McCain names Jack Jackson as co-chairman of Missouri campaign
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 | 6:49 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:03 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
BY
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain named a former state House member from suburban St. Louis and fellow Vietnam veteran to be co-chairman of his Missouri campaign.
Jack Jackson is a retired Marine Corps colonel who was a pilot during the Vietnam War, like the presidential candidate. Jackson, of Wildwood, later became a test pilot in the private sector.
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He planned to run for lieutenant governor earlier this year after Gov. Matt Blunt announced he would not seek re-election. But Jackson dropped out of that race after fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder decided to run for re-election instead of seeking to replace Blunt.
When he left the lieutenant governor’s race, Jackson told reporters he planned to work for McCain’s campaign.
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