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.
John Kerry for President Inc. Minnesota
Leadership
Campaign Headquarters: 8100 Wayzata Blvd., St Louis Park
(just outside St. Paul)
Campaign Coordinator |
Ken Martin |
Campaign manager of Buck Humphrey's
campaign for Minnesota Secretary of State in 2002. Deputy state director
of Al Gore's presidential campaign in Minnesota in 2000. State field
director for the Minnesota DFL Party, 1997-1999. Kansas Democratic
Party Coordinated Campaign 1996. Graduate of the University of Kansas
with a B.A. in political science and history.
Political Director |
Jack Ryan |
Headed up Kerry's Mason City
office during the Iowa caucus campaign.
Field Director |
Angelique Pirozzi |
Served as GOTV director on Kerry's
Iowa caucus campaign starting November 2003 and earlier, from January-June
2003, as Iowa field director/caucus manager. Campaign manager of
the Kerry Committee, Sen. Kerry's re-election campaign in 2002. Previously,
she directed the Democrats' coordinated campaign in Wisconsin in Fall 2000,
and earlier was deputy caucus director for Iowans for Gore. Pirozzi
worked on the Clinton/Gore campaign in New Hampshire in 1996.
Field Staff: Sara Stephenson, Pat
McQuillin, Joshua Eickmeier, Casey Slaughter, Greg Martin, George Twigg,
Catherine Rollins, Heidi Kraus, Steve Bruno
Communications Director |
Bill Burton |
Communications director for
Kerry's Wisconsin primary campaign. Press secretary for Rep. Dick
Gepardt's presidential campaign in Iowa starting in May 2003. Previously
served as press secretary to Sen. Tom Harkin, 2001-03.
Press Secretary |
Cyril Dadd |
Director of research/press assistant
for Kerry's Iowa caucus campaign, then press secretary for his Wisconsin
campaign. Recently earned Master's degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Worked
as an intern with the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, and project
coordinator with Africare in South Africa. B.A. from Tulane University.
Originally from Massachusetts.
Deputy Press Secretary |
Matt Slutsky |
Served as a Polk County field
officer on Kerry's Iowa caucus campaign. Graduate of Northeastern
University, 2003.
Volunteer Coordinator |
Jim Bootz |
from Chaska.
-Linda Wilkinson-from Inver
Grove Heights.
-Betty Folliard-former state
House member from Hopkins.
Minnesotans for Kerry
Steering Committee
as of Feb. 20, 2004
Campaign Chairs
Vice President Walter Mondale
U.S. Senator Mark Dayton
Mike and Ann Ciresi
Sam and Sylvia Kaplan
Vance and Darin Opperman |
Newspaper
Endorsements
St. Paul Pioneer Press
(02/29/04)
West Central Minnesota
Tribune (03/01/04) |
Co-Chairs
U.S. Representative Betty
McCollum (MN-4)
Gov. Wendall Anderson (Former
Minnesota Governor)
Roger Moe (Former Senate
Majority Leader)
Hubert H. "Buck" Humphrey
('02 Sec. Of State Candidate)
Skip Humphrey (Former Minnesota
Attorney General)
Sen. Don Betzold (District
51)
Sen. Dick Cohen (District
64)
Sen. Sharon Marko (District
57)
Sen. Ann Rest (District
45, Asst. Majority Leader)
Sen. Dallas Sams (District
11)
Sen. Yvonne Prettner Solon
(District 7)
Sen. Leroy Stumpf (District
1)
Rep. Ron Latz (District 45)
Rep. John Lesch (District
66)
Rep. Carlos Mariani (District
65)
Rep. Lyn Carlson (District
45)
Rep. Mike Nelson (District
46)
Rep. Len Biernat (District
59)
Rep. Michael Paymar (District
64)
Rep. Matt Entenza (House
Minority Leader, District 64)
Rep. Nora Slawik (District
55)
Rep. Alice Hausman (District
66)
Rep. Cy Thao (District 65)
Rep. Sheldon Johnson (District
67)
Rep. Scott Wasiluk (District
55)
Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher
(District 60)
Rep. Dan Larson (District
63)
Amy Klobauchar (Hennepin
County Attorney)
Comm. Susan Haigh (Ramsey
County Commissioner)
Comm. Peter McLaughlin (Hennepin
County Commissioner)
Comm. Rafael Ortega (Ramsey
County Commisioner)
Comm. Victoria Reinhardt
(Ramsey County Commisioner)
Jerry Janezich (Former State
Senator & US Senate Candidate)
Joan Campbell (Former Minneapolis
City Councilmember)
Betty Folliard (Former State
Rep.)
