http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/03/12/44471485.shtml?Element_ID=44471485uesday, 12/23/03 | Middle Tennessee News & Information
Former Gore aide joins Clark
By BONNA de la CRUZ
Staff Writer
Tennessee political fund-raising guru Johnny Hayes is the latest member of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign team to take a job in Wesley Clark's bid for the White House.
Hayes, a former Tennessee Valley Authority board member from Sumner County, was Gore's national finance chairman and last year served as finance chairman for Phil Bredesen's campaign for governor.
''I feel comfortable with him,'' Hayes said of the retired Army general. ''He's a real leader. He's someone who can relate to Tennessee and in other areas of the South.''
Hayes will raise money nationally and help organize Tennessee and the South, said Matt Bennett, Clark's communications director.
Clark campaign officials said they will announce Hayes' ''lofty'' position on the national staff when Clark visits Nashville on Dec. 30.
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