September 09, 2009 02:05 AM UTC

McInnis Hires Campaign Manager

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• by: johnpauljones

(A-list this isn’t – promoted by Colorado Pols)

George Culpepper Jr.  Yes that George Culpepper Jr.  Who?

From the McInnis Blast Email:

Big News to Start the Fall!

So, we’re heading into a new phase with big news.  

Blah, Blah …

Secondly, I’m very pleased that George Culpepper Jr. has accepted our offer to serve as campaign manager.  Many of you know George who has been helping to put the county organizations together.  He’s an outstanding political professional – and a decorated veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.  He joins our experienced team of leaders at the campaign, topped by Mike Hesse, our General Consultant.   If you’d like to learn more about George, click here for a short bio.

https://prominenceweb.com/McInn…

Here is the bio I read:

Culpepper is an experienced political and public affairs strategist, will oversee the day-to-day operations of the campaign.  Culpepper has worked on numerous candidate and issue races and state legislative issues throughout the Mountain West.  Prior to joining the McInnis team and moving back to Colorado, Culpepper had launched and implemented an award-winning campaigns and elections strategy for Northern Montana Association of Realtors.   His Montana work built on his very successful get out the vote strategy for the Washington Association of Realtors that was instrumental in re-electing Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert in 2006.

Culpepper became involved in Colorado politics following six years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, when he was honorably discharged with a service-connected disability.  He served as field coordinator in Douglas, El Paso and Teller counties for the Pete Coors for Senate campaign.  In addition, he worked as a legislative aide to then-State Representative Dave Schultheis.

No mention of the Bob Schaffer Campaign Organization Director job.  Funny, because that was his leaping off point for this campaign.

Not sure I would let him manage my son’s little league team, much less a Governor’s race.