Dole announces new chief fundraiser

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:10:07 -0400

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has a new chief fundraiser for her re-election campaign.

J. Sam Daniels left the campaign about a month ago, Dole's campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said Tuesday. Daniels had served as finance director for about two months and had previously been the campaign manager, David Ingram reports.

"It had gotten to the point, as campaigns do, where he was missing time with his family," Gidley said, adding that Daniels had been working seven days a week.

Gidley said the change was not related to the campaign's finances. In the second quarter of 2008, Dole raised $1.69 million while her Democratic opponent Kay Hagan raised $1.54 million.

Replacing Daniels is James Earp, who previously was the N.C. Chamber's vice president for business development. Earp also worked on Dole's 2002 campaign.

Dole shakes up campaign

bniolet — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:50:18 -0400

There has been a shakeup in the Senate campaign of GOP Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

J. Sam Daniels, the campaign manager, has been shifted into the role of a top fund raiser, Rob Christensen reports. He will be replaced by Marty Ryall, who until recently ran the gubernatorial campaign of Bill Graham.

Daniels is a former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party and he had also worked in the 2000 gubernatorial campaign of Bill Cobey.

There was no immediate reason given for the shuffle. But recent polls have shown that Dole has a much closer race against Democrat Kay Hagan than many had anticipated.

No immediate word from the Dole campaign.