Gephardt for President, Inc.
On January 6, 2003, Rep. Gephardt filed papers with the FEC establishing
Gephardt for President Exploratory Committee. The campaign opened
its headquarters in a downtown Washington, DC office building in the first
part of February 2003. Gephardt formally announced his campaign on
February 19, 2003 in St. Louis, MO. Steve Murphy is the national
campaign manager.
Gephardt for President, Inc. Missouri
Leadership
| State Director |
Jason Norton |
Also
Gephardt has the support of all of his home state's top Democrats.
On February 1, 2003, the Missouri Campaign for Gephardt for President named
the following as honorary co-chairs:
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Gov. Bob Holden
Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell
Attorney General Jay Nixon
Treasurer Nancy Farmer
Auditor Claire McCaskill
U.S. Rep. William (Lacy)
Clay, Jr.
U.S. Rep. Karen McCarthy
U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton
Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan
Former U.S. Sen. Thomas
F. Eagleton
Former U.S. Rep. Alan Wheat
Former Secretary of State
Bekki Cook |
And
On February 28, 2003, the Missouri Campaign named key Kansas City supporters:
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Rev. Emanuel Cleaver - National
Campaign Adviser
U.S. Representative Karen
McCarthy - Honorary Co-Chair of Missouri Committee
State Auditor Claire McCaskill
- Honorary Co-Chair of Missouri Committee
Former Jackson County Executive
Marsha Murphy - Co-Chair of the National Finance Committee
Woody Overton - Deputy Campaign
Director for Western Missouri
Former U.S. Representative
Alan Wheat - Honorary Co-Chair of Missouri Committee
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And
On June 10, 2003, the campaign announced Former Secretary of State
Bekki Cook, announced as an honorary co-chair on Feb. 1, will serve as
Missouri deputy finance director.
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