Democrat slugs area GOP chief, GPD says By LISE FISHER Sun staff writer September 18. 2004 6:01AM Politics in Gainesville turned rough and tumble Thursday night when, police say, a social behavior sciences instructor - a Democrat - punched the chairman of the Alachua County Republican Executive Committee in the face. David Philip McCally, 55, of Gainesville faces misdemeanor battery and criminal mischief charges after he was accused of hitting both committee chairman Travis Horn, 32, and a life-sized, cardboard cutout of President George Bush. The incident occurred at the Republican headquarters in downtown Gainesville at about 7:30 p.m. McCally...