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Labrador hires Hardy from state GOP

GOP congressional hopeful Raul Labrador today announced two changes in his campaign staff: He’s hired Phil Hardy, who had been serving as the Idaho GOP’s “state victory director” staffer working on behalf of Labrador’s campaign and other GOP campaigns, as his new communications director; and promoted spokeswoman China Veldhouse Gum to the new position of political director. “I am so excited to be making these improvements to my campaign team at this time as we prepare for the final stretch of this successful campaign,” Labrador said; you can read his full announcement here .

Meanwhile, the Idaho Republican Party announced that Trevor Thorpe will replace Hardy as victory director. “While it’s tough to lose Phil, we are delighted to have Trevor come aboard and keep the Idaho GOP Victory programs going,” said state GOP Chairman Norm Semanko. The party’s victory program has placed more than 35,000 calls to voters in the 1st CD in a little over a month, according to Jonathan Parker, the state party executive director. Thorpe is a Virginia native and a 2010 graduate of BYU; he most recently interned at the U.S. State Department.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Eye On Boise." Read all stories from this blog