Top staffers resign from Gingrey Senate campaign | The Daily Caller

Gingrey’s general consultant Chip Lake, campaign manager John Porter, political director David Allen and political adviser Justin Tomczak, left the campaign Monday, a source close to the campaign told The Daily Caller.

Allen, reached by phone Monday evening, confirmed that he and the other staffers had left.

“We just had a difference of opinions,” he said, saying that the disagreement was something “we couldn’t overcome.”

Allen said that while he could not speak for the other three staffers who resigned Monday, it was his opinion that they had all left the campaign for the same reason.

Gingrey is one of several Republicans in a crowded primary field for the open Georgia Senate seat. The seat is currently held by Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss who will retire at the end of his term.

The Georgia congressman has a history of making unfiltered comments that have left some Republicans uncomfortable. He drew fire for comments made in a closed door meeting last month, first reported by National Review, lamenting that he was “stuck here making $172,000 a year.”

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