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GENERAL CHAIRMAN Robert Mosbacher Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Texas GENERAL CO-CHAIRMEN Phil Gramm Former Senator, Texas Thomas G. Loeffler Former U.S. Representative, Texas Lindsey Graham U.S. Senator, South Carolina Sam Brownback U.S. Senator, Kansas Jon Huntsman Governor, Utah Tim Pawlenty Governor, Minnesota NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE Co-CHAIRS The Honorable George Argyros, California Mr. Michael Ashner, New York Louis Bacon, New York Mr. Brian Ballard, Florida Mr. Lawrence E. Bathgate II, New Jersey Mr. Wayne Berman, Washington, D.C. Mr. Donald L. Bren, California Mr. John Chambers, California Mr. Jim Click, Arizona Mr. Scooter Clippard, Tennessee The Honorable James A. Courter, New Jersey Mr. Michael Crossen, Massachussetts Mr. Donald R. Diamond, Arizona Mr. Ray Dalio, Connecticut Mr. Lewis M. Eisenberg, New Jersey Roy Pfautch, Missouri Mr. Jon Hammes, Wisconsin The Honorable Al Hoffman Jr., Florida Mr. James Huffines, Texas Mr. Robert W. "Woody" Johnson, New York Ms. Bobbie Kilberg, Virginia Mr. James B. Lee, Jr., New York The Honorable Thomas G. Loeffler, Texas Mr. William Mack, New York The Honorable Frederic V. Malek, Virginia Mr. John A. Moran, Florida Mr. Carter Pate, Virginia Mr. A. Jerrold Perenchio, California Roy Pfautch, Missouri Mr. Fred Smith, Tennesse Mr. John A. Thain, New York The Honorable Ronald Weiser, Michigan Meg Whitman, California U.S. PRESIDENTS President George W. Bush Former President George H.W. Bush U.S. SENATORS Kit Bond, Missouri Sam Brownback, Kansas Richard Burr, North Carolina Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Thad Cochran, Mississippi Susan Collins, Maine Norm Coleman, Minnesota John Cornyn, Texas Pete Domenici, New Mexico John Ensign, Nevada Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Johnny Isakson, Georgia Jon Kyl, Arizona Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Mel Martinez, Florida Gordon Smith, Oregon Olympia Snowe, Maine John Thune, South Dakota John Warner, Virginia FORMER U.S. SENATORS Howard Baker, Tennessee Conrad Burns, Montana Rudy Boschwitz, Minnesota Dan Coats, Indiana Alfonse D'Amato, New York John C Danforth, Missouri Dan Evans, Washington Peter Fitzgerald, Illinois Slade Gorton, Washington Phil Gramm, Texas Bob Kasten, Wisconsin Trent Lott, Mississippi Mack Mattingly, Georgia Don Nickles, Oklahoma Warren Rudman, New Hampshire Fred Thompson, Tennessee Mike DeWine, Ohio Howard Baker, Tennessee Conrad Burns, Montana Alphonse D'Amato, New York U.S. REPRESENTATIVES Spencer Bachus, Alabama Gus Bilirakis, Florida Mike Bilirakis, Florida Roy Blunt, Missouri John Boehner, Ohio Michael Burgess, Texas Eric Cantor, Virginia Mike Castle, Delaware Mike Conaway, Texas Tom Davis, Virginia Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Thelma Drake, Virginia David Dreier, California Jeff Flake, Arizona Vito Fossella, New York Luis Fortuno, Puerto Rico Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania Doc Hastings, Washington Jeb Hensarling, Texas Darrell Issa, California Ric Keller, Florida Peter King, New York Mark Kirk, Illinois Joe Knollenberg, Michigan Randy Kuhl, New York Ray LaHood, Illinois Steven LaTourette, Ohio Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey Dan Lungren, California Jeff Miller, Florida Todd Platts, Pennsylvania Chip Pickering, Mississippi Deborah Pryce, Ohio Adam Putnam, Florida Jim Ramstad, Minnesota Dave Reichert, Washington Peter Roskam, Illinois Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Pete Sessions, Texas John Shadegg, Arizona Chris Shays, Connecticut John Shimkus, Illinois Pat Tiberi, Ohio Fred Upton, Michigan Joe Wilson, South Carolina Jeff Miller, Florida FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES Steve Bartlett, Texas Jim Courter, New Jersey Joseph J. DioGuardi, New York Chuck Douglas, New Hampshire Ambassador Fred J. Eckert, New York Lou Frey, Florida Greg Ganske, Iowa Steve Kuykendall, California Jim Kolbe, Arizona Tom Loeffler, Texas Frank Riggs, California Joe Schwartz, Michigan Rob Simmons, Connecticut Dick Zimmer, New Jersey GOVERNORS Matt Blunt, Missouri Charlie Crist, Florida Mitch Daniels, Indiana Jim Douglas, Vermont Jon Huntsman, Utah Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota Rick Perry, Texas Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Tommy Thompson, Wisconsin FORMER GOVERNORS Pete