GILMORE SUSPENDS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
The Jim Gilmore for Senate Campaign suspended communications director Ana Gamonal on Friday, according to a press release.
She admittedly sent a misleading e-mail using a different name to the campaign of Mark Warner, Gilmore's rival for the U.S. Senate seat up for grabs this November.
Without the Gilmore Campaign's knowledge, Gamonal sent an e-mail from a personal e-mail account using a different name requesting that the Warner campaign add her to their press list.
She released a statement apologizing for her "lack of judgement," but she will be suspended from work for two weeks without pay for her actions.
According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Warner's campaign told the Gilmore campaign about the suspicious e-mail on Friday, and Gamonal was immediately suspended.
She used the name Alexis Navarro, though her real name is Ana Gamonal de Navarro.
Warner, via his press aide Kevin Hall, accepted Gamonal's apology. In 2001, during Warner's race for governor, he experienced a similar situation.
Amanda Crumley, one of his press aides, called into a radio show where Gilmore, who was running aginst Waner, was speaking and referred to herself as "Jennifer".
-- by Candace Sipos
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