John Kerry for President
Inc.
On December 4, 2002, Sen. Kerry filed papers with the FEC establishing John Kerry for President Inc., an exploratory committee. James M. Jordan served as the national campaign manager through November 9, 2003; he was replaced by Mary Beth Cahill, who previously served as chief of staff to Sen. Edward Kennedy.
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Endorsements
On February 26, 2004 Latino
leaders announced creation of Latinos for Kerry, co-chaired by Maryland
State Delegate Victor Ramirez, alumni from University of Maryland William
Campos and Ariel Oxman, Latino media specialist Erick Oribio, and Montgomery
County activist Jose Vasquez.
On February 24, 2004 leading
Maryland Democrats announced their support for Kerry: U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes,
U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Comptroller William Donald Schaefer,
Attorney General Joe Curran, U.S. Rep. and House Democratic Whip Steny
Hoyer, U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin, U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. Rep. Chris
Van Hollen, Maryland House Speaker Mike Busch, Montgomery County Executive
Doug Duncan, Baltimore City Mayor Martin O'Malley, Howard County Executive
Jim Robey, and Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith.
On February 20, 2004 the campaign announced the endorsement "of more than 75 Maryland Democratic leaders from across the state - state legislators, county officials and other prominent local Democrats, including former supporters of Richard Gephardt, Howard Dean and Wes Clark." Maryland Democratic Leaders Supporting John Kerry for President (Key: * = former Gephardt supporter; ** = former Clark; *** = former Dean) Former County Councilmember Bruce Adams Former Delegate Rushern Baker County Central Committeemember Alan Banov Delegate Kumar Barve County Central Committeemember Dan Besseck Delegate and former County Exec. Elizabeth Bobo *** County Councilmember Bill Burlison Delegate Jon Cardin * Delegate Jill Carter Former Delegate Bill Cole Former Delegate Michael Comeau Councilmember Bobby Curran * Former Delegate Dick D'Amato Delegate Tiger Davis ** Delegate Dereck Davis Central Committeemember Kevin Doyle Delegate Kathleen Dumais County Central Committeemember Arthur Edmunds County Councilmember Jim Estepp Delegate Brian Feldman ** County Central Committeemember Steve Fisher *** Central Committeemember Arlene Fisher County Councilmember Nancy Floreen State Senator Jennie Forehand ** Delegate Barbara Frush County Central Committeemember Louise Gallun State's Attorney Doug Gansler Former Delegate Gil Genn Delegate, Montgomery Mike Gordon County Council President Guy Guzzone City Central Committeemember Nina Harper Delegate Hank Heller ** County Central Committeemember Susan Heltemes ** Delegate Sheila Hixson State's Attorney Glenn Ivey Former Delegate Cheryl Kagan Delegate Anne Kaiser Sheriff Ray Kight Delegate Nancy King ** City Councilmember Jim Kraft State Senator Rona Kramer Former Mayor Rose Krasnow County Central Committeemember Gaylen Kreiser County Central Committeemember Mike Lennett Delegate Jimmy Malone Delegate Adrienne Mandel State's Attorney Tim McCrone County Central Committeemember Tony McGuffin County Central Committeemember Michael McPherson City Councilmember Heather Mizeur Delegate Brian Moe Delegate Karen Montgomery City Central Committeemember James Ward Morrow Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Delegate Rosetta Parker Delegate Shane Pendergrass County Councilmember Marilyn Praisner Delegate Neil Q! uinter ** County Councilmember David Rakes County Central Committeemember Raymond Rankin County Central Committeemember Sandy Raymond Former State Party Chair Wayne Rogers County Central Committeemember Dee Schofield County Council President Steve Silverman Delegate Luiz Simmons ** County Central Committeemember Paul Stankus County Councilmember Mike Subin *** Former Speaker of the House of Delegates Casper Caz Taylor State Senator Len Teitelbaum Delegate Victoria Turner County Councilmember Ken Ulman *** Former County Executive Ted Venetoulis County Central Committeemember Bob Ward County Central Committeemember Vilma White City Central Committeemember Sylvia Williams Delegate Bobby Zirkin |
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