LittleSis: Winton M Blount III

Winton Blount III, a former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and candidate for governor, has died. Blount was 71, according to Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, his former business partner. Blount and Strange had car dealerships and other businesses together from 1990 to 2001. In 1998, Blount challenged Gov. Fob James in the Republican primary. He forced James into a runoff, but James prevailed. Blount also served as chairman of the Business Council of Alabama in 1989. Blount's father, Winton "Red" Blount, was also a Republican Party leader, serving as U.S. Postmaster General under President Nixon. "Red" Blount built an international construction company and was known for his philanthropy, including the funding of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery.

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Ed Rogers	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robin Hayes, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn, Alabama Republican Party, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush, George C Wallace Jr
Winton M Blount	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Robert Riley, Republican National Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George H W Bush, George C Wallace Jr, Bill Cabaniss, Blount Inc Employees' Political Action Committee (Bltpac)
Lanny Griffith	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robin Hayes, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn, Continue the Majority, Campaign for a New American Century, George H W Bush
William Featheringill	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Robert Riley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, Campaign for a New American Century, George H W Bush, Bill Cabaniss
Harold Ripps	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George H W Bush, George C Wallace Jr, Frank McRight, Sid McDonald
Michael D Thompson	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Robert Riley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George H W Bush, Bill Cabaniss
Emmet O'Neal	Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Robert Riley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, Bill Cabaniss, Martin J Connors III
Luther Strange	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Robert Riley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George H W Bush
Elton Bryson Stephens Sr	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Robert Riley, Republican National Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George C Wallace Jr, Frank McRight, Bill Cabaniss, Sid McDonald
Joseph M Farley	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Robert Riley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George H W Bush, Martin J Connors III, Sid McDonald
James Lowder	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George C Wallace Jr, Frank McRight, Sid McDonald
Mack Dove	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Robert Riley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, Bill Cabaniss, Sid McDonald
Haley Barbour	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush
Stu Van Scoyoc	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Robert Riley, Dirk Kempthorne, National Republican Congressional Committee
J Steven Hart	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Robin Hayes, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Newt Gingrich, Dirk Kempthorne, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush
Garry Neil Drummond	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George C Wallace Jr, Sid McDonald
Ronald K Richey	Spencer T Bachus III, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George H W Bush, George C Wallace Jr, Bill Cabaniss, Martin J Connors III, Sid McDonald
Robert Mazer	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Robin Hayes, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Robert Riley, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn
Joe Ritch	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Robert Riley, Alabama Republican Party, Sid McDonald
William Fleming Edmonds	Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, Regions Financial Corporation Committee on Government Affairs, George H W Bush, Frank McRight, Bill Cabaniss, Sid McDonald

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Ed Rogers