Republican Oz Griebel, who is battling for the party's nod for governor, has released the names of his leadership team as the campaign moves into the final two months before the August 10 primary.
Griebel came in third in the voting by delegates at the party's convention last month in Hartford, and he is running third in the latest Quinnipiac University poll behind front runner Tom Foley of Greenwich and Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele of Stamford. Foley's lead has remained at 26 percentage points over the past two polls.
Griebel's team includes the following:
Chairman
Jim Barnes, Chairman, FM Facility Maintenance
Honorary co-chairs
Senate GOP Leader John McKinney and former U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson
Honorary vice chairmen
Senator Tony Guglielmo
Senator Andrew Roraback
Wally Barnes, longtime Republican and former state Senate minority leader
Finance chairman
Ramani Ayer, retired CEO of The Hartford
Deputy finance chairman
Mark Mandell, senior vice president, finance and technology, Data-Mail, Inc.
Grassroots chair
Tracy Enders, delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention and state GOP 2010 convention