While Mike Connell was not preoccupied with developing State IT systems in the Florida network, he kept busy with other projects during the campaign season of 2000. He was not only involved in 'special projects' for the Bush campaign,. he was running other candidate sites and continuing the longterm agenda of getting GOP's priority swing states online and active.

By 2000, Illinois GOP's site was functional and Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and Iowa were close to fully active while Connell was also working on Florida State projects through the vote and recount periods of 2000.