Erik Mason

ENOSBURG FALLS -- Although Republican Gov. Jim Douglas has not officially kicked off his re-election campaign for a fourth term as governor, his campaign machinery is already in motion.

Dennise Casey, a political aide to Douglas since his first gubernatorial run in 2002, will begin work as campaign manager today. She packed up her belongings on the fifth floor of The Pavilion last week, wrapping up her tenure as Douglas’ secretary of civic and military affairs. A job described as “butter and guns.”

PolitickerVT.com met up with Casey as the campaign made its first public introduction Saturday at the Enosburg Falls Dairy Days Festival.