Marco Rubio is 8-0 in REC straw polls in other counties.
Read the complete Crist campaign list after the jump…..
From Crist’s campaign:
The Charlie Crist for United States Senate Palm Beach County organizational committee includes:
Honorary Chair, State Representative Carl Domino
Honorary Chair, State Representative William Snyder
Honorary Chair, Palm Beach County Commissioner Steven Abrams
Honorary Co-Chair, Mayor of Boca Raton Susan Welchel
Honorary Co-Chair, Mayor of Palm Beach Gardens Joe Russo
Honorary Co-Chair, Commissioner of Delray Beach Fred Fetzer
Honorary Co-Chair, School Board member Dr. Monroe Benaim
Honorary Co-Chair, former County Commissioner and School Board member Bob Kanjian
Honorary Co-Chair, Councilwoman for the City of Riviera Beach Billie Brooks
Honorary Co-Chair, former Councilwoman of the Village of Wellington Laurie Stilwell Cohen
Honorary Co-Chair, Vice-Mayor for the Town of Jupiter Todd Wodraska
Organizational Chairman, Beth Kigel, Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Palm Beach County, Republican Party of Florida State Executive Committee and Board Member, County Chair for John McCain for President, County Chair of the Charlie Crist for Governor campaign, Alternate Delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention, member of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, former Chair of the Palm Beach County Groundwater and Natural Resources Protection Board, former Board of Directors member of Palm Beach County Sports Commission,Trustee member and Board nominee of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, Trustee member of the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce
Organizational Vice-Chairman, Pam Stern, Republican activist and community leader
Co-Chair, Bill Berger, Co-Chair for the Charlie Governor campaign, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Palm Beach Community College, member of the Board of the Palm Beach Economic Council, Trustee member of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce
Co-Chair, Dianne DeWolfe, member of the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee
Co-Chair, Ernie George, Executive Director of the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association
Co-Chair, Benjamin Frank, former member of the Reagan administration, member of the Palm Beach County Health Care District and community leader
Co-Chair, Jay Goldfarb, member of the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee, Republican Party of Florida Jewish Advisory Council, Member 2004 Florida Bush Cheney Jewish Outreach, Board Member of Palm Beach County Western Communities Political Action Committee, Republican campaign activist
Co-Chair, Robert Harvey, Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee member, Vice President, Palms West Republican Club, Palm Beach County Co-Chairman, Tom Rooney for Congress campaign
Co-Chair, John Kazanjian, President of the Palm Beach County County Police Benevolent Association
Co-Chair, Rob Konrad, former Miami Dolphins football player, Chair of the Investement Advisory Council of the Florida State Board of Administration and community leader
Co-Chair, Tim Lyons, community activist and member of the Board of Directors of Workforce Florida
Co-Chair, Robert Maurer, member of the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee, Alternate Florida delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention, Republican campaign activist
Co-Chair, Lothar Mayer, community leader and Pro-Israel activist
Co-Chair, Carlyn Mayer, community leader and Pro-Israel activist
Co-Chair, Joe Penkala, member of Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee, Veterans Chair for the Charlie Crist for Governor campaign
Co-Chair, David I. Shiner, Parliamentarian for the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee, member of the Republican Party of Florida Jewish Leadership Council
Co-Chair, Pat Rooney, Jr., member of the South Florida Water Management District, radio personality and business leader
Co-Chair, Darren Shull, member of the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee, Co-Chair for the Bush-Cheney 2004 Lawyers Coalition, Member of the North County Republican Club, Past Vice-President of the Jupiter-Tequesta Republican Club
Co-Chair, Dwight Spence, activist for the Charlie Crist for Governor campaign, Chair of the Palm Beach County Housing authority
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October 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
No Bogdanoff, No Hasner, No Atwater, No Mitchell, No Shaw. Crist just sent out a list of losers that no one listens to.
October 14th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Be careful, this is a real chameleon who will show his democratic spots when needed.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:33 am
RUN MARCO RUN - WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER
Crist is nothing more than a liberal socialist just like his buddies Obama and Pelosi. This empty suit with a tan needs to agree to a face to face debate with Marco. When is Crist going to order an investigation of ACORN here in Florida?