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[FL Rep] Harris' Senate drive loses finance director
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Feb 23, 2006 03:12pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, February 23, 2006 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By ADAM C. SMITH and ANITA KUMAR
Published February 23, 2006
TAMPA - Just as her wobbly campaign for the Senate appeared to be steadying itself, Katherine Harris lost her finance director.
Mike Miller, a veteran Republican fundraiser, resigned Friday. He is the second finance director to leave the Harris campaign since she started running to unseat Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, but Miller said his departure is purely for personal reasons.
"I want to be a dad and husband first," he said. He said he came to realize in November that the campaign required too much time away from his wife and two young children.
"I don't want Katherine to be affected by this," he said, "but I understand with her track record there's no way for me to leave without some questions being raised."
Harris' campaign has been hobbled by skepticism among leading Republicans about her ability to win, as well as weak fundraising. In December, Harris hired Anne Dunsmore and her California company, Capital Campaigns, to lead a national fundraising effort.
"We're thankful for all Mike has done, but Anne is setting up her own team, her own structure," said campaign spokeswoman Morgan Dobbs, who, like Miller, downplayed his departure. |
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