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.
Ohio Leadership
Campaign Headquarters:
1480 Dublin Rd, Columbus
(announced Feb. 21, 2004)
Political consultant in Toledo. Delegate selection coordinator for
President Clinton in 1996 and Vice President Al Gore in 2000.Co-chaired
the Rules Committee for the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
Executive Director and Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party from 1983
to January 1991 (led the party when Ohio Democrats held both U.S. Senate
seats, a majority of the seats in Ohio's U.S. House Delegation, the offices
of Governor, Lt. Governor, all statewide Constitutional Offices and a majority
in the Ohio House of Representatives). Came to Ohio for McGovern,
and never left.
| State Director |
Antoinette Wilson |
| Deputy State Director |
Faith Dickerhoof |
(previously worked on Kerry's
Wisconsin primary campaign--announced Sept. 17 2003 as WI field director,
officially started in that capacity on Oct. 1, 2003) Dickerhoof came
to the campaign from her position as Field Director for the Ohio Democratic
Party. Prior to that she was Central Ohio Regional Policy Coordinator
for the American Lung Association's Tobacco Free Ohio campaign. Dickerhoof
graduated from Ohio University in Athens with a degree in Political Science;
she was president of the OU College Democrats.
| Field Director |
Mary Grace Galston |
F I E L D O F
F I C E S (announced Feb. 21, 2004)
Akron: Laborers Hall, 720 Wolf Ledges Pkwy.
Athens: 1 North Court St., Suite 201
Cincinnati: 1115 Pendleton Street, Third Floor
Cleveland: 4614 Prospect Ave, Suite 225
Dayton: IUE/CWA, 3461 Office Park Drive, Kettering
Toledo: 1817 Madison Ave
Springfield: TBA
Youngstown: 4891 Belmont Ave., Liberty Township
Newspaper Endorsements
Cleveland Plain Dealer
(03/01/04)
Akron Beacon Journal
(02/29/04)
Dayton Daily News (02/26/04)
Endorsements
On Feb. 26, 2004 the campaign
announced the endorsement of Congressman Sherrod Brown (Dist. 13, encompasses
Akron, Elyria, and Lorain), Ohio State Senate candidate Terry Anderson,
and
more
than 80 state elected officials.
State Legislators
Teresa Fedor - State Senator,
Toledo
Tom Roberts -State Senator,
Dayton
Joyce Beatty - State
Representative, Asst Minority Leader of the Ohio House, Columbus
George Distel - State
Representative, Conneaut
Jeanine Perry - State Representative,
Toledo
Larry Price - State Representative,
Columbus
Dan Stewart - State
Representative, Columbus
Peter Ujvagi - State Representative,
Toledo
Tyrone K. Yates -
State Representative, Cincinnati
City and County Officials
Bill Bias - President, Athens
City Council
Carol Patterson - Athens
City Council - Ward 2, Retired Educator
Kathy Hecht - Athens City
Auditor
Joe Sulzer - Mayor of the
City of Chillicothe
Charlie
Luken - Mayor of Cincinnati
David Pepper - City of Cincinnati
Council Member
Ken Montlack - Vice Mayor
of Cleveland Heights
Mike Mental - Columbus City
Council President
Richard Sensenbrenner -
Columbus City Council Member
Andrew Ginther - Columbus
School Board Member
Rhine McLin - Mayor, City
of Dayton, **DNC Member
Matt Joseph - Dayton City
Commissioner
Mark Owens - Municipal Clerk
of Court for the City of Dayton
Stephanie Dumas - Mayor
of Forest Park
Danita Love - Highland Hills
Council President
Carol T. Henderson - Highland
Hills Council, past President
Bruce Bain - Mayor, City
of Newark
Mike Sheehy - Oregon City
Council President
Judy Rawson - Mayor of Shaker
Heights
Earl Williams - Shaker Heights
Council Member
Jack Ford - Mayor,
City of Toledo
Mike Ashford - Toledo City
Council
Frank Szollosi - Toledo
City Council
Louis Escobar - Toledo City
Council member
Lisa Canales-Flores - Toledo
School Board
Randy Dixon - Toledo School
Board
Pete Silverman - Toledo
School Board
Anita Lopez - Toledo School
Board
Marcia Fudge - Mayor of
Warrensv
Karl Keith - Montgomery County
Auditor
Judy Dodge - Montgomery
County Recorder
Hugh Quill - Montgomery
County Treasurer
Former Elected Officials
John Gilligan - Former Governor
of Ohio
Lee Fisher - Former Ohio
Attorney General
Dwight Tillery - Former
Mayor, City of Cincinnati
Tom Luken - Former Congressman
and Former Mayor of Cincinnati
Roxanne Qualls - Former
Mayor, City of Cincinnati
Minette Cooper - Former
Cincinnati Vice Mayor
and
Former U.S. Sen. John Glenn
- heads the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at
Ohio State University; elected to the U.S. Senate from Ohio in 1974 and
served until he retired in 1999. First manned orbital flight in 1962.
02/25/04
Former U.S. Sen. Howard
Metzenbaum - served December 29, 1976 to January 3, 1995.
02/27/04
Democratic Party
Susan Gwinn - Athens County
Democratic Chair
Ruby Gilliam - Carroll County
Democratic Party Chair
Ann Reno - Clinton County
Chair
Jack Miskimens - Coshocton
County Chair
Enid
Goubeaux, **DNC Member
Victor Vogel - Defiance
County Chair
Kim Spangler - Delaware
County Chair
Timothy Steineman
- Logan County Chair
Dennis Lieberman -
Montgomery County Democratic Party Chair
Mary Funk - McConnellsville,
Morgan County Democrats Chair
Charles Harnetty - Perry
County Chair
Joe Mudra - Richland
County Democratic Party Chair
Cassie Stein - Richland
County Democratic Party Central Committee Chair
Barbara Tuckerman - Sandusky
County Chair
Randy Basham - Scioto County
Democratic Party Chair, United Steelworkers Representative
Charlie Williams - Meigs
County Democrats Vice-Chair
Bernadette Watson - Co-Chair
of Cincinnati Democrats
Jennifer O'Donnell
- Co-Chair of Cincinnati Democrats and Ohio Democratic Party State Exec.
Committee Member
Robert Zimmerman -
Attorney, President of Shaker Heights Democrats
Activists and Others
William Burga - President,
Ohio AFL-CIO **DNC Member
Jim Mowrey - Athens, Veterans
Advocate
Frank Lavelle - Athens Attorney
& Democratic Activist
Terry Anderson - Athens,
State Senate Candidate, Community Leader
Steve Reece - Cincinnati
Community Leader
Lana Moreski - Cleveland
Democratic Activist
Renee Lipson - Cleveland
Democratic Activist
Paul Carter - Former Vinton
County Democratic Party Chair
Keith Earley - Lucus County
Engineer
Ed Reese - Mahoning County
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