Johnny H. Hayes was a Democratic

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 fundraiser and politician from Tennessee

Tennessee

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. Hayes is best known for his effort as finance chief for Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

's presidential campaigns, both in 1988

Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1988

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 and in 2000

United States presidential election, 2000

The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush , and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President....

. Hayes had been with Gore since he managed the finances of Gore's congressional campaign in 1976, and later for his Senate elections in 1984 and 1990. Hayes also held similar positions for Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen

Phil Bredesen

Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen Jr. was the 48th Governor of Tennessee, serving from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County from 1991 to...

 for the 2002 and 2006 campaigns. As vice president, Gore made Hayes director of the Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley Authority

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 in 1993. This post he held until 1999, when he left to manage Gore's presidential campaign.

Haynes graduated from Tennessee Technological University

Tennessee Technological University

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 in 1961. He died 20 September 2008 in Sideview, Tennessee from stomach cancer

Stomach cancer

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. He and his wife, Mary Howard Reese Hayes, had three children.

External links

• Information from Nashville Post.