RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Republican Party has hired a former party hand in the state as its new executive director.
GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer told party leaders Wednesday that Russell Peck will begin his new job next week after being offered the post Tuesday by the party's central committee.
Peck worked most recently on get-out-the-vote efforts and coordinated campaigning for Republican candidates in New Jersey, where Chris Christie defeated incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine earlier this month.
He held a similar position as executive director of the "North Carolina Victory" operation last year.
A party spokesman couldn't immediately confirm Peck's salary. The party had budgeted $75,000 for the executive director's position.
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