Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc.
State Director |
Summer Oesch |
(through September, when
she went to Pennsylvania leaving no Kerry staff) Oesch worked on Kerry's
campaign in Arizona and Iowa during the primaries. She served as
statewide field director for the 2002 Arizona Democratic Coordinated Campaign.
Oesch's experience also includes work as a field staffer on Gore's 2000
Iowa caucus campaign.
Coordinated Campaign
Chair/Executive
Director |
Lee Ann Walling |
(Officially
started July 2004, on leave from her government position) Senior advisor
to Gov. Ruth Minner starting in Jan. 2001; architect of the Governor's
Livable Delaware agenda, named as deputy director of the Delaware Economic
Development Office in Nov. 2002. Deputy state treasurer, 1999-2001;
executive assistant to the secretary of finance from 1996-99. Executive
assistant to Ruth Minner as lieutenant governor, 1993-96. Managed
Ruth Minner's campaign for lieutenant governor in 1992. Reporter
and editor at the Delaware State News, 1981-91. MBA from the
University of Delaware and a Bachelor's degree in journalism from
the University of Texas at Austin.
Field
Director |
Stephone Mickler |
(June
2004) Intern and volunteer coordinator on John Kerry for President
during the primaries. Field director for Gov. Ronnie Musgrove's re-election
campaign in Mississippi in 2003. Worked in Louisiana for the Democratic
Party. Regional director for the 2002 South Carolina Coordinated
Campaign (Low Country). Worked for Verizon Wireless. BA from
the College of Charleston, SC.
Base
Vote Director |
Aaron Harris |
(June
2004) Regional director for Gov. Ronnie Musgrove's campaign and state coordinator
for Let's Go Vote 2002 in Mississippi. MPA from University of Memphis
and BA from University of Mississippi.
Communications
Director |
Christopher Honey |
Experience
in communications, research and campaign management on state, gubernatorial,
and congressional races in Iowa, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.
Graduate of Auburn University with a BA in history.
Volunteer
Coordinator |
Stephanie Cygan |
Intern
in constituent relations for Gov. Minner. Worked as a funds production
specialist in the Investment Management Group of Drinker Biddle & Reath
in Philadelphia. Graduate of Villanova University with a degree in
history, 2001.
GOTV
Director |
Art Dimoulakis |
Previous
experience conducting canvasses for the DNC. Started in Delaware
as a volunteer and became volunteer coordinator, then GOTV coordinator.
Field Offices
Wilmington |
Moneisha Williams,
Theo Gregory Jr. |
Notes:
The coordinated campaign had a budget of about $500,000 ($500,995.00 raised,
$498,275.31 spent. These figures do not reflect money that was raised
separately to assist local House and Senate candidates with direct mail.
The coordinated campaign worked extensively with Kennedy Communications
for persuasion and GOTV mail). The bulk of the money came from the
DGA, phone calls from Governor Minner, money raised by Senators Biden and
Carper, and organized labor; the DNC chipped in base amount of $2,500.
Major expenditures were for staff and field offices and direct mail.
Lee Ann Walling observed (Oct. 3, 2005 phone conversation) that the new
campaign finance laws "threw us all for a loop for a while" as they needed
to figure out what federal/nonfederal breakdown the law permitted.
Grassroots Democrats, a 527 organization, held three days of training in
Washington, DC in February 2004 that proved useful. The Democratic
Governors Association made Delaware a priority and paid for several of
the coordinated campaign staff, notably Stephone Mickler and Aaron Harris,
who both worked on Ronnie Musgrove's 2003 gubernatorial campaign in Mississippi.
Delaware Democratic Party |
19 E. Commons Blvd., 2nd Floor | New Castle
State Chair |
Richard H. Bayard |
According to DelawareGrapevine.com
Bayard has political roots going back to the Continental Congress.
Vice Chair: Leah Betts
Vice Chair: Jim Hussey Treasurer: Patricia Blevins
Secretary: Marie Simmons
Executive Director |
Nicole Majeski |
(named to the position on June
23, 2003) Before becoming Executive Director Majeski served for two
and a half years as Projects Director. Interned on Gov. Tom Carper's
2000 U.S. Senate campaign. Graduate of the University of Delaware
with a B.A. in political science, 2001. From Reading, Pennsylvania.
Technology Director |
Nina Bawa |
(named to the position on Aug.
5, 2003) Worked on the 2002 Coordinated Campaign as the voter file
and data manager. Graduate of the University of Delaware with a B.A.
in political science and computer science, 2002.
Allies
Delaware AFL-CIO
President: Sam Lathem |