The State: Barrett campaign names fundraising chief

U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett, R-Westminster, has tapped former state GOP chairman Barry Wynn to lead his 2010 gubernatorial campaign’s fundraising efforts.

In an e-mail to supporters, Wynn said he signed on with Barrett because “character still counts and Gresham Barrett has got it in spades.” Wynn is president of Spartanburg investment firm Colonial Group Inc. and spearheaded former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s short-lived S.C. presidential campaign.

Joining Wynn on Barrett’s finance team are Greenville developer Bo Aughtry, and Columbia residents Peter Brown, a leader in former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s S.C. presidential campaign, real estate executive Joe Edens and city councilman Kirkman Finley.

Barrett is one of a half-dozen GOP candidates seeking the GOP nomination.

– John O’Connor