Johnny Hayes, top Al Gore fundraiser, dies at 67

[Nambe]

Source: The Associated Press

Johnny Hayes, a Democratic fundraiser for the presidential campaigns of former Vice President Al Gore, has died.

A family statement said Hayes died Saturday in Tennessee after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 67.

Hayes was finance chief for Gore's first presidential campaign in 1988 and again in 2000. He also managed Gore's campaign finances when Gore first won a U.S. House seat in 1976 and for later Senate elections. ...

... After becoming vice president in 1993, Gore nominated Hayes as a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the country's largest public utility. He held that post until 1999.

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[jjr5]

1. May he have God speed. n/t

[midnight]

2. What a loss for the Dems. , the Gores, and the Hayes family.