Wilson, California George Allen, Virginia Jeb Bush, Florida Paul Cellucci, Massachusetts, William Clements, Texas George Deukmejian, California Winfield Dunn, Tennessee Jim Edgar, Illinois Robert Ehrlich, Maryland Jim Gilmore, Virginia Tom Kean, New Jersey Frank Keating, Oklahoma Jim Martin, North Carolina John McKernan, Maine William Milliken, Michigan Bill Owens, Colorado Walter Peterson, New Hampshire Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania Buddy Roemer, Louisiana Mitt Romney, Massachusetts Don Sundquist, Tennessee Jane Swift, Massachusetts Jim Thompson, Illinois LAWYERS FOR McCAIN Dick Wiley, Co-Chair, Washington D.C. Richard Rosenbaum, Co-Chair, Washington D.C. Stanton Anderson, Washington D.C. A.B. Culvahouse, Virginia Hayden Dempsey, Florida Thomas Leary, Washington D.C., Former Federal Trade Commission Commissioner STATE PARTY CHAIRS George Gallo, Connecticut Alec Poitevint, Georgia FORMER STATE PARTY CHAIRS Winton Blout, III, Alabama Jean Inman, Massachusetts Marlys Popma, Iowa NATIONAL POLICY Bill Simon, National Policy Co-Chair Steve Goldsmith ECONOMIC POLICY ADVISORS Grant Aldonas, Department of Commerce Carlos Bonilla, Sr VP Washington Group Michael Boskin, Former Council Of Economic Advisors Chairman Jeff Brown, Karnes Professor of Finance and Director of Center for Business and Public Policy, Univ of Illinois Juan Buttari, Independent Consultant and Researcher in Development Economics Kathleen Cooper, Dean, College of Business, Univ Of North Texas Steve Davis, CRA International And University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business Richard Dekaser, Senior Vice President And Chief Economist, National City Corporation John Diamond, Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Tax Policy, Baker Institute Of Public Policy, Rice University Martin Feldstein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, President Reagan's Chief Economic Adviser, member of President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Emil Frankel, Transportation Consultant And Former Assistant Secretary For Transportation Policy, Department Of Transportation Luke Froeb, Professor, Vanderbilt University Senator Phil Gramm, Former U.S. Senator From Texas Kevin Hassett, Resident Scholar And Director Of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute(AEI) David John, Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation Tim Kane, Director, Center for International Trade and Economics, Heritage Foundation Melissa Kearney, Assistant Professor Of Economics, University Of Maryland Anne Krueger, Professor At The Johns Hopkins School Of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) & Former First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Adam Lerrick, Visiting Scholar For The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) And Friends Of Allan H. Meltzer Professor Of Economics For Carnegie Mellon Phil Levy, Resident Scholar for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Former Senior Economist for Trade on the President's Council of Economic Advisers Will Melick, Gensemer Associate Professor of Economics, Kenyon College Michael Moore, Professor Of Economics And International Affairs, George Washington University Tom Miller, Resident Fellow for American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Tim Muris, Foundation Professor, George Mason University School Of Law, Former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Sean O'Keefe, Former Secretary Of The Navy, NASA Administrator, & Deputy Director Of Office of Management & Budget, The White House Gerry Parsky, Senior Economic Advisor Nancy Pfotenhauer, Former President, Independent Women's Forum Michael Powell, Former Chairman of the FCC James Rill, Partner, Howrey LLP and Former Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust), U.S. Department of Justice Kenneth Rogoff, Professor Of Public Policy, Harvard University Harvey Rosen, Professor Of Economics And Business Policy, Princeton University John Silvia, Managing Director, Chief Economist, Wachovia Bank Aquiles Suarez, Vice President For Government Affairs For National Association Of Industrial And Office Properties & Former Special Assistant To The President For Domestic Policy Dr. John Taylor, Professor Of Economics At Stanford, Senior Fellow At The Hoover Institution & Former Under Secretary Of Treasury Anthony Villamil, Chief Executive Officer, The Washington Economics