Edwards
for President,
Inc. |
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On January 2, 2003, Sen. Edwards announced formation of a presidential
exploratory committee. Edwards for President, Inc. is
headquartered
in Raleigh, North Carolina. Nick Baldick, a former top Gore
operative,
is the campaign manager.
Edwards for President, Inc.
California
Leadership
Los Angeles Office: 3250 Wilshire Blvd., 4th Floor
Sacramento Office: 980 9th St., #1900
(offices announced Feb. 20, 2004)
State
Director |
Trent Hager |
(announced Feb. 20,
2004)
Director of the Speaker's Office of Member Services; veteran of
numerous
California campaigns.
Political
Director |
Courtni Sunjoo Pugh |
(announced Feb. 20,
2004) Over
12 years of
campaign and issue organizing experience. Manager of government
relations mCapitol Management (mCM), Inc. National field director at Rock
the Vote, 2001. Deputy
base vote director and national director of Asian Pacific American
outreach at the DNC for the 2000 cycle. Worked for Congressman
Danny K. Davis (D-Chicago), including as legislative director,
1997-99. Community organizer for the Chinese American Service
League in Chicago, 1994-96.
Deputy
Political Director-No.
Cal. |
Adam Gray |
(announced Feb. 20,
2004) Native
of the Central Valley. Formerly worked for then Rules chair
Dennis
Cardoza. Has worked in more than 10 California races.
Deputy
Political Director-So.
Cal. |
Herb Wesson III |
(announced Feb. 20,
2004)
Southern California campaign experience includes Carol Liu for Assembly
in 2000 and Gray Davis for Governor in 1998.
Field
Director |
Chris Gregorich |
(announced Feb. 20,
2004) Worked
on Edwards' campaign as Oklahoma field director (Feb. 3 primary)
and Washington state coordinator (Feb. 7 caucus). Community
Development
Specialist in the City of Seattle's Office of Policy and
Management.
Campaign manager for the Sept. 17, 2002 Seattle housing levy
campaign.
Field director on Greg Nickels' successful 2001 campaign for Mayor of
Seattle.
Worked on Rep. Jay Inslee's (WA) campaign in 2000.
Regional Coordinators:
Sacramento - Brian Brokaw
San Francisco - Pat McMahon
Oakland - Kenisha Smith
Orange County - Tyler Gernant
San Bernardino/Riverside - Kristy
Young
Volunteer
Coordinator |
Tom Wilhelm |
(announced Feb. 20,
2004)
Formerly served as an assistant to Attorney General Bill Lockyer and
has
experience in labor politics.
Press
Secretary |
Roger Salazar |
(announced Feb. 20,
2004)
Started out doing some consulting for the campaign and named as
national
spokesman on Dec. 1, 2003. Served as a vice president of Porter
Novelli,
the public relations firm. Press secretary for Governor Gray
Davis'
successful re-election campaign in 2002. Davis' deputy press
secretary
in the governor's office in Sacramento. Director of
communications
and media advocacy for the American Cancer Society's national
government
relations department. Deputy press secretary and acting national
spokesperson for the Gore 2000 presidential campaign committee,
1999.
An assistant press secretary in the Clinton White House, 1998-99.
Deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1998.
Assistant press secretary for Vice President Al Gore, 1997-98.
News
analysis coordinator and specialty press coordinator in the White House
Press Office, 1995-97. California native.
(endorsement/position
as state
co-chair announced on July 2, 2003) Speaker of California State
Assembly
from Feb. 2002-Feb. 2004. First elected to the Assembly in 1998,
he represents the 47th district including the cities of Los Angeles and
Culver City, as well as the communities of Ladera Heights, Baldwin
Hills,
View Park, Cheviot Hills, Westwood-UCLA, and Windsor Hills.
Previously
Wesson served as chief of staff to L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne
Brathwaite
Burke and as chief deputy to L.A. City Councilmember Nate Holden.
Endorsements
On Feb. 26, 2004,
Sen. Edwards
received the endorsement of the political arm of California ACORN at a
rally in San Francisco.
announced
Feb. 26,
2004
State
Senate President pro Tem John L. Burton
announced
Feb. 24, 2004
Carole Migden
- Chairwoman
Dist 1, State Board of Equalization
Kerry Mazzoni
- Former
California Secretary of Education
Conway Collis
- Former
Member of the Board of Equalization
Assemblymember
Darrell
Steinberg
Assemblymember
Merv
Dymally, Former Lt Governor and Congressman (also on Kerry list)
Assemblymember
Jerome
Horton
Assemblymember
Gloria
Negrete McCleod
Assemblymember
Leland
Yee, Speaker Pro Tem
Assemblymember
Christine
Kehoe
Supervisor
Valerie
Brown - Sonoma County
Supervisor
Yvonne
Brathwaite Burke - Los Angeles County
Supervisor
Barbara
McIver - Tehama County
Daniel
Zingale, Member,
Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Steve
Maviglio, Member,
Unemployment Compensation Insurance Appeals Board
Mayor
Ronald Oden -
City of Palm Springs
Councilmember
Albert
Vera - Culver City
Councilmember
Steve
Pougnet - City of Palm Springs
Councilmember
Gary
Bosworth - City of Desert Hot Springs
Councilmember
Louie
Lujan - City of La Puente
Councilmember
Joseph
Gonzales - City of South El Monte
Councilmember
Roger
Hernandez - City of West Covina
Warren
Furutani - L.A.
Community College Board Member
Rose O Chi -
L.A.
Police Commission
Boardmember
Mark Pulido
- ABC Unified School District
Chris Pak -
Board
Member, Recreation and Parks Commission, City of Los Angeles
John Frierson
- Athletics
Commissioner (State of CA); LA City Transportation Commissioner
Charlie Woo -
Former
President LA Chamber of Commerce
Fred
Korematsu - Civil
Rights leader
Dale Minami -
Civil
Rights Attorney
Reverend
Norman Copeland
- Ward A.M.E. Church
Reverend Carmi
Woods
- Brookins A.M.E. Church - Oakland
Reverend
Fredrick
Murph - Brookins A.M.E. Church - Los Angeles
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