Sarasota County GOP Has New Leader

The Republican Party of Sarasota County (RPOS) announced Monday morning, Oct. 10, the appointment of Christian Ziegler to serve as its new executive director.

“2012 is a critical year for the leadership of our country and we are committed to electing conservative candidates at the local, state and national levels. As a key member of our team, Christian will play an essential role implementing our Victory 2012 Plan and sending Barack Obama back to Chicago,” said RPOS Chairman Joe Gruters in a news release.

"Since I first hired Christian during Congressman Buchanan's 2006 campaign, he has been one of the most successful communications and congressional staffers in the nation. He has a bright, incisive and engaging political mind and it will be energizing to work with him again. As a driving force in a battleground county, in the largest swing state in the country, Christian will help deliver the votes needed for the GOP Presidential nominee to win Sarasota County, Florida and the White House," said Gruters.

According to the news release, prior to joining the Republican Party of Sarasota County, Ziegler worked in the Capitol Hill and district offices of U.S. Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-Sarasota) as a legislative assistant and director of new media. He also worked on Congressman Buchanan’s 2006, 2008 and 2010 congressional campaigns and served as an Intern-analyst in the Florida House of Representatives. He is a graduate of Florida State University and a native of Atlanta, Georgia.

“I’m delighted to be joining the Republican Party of Sarasota County,” said Ziegler in the RPOS news release. “Under Joe’s leadership, the RPOS has become one of the most active and effective grassroots political organizations in the country. I look forward to working with the victory 2012 team and the voters of Sarasota County to generate the funding, support and election of GOP candidates, and to ensure that Obama is a one term president. Our electorate is entitled to stronger, more enlightened leadership, and our task is to make sure they get it.”