MANCHESTER – An additional 73 New Hampshire Democratic activists threw
their support behind
John Kerry’s campaign for President today, including two former Democratic
nominees for
Governor.
Among those endorsing John Kerry today are Tom Cooper, Concord, legal counsel
to former Gov.
Hugh Gallen; Michael Hall, Concord, Democratic activist; Ned Helms, former
chair of the
Democratic State Committee; Sally Helms, Concord, Democratic activist;
Bob Larsen, Concord,
Democratic activist; James McConoha, Concord, Democratic Network leader
and Concord
Democratic Committee member; Malcolm McLane, former Mayor of Concord and
former Executive
Councilor; Valery Mitchell, Concord, Democratic Network leader and former
Concord Democratic
Committee member; Todd Quinn, Contoocook, chief of staff to House Democratic
Leader Peter
Burling; Apiar Saunders, Hopkinton, Democratic activist; Gail Wolek, Concord,
former Concord
Democratic Committee member; Cinde Warmington, Gilford, Democratic activist.
Larry Kelly, Berlin, vice chair of the Coos County Democrats; Susan Almy,
Lebanon, State
Representative; Luke Fleming, Lebanon, Democratic activist; Wayne King,
Rumney, former State
Senator and Democratic nominee for governor; Janos Marton, Hanover, Dartmouth
College
Student Body President; Lilla McLane-Bradley, Hanover, founder of the Upper
Valley Community
Foundation; Perry Williamson, Hanover, former fundraiser for Arnie Arnesen.
Kevin Hampsey, Jaffrey, chair of the Jaffrey Democrats; Bill Riley, Francestown,
former State
Representative; Leo Balzano, Nashua, Nashua Democratic Committee member
and former
candidate for State Representative; Lucien Bergeron, Nashua, former State
Senate nominee and
former State Representative; Maya Blanchette, Manchester, Democratic activist;
Benjamin
Clemons, Nashua, Democratic State Committee member; Patty Cornell, Manchester,
vice chair of
the Manchester Democrats and secretary of the Hillsborough County Democrats;
Rik Cornell, vice
chair of the Manchester Ward 12 Democratic Committee; David Cote, Nashua,
State
Representative; Carolyn Cottrell, Bedford, Democratic activist; Tim Decker,
Manchester, former
president of the State Employees Association; George DerKoorkanian, Manchester,
treasurer of
the Hillsborough County Democrats; Mostafa El-Sherif, Bedford, Democratic
activist; Suzan
Franks, Nashua, former State Representative and former Nashua Alderman;
Murray Grant,
Manchester, Democratic activist; Peter Hutchins, Manchester, former State
Senate nominee; Bill
Marot, Milford, Milford Democratic Committee member; Patricia Morris, Manchester,
veteran
Democratic campaign worker; Mary Ouellette, Nashua, former State Representative;
Marilyn
Peterman, Amherst, Democratic State Committee member and former Amherst
Selectman;
Benjamin Pignatelli, Nashua, Democratic activist; Jeff Richardson, Nashua,
former candidate for
State Representative; Joan Schulze, Nashua, State Representative; Matthew
Sheaff, Manchester,
founder of Democracy Matters, St. Anselm’s College; Chris Spirou, Manchester,
former chair of the
Democratic State Committee, former House Democratic Leader, former Democratic
nominee for
Governor; Robert M. Walsh, Jr., Democratic activist; Ellen Wheatley, Manchester,
Democratic
activist.
Elaine Ahearn, Hampton Falls, chair of the Hampton Fall Democrats; Samuel
Clark, Exeter,
Democratic activist; James Devine, Sandown, Timberlane School Board member
and former State
Senate nominee; Eileen Foley, Portsmouth, former Mayor of Portsmouth; Maggie
Hassan, Exeter,
former Democratic nominee for State Senate; Alan Hoffman, Londonderry,
Democratic activist;
Marilyn Hoffman, Londonderry, Bradley delegate to the 2000 DNC convention;
Chip Moynihan,
Hampton, State Democratic Committee member; Maryann Moynihan, Hampton,
Democratic
activist; Lenore Patton, Hampton, co-chair of the Hampton Democratic Committee;
Mary Tetreau,
Londonderry, former candidate for State Representative; Phil Tetreau, Londonderry,
Democratic
activist; Bill Verge, Plaistow, Plaistow Town chair; former Democratic
nominee for Congress and
former chair of the Rockingham County Democrats.
Wayne Burton, Durham, former State Representative; Irene Callahan, Dover,
Dover Democratic
Committee member; Robert Callahan, Dover, Dover Democratic Committee member;
Fred Catalfo,
Dover, former Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate; Hiram Connell, Somersworth,
Democratic
activist; Paul Ferland, Rochester, former State Representative; Maya Glos,
Barrington, Barrington
Democratic Committee member; Roland Hofeman, Dover, Dover City Councilor;
John Joyal,
Somersworth, Democratic activist; Beth Mahoney, Rollinsford, Democratic
activist; Alex Nossif,
Dover, Mayor of Dover; Stefany Shaheen, Durham, Democratic activist; Ted
Walsh, Barrington,
Barrington Democratic Committee member; and Craig Welch, Durham, Democratic
activist.
“I am going to take my message of making the American economy stronger,
providing access to
quality health care, preserving our environment and ensuring we are secure
both at home and
abroad, door-to-door, neighbor-to-neighbor. I am humbled and energized
to have the early
commitment of so many New Hampshire Democratic leaders and activists, who
are experts in the
art of New Hampshire grass-roots politics,” said John Kerry.
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