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GOP Executive Director

April 28, 2008 - 11:32am

Pelura calls Ready the ‘right fit’ as GOP Executive Director

By Kevin Agnese
Category: Local
Tags: Mike Huckabee, Bob Ehrlich, Martin O'Malley, Andy Harris, E.J. Pipkin, Jim Pelura, Chris Meekins, Janet Greenip, J.B. Jennings, Corey Stottlemyer, Maryland Republican Party, Maryland General Assembly, GOP Executive Director, Justin Ready

Jim Pelura, the chairman of the Maryland Republican Party, said Justin Ready, the chief of staff to state Sen. Janet Greeinp (R-Crofton), was the "right fit" to become the new executive director of the state party. This morning, Pelura announced that Ready had been selected to replace John Flynn.

"I rely on my first impression," Pelura said of his decision. "All the candidates were well qualified, but Justin is the right one."

"I'm very happy to be asked to serve," Ready told PolitickerMD.com. "I'm excited to continue the process of working with the chairman to make Maryland a two-party state again."

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April 28, 2008 - 10:16am

Justin Ready will become next GOP Executive Director

By Kevin Agnese
Category: Local
Tags: Jim Pelura, GOP Executive Director, Justin Ready

PolitickerMD.com has learned that Justin Ready, the chief of staff to state Sen. Janet Greenip (R-Crofton), will become the next executive director of the Maryland Republican Party.

More to come from PolitickerMD.com on this morning's decision by state party chairman Jim Pelura.

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April 25, 2008 - 7:26am

Sources: Harris campaign manager among candidates vying to become executive director of state GOP

By Kevin Agnese

Chris Meekins, the campaign manager for state Sen. Andy Harris (R-Cockeysville) in his bid to become the next representative from Maryland’s 1st Congressional District, is among a list of 14 candidates vying to replace John Flynn as executive director of the Maryland Republican Party, sources tell PolitickerMD.com.

Meekins would not comment on the matter when contacted by PolitickerMD.com, saying, “My focus right now is getting Andy Harris elected to Congress.”

“If other challenges present themselves—we may look at it,” Meekins said.

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