Greg Wenchell, general chairman of the sheet metal workers' union, disputed that assessment.
He is the general chairman of the Dole campaign.
Mr. Atwater, 39 years old, was elected today to the advisory position of general chairman.
He was general chairman of the Democratic National Committee in the 2000 election.
Pretty situation for the general chairman of the Pickwick Club.
It's a rare opportunity when the general chairman of the party is from the state," he said.
From 1995 to 1997, he served as the general chairman of the Democratic party, which could prove helpful in fund-raising.
The new and interracial organization appointed Haywood as its general chairman.
D. Terry Abbott, general chairman of the local, could not be reached for comment.
For five years before he became general chairman he was president of Nationwide Corporation, a financial services holding company.