Strong municipalities make for a stronger Monmouth County

A Wireside Chat from Chairman Adam Puharic
12/07/2006

One of the painful lessons learned in the 2006 elections was that in most of the closely contested municipal races, the Republicans did not win. A strong local party can prove the winning edge that puts our local candidates over the top to victory in 2007. As your County Chairman, I am instituting a number of reforms to help municipal chairmen build stronger local parties. It is my hope that we can work together to gain Republican majorities across our 52 municipalities.

Today, I want to take a moment and share these ideas with you:

1. Use of county headquarters – Municipal chairs can request a key and hold meetings in our 16 west main street offices. We will make office facilities available, and our office staff will keep a reservation log for your meeting requests.
   
2. Voter databases and help with mailing projects – we will create free cd roms with updated voter files for your municipality. Our friendly staff can edit lists to dissect and micro-target voters as you need them. In addition, Kathleen and Tara can help stuff mailers and organize volunteers with some notice.
   
3. Strategic advice and planning – In Monmouth County, we are fortunate to enjoy a close working relationship with leaders of our party in the assembly and senate. Together we can help you to define local issues, and pick messages that will win.
   
4. A strong finance chair – I am proud to announce that Andrew Lucas has agreed to continue his outstanding service to our party as our next finance chair. During this past campaign cycle, it was Andrew’s selflessness and fundraising prowess that helped lift his running mates to victory. As the next finance chair, Andrew will make sure we have the resources to win in 2007.
   

In our county headquarters, I am proud to announce the addition of Kathleen Donohue and Tara McMenamin. Some of you may already know these ladies – Kathleen is a County Committee woman in Manalapan and most recently served as Treasurer on Andrew Lucas’ Freeholder campaign. Tara was an intern with Joe Coletti on the Tom Kean campaign and attends Monmouth University.

Please feel free to contact them with any questions that you may have and they will try to assist you as best as possible. The phone number in the office is 732-431-6664, currently there will be someone in the office Monday – Wednesday starting at 9:30 a.m. and Thursday’s starting at 12:00 p.m.

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Adam Puharic, Chairman
Monmouth County Republican Party
www.MonmouthRepublican.org
info@MonmouthRepublican.org
732.431.6664