Group, Inc. & Former Under Secretary Of Commerce For Economic Affairs Joseph Wright, Chairman Of The Board For Intelsat Mark Zandi STATE LEADERS Alabama Leaders Arizona Leaders California Leaders Colorado Leaders Connecticut Leaders Delaware Leaders Florida Leaders Georgia Leaders Illinois Leaders Kansas Leaders Maine Leaders Massachusetts Leaders Minnesota Leaders Missouri Leaders Montana Leaders New Hampshire Leaders New Jersey Leaders New York Leaders North Dakota Leaders Ohio Leaders Oklahoma Leaders Other Territory Leaders Rhode Island Leaders South Carolina Leaders Texas Leaders Tennessee Leaders Utah Leaders Vermont Leaders Virginia Leaders Washington Leaders West Virginia Leaders Wisconsin Leaders FORMER U.S. OFFICIALS Former Secretaries of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State, New York George P. Shultz, Former Secretary of State, California Former Cabinet Secretaries John Block, Former Secretary of Agriculture Otis Bowen, MD, Former Secretary of HHS James H. Burnley IV, Former Secretary of Transportation Barbara Hackman Franklin, Former Secretary of Commerce Jack Kemp, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Former U.S. Representative, New York Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Former Secretary of Labor, DC Robert Mosbacher, Former Secretary of Commerce, Texas Peter Peterson, Former Secretary of Commerce, New York Anthony Principi, Former Secretary of Veteran Affairs, Maryland Former Governor Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security, Pennsylvania James R. Schlesinger, Former Secretary of Defense Tommy Thompson, Former Secretary of Health and Human Services William T. Coleman Jr, Former Secretary of Transportation Former National Security Officials Richard V. Allen, National Security Advisor to President Reagan Tom Kean, 9/11 Commission Chairman, New Jersey Robert C. "Bud" McFarlane, Former National Security Advisor, Washington, DC R. James Woolsey Jr., Former CIA Director Robert Inman, Former National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the CIA Former Army Generals Norman Schwarzkopf, General U.S. Army (Ret.) Click here to read the endorsements of over 100 Admirals and Generals. Former Navy Secretaries William Ball, Former Secretary of the Navy, South Carolina John Lehman, Former Secretary of the Navy, New York Former Ambassadors John Bolton Richard Burt, Washington, DC Chuck Cobb, Former Ambassador, Florida Sue Cobb, Former Ambassador, Florida Fred Eckert, Former Ambassador, North Carolina Tom Korologos, Former Ambassador, Belgium Fred Malek, Former Ambassador, Virginia Ron Weiser, Former Ambassador, Michigan Al Hoffman, Former Ambassador, Florida Otto Juan Reich, Former Ambassador, Florida Margaret Tutwiler, Former Ambassador, Morocco FORMER POW'S Commander Everett Alvarez, (ret), Maryland Al Carpenter (ret), Virginia Captain Mike Cronin USN (ret), Maryland Colonel Bud Day, MOH USAF (ret), Florida Commander Paul Galanti USN (ret), Virginia Lt Colonel Orson Swindle USMC (ret), Virginia Captain James H. Warner USMC (ret), Click here to read about more military Veterans who support John McCain. BUSINESS LEADERS John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Steve Forbes James Huffines, Banking Executive David Pottruck, Chairman of Red Eagle Ventures Frederick W. Smith, CEO of FedEx John Thain, CEO of Merrill Lynch ATTORNEYS GENERAL Bill Barr Griffin Bell Mike Bowers, Georgia Steve Carter, Indiana Richard Cullen, Virginia Troy King, Alabama Jerry Kilgore, Virginia Bob McDonnell, Virginia Rob McKenna, Washington Henry McMaster, South Carolina Mark Shurtleff, Utah Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota SOLICITOR GENERALS Theodore B. Olson SECRETARY OF STATE Mark Hammond, South Carolina FORMER STATE SECRETARIES OF STATE Randy Daniels, New York Bill Jones, California Jim Smith, Florida STATE SENATE LEADERS Glenn McConnell, South Carolina President Pro Tempore STATE SENATORS Bill Baroni, New Jersey Michael S. Bennett, Florida Lee Constantine, Florida Joseph Delahunty, New Hampshire John Gallus, Michigan Anthony Guglielmo, Connecticut Jim King, Florida Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina John E. Lyons, Jr., New Hampshire Michelle McManus, Michigan Kevin O'Toole, New Jersey Durell Peaden, Florida Randy Richardville, Michigan Robert Watson, Rhode Island STATE HOUSE LEADERS Kevin Elsenheimer, Assistant Minority Leader, Michigan Kevin Green, Minority