Smith Names Campaign Team

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rory Smith has named his campaign team. Norway Hill Associates, led by David Carney, White House political director under George H.W. Bush and James McKay, a New Hampshire Republican political operative, will serve as political consultants. The Tarrance Group, a Republican pollster that has worked for Republican Senators Thad Cochran and Chuck Grassley, among others, will do polling for Smith.

Job number one for the team: put some distance between Smith and Governor Carcieri, another out-of-the-blue businessman who ran for governor.