Frank Guinta's political coalition

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GUINTA'S COALITION. Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta has named chairmen of the various coalitions of his GOP campaign for the 1st District U.S. House seat:

Campaign Chair: Executive Councilor Raymond Wieczorek; Finance Chairman: Andy Crews, CEO of AutoFair Companies; Treasurer: Lou D'Amato of Manchester; Second Amendment Coalition: former state Rep. Sam Cataldo, R-Farmington; Families Coalition: Cliff Hurst of Manchester, former co-chair of Mike Huckabee's state campaign; Taxpayers' Coalition: former state Sen. George Lovejoy, R-Barrington and GOP activist Tammy Simmons; Business Coalition: Sean Owen president of the Manchester-based Wedu advertising/public relations firm and Diane Mercier, president of Ocean Bank.

Source: "John DiStaso's Granite Status: Gregg backs Hooksett-built jet engine, with caveat", NH Union Leader, September 10, 2009.

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FRANK'S CAPTAINS. Manchester mayor and GOP 1st District U.S. House hopeful Frank Guinta will release a list of his campaign's county captains shortly.

They include former state Sen. George Lovejoy of Barrington, Joe and Madeline Moffett of Gonic, Maureen Mooney of Merrimack, Doug Lambert of Gilford, Luke Freudenberg of Wolfeboro, Pam Smith of Manchester, Joan Bastek of Portsmouth, Andrew Manuse of Derry, Rogers Johnson of Stratham, Dino Scala of Wakefield, Laurie Boyce of Alton, Dick Hinch of Merrimack, Diane Bitter of Rye, Ken Hawkins and Jane Aitken of Bedford and Tim Low of Hooksett.
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SOURCE: "John DiStaso's Granite Status: Bender may jump into Senate race" (By JOHN DISTASO, Senior Political Reporter, NH Union Leader, September 24, 2009).
John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader.
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"Locals among Guinta’s county co-captains"
Soundings, a blog by Adam Krauss, akrauss@fosters.com - www.fosters.com - November 30, 2009

GOP House candidate and Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta recently announced 50 county co-captains joined his team, bringing to 250 the number of people “who have agreed to donate their time and advice to me as we work together to bring some common sense back to Washington."

Many of the supporters described themselves as taxpayer or conservative activists and concerned taxpayers.

Jennifer Cyr, Laura Jones and Kyle Jones, all of Rochester, and Strafford's Michael Harrington and Linda Harrington joined the Strafford County effort.

In Rockingham County, Bill St. Laurent of Portsmouth joined the effort along with Rep. Will Smith of New Castle, Amy Kane of North Hampton, Stratham Selectmen Chair David Canada and Seabrook’s Ben Moore and Ellie Moore, along with several others.

Guinta said the county leaders are important to his campaign.

“In any election, we have to remember it is the people of the district that matter. The early support from so many I think demonstrates a desire for new leadership in Washington. I will continue to talk to residents and express to them my wish to rein in spending and to stop the hemorrhaging of money out of Washington that is indebting generations. I will continue to talk about real healthcare reform that actually reduces costs and improves access while maintaining the quality of care. And I will continue to look for support and advice from great people like my County Captains,” he said in a statement.

“Team Guinta” also announced the endorsement from the National Restaurant Association.

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