Fred Hall

June 5, 2006 - 2:46pm

Hall tossed in Kentucky

Former New Jersey GOP operative Fred Hall has resigned his position as Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher's Communications Director. Hall, who managed Buster Soaries' 2002 congressional race and ran the petition drive for Robert Ray's U.S. Senate bid, has been under fire recently for using profanity in a meeting with a reporter and had to apologize to the State Chairman Chairman for comments. Fletcher, who is up for re-election next year, is under indictment on corruption charges.

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September 29, 2005 - 11:14am

Kentucky bound

Fred Hall, who has spent the last decade working on New Jersey GOP campaigns, is the new Communications Director for embattled Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher. Hall has his work cut out for him: Fletcher's approval ratings (38%-54%) have been McGreeveyish lately amidst a series of scandals that led to the Governor issuing pardons to nine members of his administration. Hall managed campaigns for State Senator Peter Inverso and congressional candidate Buster Soaries, and most recently worked on John Murphy's campaign for Governor. He once worked for The Strategy Group, the lobbying firm formerly headed by GOP State Chairman Tom Wilson. Hall is Fletcher's fifth Communications Director since the Governor took office in January 2004.

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