Blogger Albrecht joins Branstad campaign

Iowa Republican strategist and blogger Tim Albrecht has joined the Governor Branstad 2010 Committee as its communications director. Albrecht will handle media relations, new media and the online efforts of the campaign.

Albrecht previously served on the campaigns of presidential candidate Steve Forbes and gubernatorial candidate Steve Sukup. He served four years as communications director for House Speaker Christopher Rants, R-Sioux City. He then served as Iowa press secretary for Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and currently is communications director for the American Future Fund – a nationwide conservative grassroots advocacy group based in Iowa.

Albrecht served clients through his full-service communications firm, Albrecht Public Relations, and ran the popular conservative-leaning news aggregator

http://www.TheBeanWalker.com, which Albrecht says will continue under a new publisher to maintain the integrity and independence of the site throughout the primary and general elections.