Whip Leader, Michigan Bobby Harrell, Speaker of the House, South Carolina Ric Killian, Republican Freshman Leader, North Carolina Jim Merrill, House Majority Leader, South Carolina Doug Smith, Speaker Pro Tempore, South Carolina Josh Tardy, House Leader, Maine Chris Ward, Minority Floor Leader, Michigan FORMER STATE SENATE LEADERS Bob Brown, Former Senate President, Montana FORMER STATE HOUSE LEADERS Rick Johnson, Former House Speaker, Michigan Chuck Perricone, Former House Speaker, Michigan STATE HOUSE MEMBERS Ellyn Bogdanoff, Florida Jason Brown, Missouri Judy Emmons, Michigan Marcelo Llorente, Florida Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Florida Stand Jordan, Florida Brian Calley, Michigan Adam Hasner, Florida Fred King, Sr., New Hampshire John Labruzzo, Louisiana David Law, Michigan John Legg, Florida David P. Rible, New Jersey David Russo, New Jersey David Russo, New Jersey Chris Saxman, Virginia David Simmons, Florida Glenn Steil, Jr., Michigan Eric Stohl, New Hampshire Robert Watson, Rhode Island Trebor Worthen, Oklahoma Lorence Wenke, Michigan MAYORS Rudy Giuliani, New York Tommy Joe Alexander, Irondale, Alabama Carlos Alvarez, Florida George Andersen, Iowa Rick Anderson, Iowa Ron Colling, Iowa Nelson Crabb, Iowa Rich Crotty, Florida Darrell Dobernecker, Iowa Darrell Downs, Iowa Thomas Ginger, Iowa Sandra Hatfield, Iowa Jim Heavens, Iowa Dave Kleis, Minnesota Dennis Kunkle, Iowa Rick Lott, Florida John Meserve, Florida Virgil Murray, Iowa John Nieland, Iowa Reynold Peterson, Iowa Ruth Randleman, Iowa Steve Samuels, Iowa Bernie Streeter, New Hampshire Bob Walkup, Arizona Ed Winborn, Iowa FIRST RESPONDERS FOR McCAIN Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff John S. Dempsey, Captain, NYC Police Department (Ret.) Tom Kean, Former 9/11 Commission Chairman Frank Keating, Former Oklahoma Governor Robert "Bud" McFarlane, Former National Security Advisor for President Ronald Reagan Mr. Edward D. Mullins, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security [read more] NATIONAL HISPANIC ADVISORY BOARD Mayor Carlos Alvarez, Florida Honorable Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Pastor Mark Gonzalez, Texas Honorable Manuel Lujan, New Mexico Mr. Tony Orlando, Florida Honorable Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Mr. Solomon D. Trujillo, Colorado Major General Freddy Valenzuela, Florida Honorable Albert C. Zapanta, Texas [read more] ACADEMIC LEADERS Bernie Machen, President, University of Florida RNC MEMBERS Barbara Alby, California, Bruce Ash, Arizona Rich Bond Senator Bill Brock, Tennessee Mary Buenstrin, Wisconsin Stephanie Chivers, Tennessee Bettye Fine Collins, Alabama John Frey, Connecticut Rob Gleason, Pennsylvania Sharon Giese, Arizona June Hartly, Oregon Chris Healy, Connecticut Gary Jones, Oklahoma Robert Kabel, District of Columbia Steve King, Wisconsin Jerry Lathan, Alabama Pat Longo, Connecticut John Matlusky, Delaware Ken Mehlman, Former RNC Chair Connie Nicholas, North Dakota Jim Nicholson, Colorado David Norcross, New Jersey Christine Olson, Pennsylvania Fred Parady, Wyoming Tony Parker, District of Columbia Jim Pelura, Maryland Alec Poitevint, Georgia Randy Pullen, Arizona Mary Jo Arndt, Illinois Linda Shaw, North Carolina Steve Cloud, Kansas Alicia Salisbury, Kansas Gary Emineth, North Dakota Mary Jean Jensen, South Dakota Chuck Yob, Michigan Holly Hughes, Michigan Joe Brown, Nevada DeMarus Carlson, Nebraska Michael Colley, Ohio Cindy Costa, South Carolina Tautai Faalevao, American Samoa Zoraida "Zori" Fonalledas, Puerto Rico Luis Fortuno, Puerto Rico Te'O Fuavai, American Samoa Miriam Hellreich, Hawaii Betti Hill, Montana Mike Hubbard, Alabama Erik Iverson, Montana Fred Lampropoulos, Utah Jan Larimer, Wyoming Willes Lee, Hawaii Sue Lowden, Nevada Denise McNamara, Texas Carlos Mendez, Puerto Rico Tim Morgan, California Ron Nehring, California Lilly Nunez, Colorado Louis Pope, Maryland Reince Priebus, Wisconsin Amata Radewagen, American Samoa Priscilla Rakestraw, Delaware Karen Raye, Maine Doug Russell, Missouri George Schiavone, Vermont Ron Schmidt, South Dakota Terry Strine, Delaware Joyce Terhes, Maryland Travis Thompson, Hawaii Diemer True, Wyoming Edgar Welden, Alabama Beverly Willard, Nevada Ambassador Clayton Yeutter Robert Roper, Vermont Betsy Werronen, District of Columbia Former Commissioners Michael Powell, FCC ENTERTAINER/ATHLETES Curt Schilling, Pitcher, Boston Redsox Sylvester Stallone