He helped organize the “Peanut Brigade” that helped elect his cousin.
After Jimmy Carter won, he assigned Hugh Carter Jr. the task of curtailing waste among White House staffers. The job earned him the nickname “Cousin Cheap.” | Peter Bregg/AP PhotoATLANTA — Hugh “Sonny” Carter Jr., who helped organize the “Peanut Brigade” that helped elect his cousin Jimmy to the White House and later enforced the president’s frugal ways in the West Wing, has died. He was 80.
Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson and chair of The Carter Center’s governing board, called Hugh Carter “crucial in my grandfather’s election” and, without referencing his old nickname, said his cousin “skillfully implemented true zero-based budgeting in my grandfather’s White House.” Hugh Carter was among the aides who helped make the Brigade a near-constant presence in early nominating states. The strategy proved effective: Carter led all Democrats in the 1976 Iowa caucuses and gained momentum over several senators and Washington power players who were unable to catch up with the former Georgia governor.
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