NH GOP Executive Director Leaving Position
By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com ReporterThe Executive Director of the New Hampshire Republican party, Steve DeMaura, is leaving his position to take a job in Washington D.C.
In an email to the Republican Executive Board, Chairman Fergus Cullen said “What can I say? You just can't make LeBron James play college ball when he's ready for the pros.”
Cullen says that the Republicans might be shifting staffers to other roles.
“In this process other staffing changes are possible, and some people we know may change roles,” Cullen added.
No replacement has been hired.
Last week, when asked to comment on a rumor that he was departing to manage Frank Guinta's possible gubernatorial campaign, DeMaura told PolitickerNH.com the rumor was “not true.”
That same day Cullen sent out an e-mail looking for resumes to hire additional staffers.
When asked, “What positions are you looking to fill” Cullen responded “Take the email I sent saying we are looking for resumes at face value and don’t read more into it than was there.”
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Replacement must be a fighter.
I didn't know Mr. DeMaura very well, so this isn't reflective of his performance.
But whomever they hire to fill his role, they must be extremely aggressive and willing to both make the GOP's traditional issues crystal clear to the voters, and must also steal issues away from the Democrats that have long been "theirs."
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