Neal Thao (Former Saint
Paul School board member)
Bill Wilson (Former Saint
Paul City Councilmember)
Jackie Stevenson (Democratic
National Committeewoman)
Greg Knutson (Democratic
National Committeeman)
Ken Foxworth (Democratic
National Committeeman)
Georgianna Ruzich (3rd Congressional
District Chair)
Jim McDonough (2nd Congressional
District Chair)
Crystal Parkin (1st Congressional
District Secretary)
Jonette Engan (Former 2nd
Congressional District Chair)
Wayne Pulford (SD 7 Chair)
Rod Hanson (Kandiyohi County
Chair)
Deb Hogenson (Nobles County
Chair)
Lance Peterson (Dodge County
Chair)
Art Anderson (Freeborn County
Chair)
Pat Higgens (Mower County
Chair)
Lynn Wilson (Olmstead County
Chair)
Karen and Les Tlougan (DFL
State Exec. Comm. Member)
Mark Fredrickson (Olmstead
County Associate Chair)
Susan Vento (Community Activist
and Lobbyist)
Megan Thomas (Former Chair
of Stonewall DFL)
Kathleen Flynn Peterson
(DFL Benefactor)
Tom Borman (DFL Benefactor)
Melissa Hortman (DFL House
Candidate)
Minnesota Professional Firefighters
Association
Will Steger (Famous Explorer)
County
as of Feb. 23, 2004
Aitkin County
Bob Lewis, Aitkin County
Democratic Chair
Dakota County
Mike and Ann Ciresi
Dodge County
Crystal Parkin (1st Congressional
District Secretary)
Lance Peterson (Dodge County
Democratic Chair)
Freeborn County
Art Anderson (Freeborn County
Democratic Chair)
Hennepin County
U.S. Senator Mark Dayton
Sam and Sylvia Kaplan
Vice President Walter Mondale
Vance and Darin Opperman
State Senator Don Betzold
(District 51)
State Representative Len
Biernat (District 59)
Tom Borman (DFL Benefactor)
Joan Campbell (Former Minneapolis
City Councilmember)
State Representative Lyn
Carlson (District 45)
Betty Folliard (Former State
Representative)
Ken Foxworth (Democratic
National Committeeman)
Commissioner Susan Haigh
(Ramsey County Commissioner)
Melissa Hortman (DFL House
Candidate)
Hubert H. "Buck" Humphrey
('02 Sec. Of State Candidate)
Skip Humphrey (Former Minnesota
Attorney General)
State Senator Steve Kelley
State Representative Margaret
Anderson Kelliher (District 60)
Amy Klobuchar (Hennepin
County Attorney)
State Representative Dan
Larson (District 63)
State Representative Ron
Latz (District 45)
Commissioner Peter McLaughlin
(Hennepin County Commissioner)
State Representative Mike
Nelson (District 46)
Kathleen Flynn Peterson
(DFL Benefactor)
State Senator Ann Rest (District
45, Asst. Majority Leader)
Georgianna Ruzich (3rd Congressional
District Chair)
Jackie Stevenson (Democratic
National Committeewoman)
Kandiyohi County
Jonette Engan (Former 2nd
Congressional District Chair)
Rod Hanson (Kandiyohi County
Democratic Chair)
State Senator Gary Kubly
(20th District)
Meeker County
Greg Knutson (Democratic
National Committeeman)
Mower County
Pat Higgens (Mower County
Democratic Chair)
Nobles County
Deb Hogenson (Nobles County
Democratic Chair)
Olmstead County
Mark Fredrickson (Olmstead
County Democratic Associate Chair)
Lynn Wilson (Olmstead County
Democratic Chair)
Pennington County
State Senator Leroy Stumpf
(District 1)
Polk County
Roger Moe (Former Senate
Majority Leader)
Ramsey County
Governor Wendall Anderson
(Former Minnesota Governor)
State Senator Dick Cohen
(District 64)
State Representative Matt
Entenza (House Minority Leader, District 64)
State Representative Alice
Hausman (District 66)
State Representative Sheldon
Johnson (District 67)
State Representative John
Lesch (District 66)
State Representative Carlos
Mariani (District 65)
U.S. Representative Betty
McCollum (MN-4)
Commissioner Rafael Ortega
(Ramsey County Commissioner)
State Representative Michael
Paymar (District 64)
Commissioner Victoria Reinhardt
(Ramsey County Commissioner)
State Representative Cy
Thao (District 65)
Neal Thao (Former Saint
Paul School board member)
Megan Thomas (Former Chair
of Stonewall DFL)
Susan Vento (Community Activist
and Lobbyist)
State Representative Scott
Wasiluk (District 55)
Bill Wilson (Former Saint
Paul City Councilmember)
Rice County
Jim McDonough (2nd Congressional
District Chair)
St. Louis County
Jerry Janezich (Former State
Senator & US Senate Candidate)
Wayne Pulford (SD 7 Chair)
State Senator Yvonne Prettner
Solon (District 7)
Wadena County
State Senator Dallas Sams
(District 11)
Waseca County
Karen and Les Tlougan (DFL
State Executive Commissioner Member)
Washington County
State Senator Sharon Marko
(District 57)
State Representative Nora
Slawik (District 55)
Steering Committee as of
August 18, 2003
Campaign Chairs
Sam & Sylvia Kaplan
Mike & Ann Ciresi
Vance and Darin Opperman
Co-Chairs
Gov. Wendall Anderson
Sen. Assistant Majority Leader Ann Rest
Sen. Dick Cohen
Sen. Steve Kelley
Rep. Michael Paymar
Hubert “Buck” Humphrey
Susan Vento
Betty Folliard
Jackie Stevenson - DNC member
Greg Knutson - DNC member
Megan Thomas
Neal Thao
Ruth Usem
Supporters
Michelle Courtright Bjork
Thor Bjork
Jim Bootz
Darin Broton
Curt Butturff
Ed Caffrey
Chris Cagle
Cathy Daniels
Clint Faust
Peggy Flanagan
Mark Frederickson
Rod Hansen
Josh Hawkins
Mary Jo Kitto
Ken Martin
Jim McDunough
Andrea Mokros
Kathleen Murphy
James Schulstad
Jill Sletten
Lynn Wilson
Don Zwach
and
Will
Steger-explorer and environmentalist, particularly known for his feats
in dogsled exploration; lives in a solar home in Northern Minnesota. Nov.
2003
Hubert H ("Buck") Humphrey IV
DFL nominee for Secretary
of State in 2002. State Director of the Minnesota Gore/Lieberman
2000 campaign. Previously worked as Manager of Government Affairs
at AgriBank, FCB. Graduate of American University (1993); Masters
in Public Administration from the Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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