Joe Lieberman for President, Inc.
Senator Joe Lieberman announced his presidential campaign and filed
papers with the FEC establishing his presidential campaign committee on
January 13, 2003. Craig T. Smith is national campaign director and
senior advisor.
Joe Lieberman for President, Inc. New
York Leadership
| New York State Director |
Basil Smikle |
(announced August 21, 2003)
Smikle came to the campaign from his position as deputy state director
for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, serving as her liaison to elected officials,
labor leaders, and community organizations throughout the state.
During Clinton's 2000 campaign he managed her events in the field.
He previously worked at the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone and as a Special
Assistant to Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer. He is a graduate
of Cornell and Columbia University's School of International and Public
Affairs. Smikle was raised in the Bronx and lives in Harlem.
| Senior Advisor |
John Wellspeak |
(announced August 21, 2003)
A senior aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, having served as his
director of adminstration for the last 10 years. He previously served
as executive director of the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, and
assisted Alan Hevesi's gubernatorial campaign in 2002. In 2000 he
was field director for the Michigan Coordinated Campaign. A native
of Willsboro, New York, Wellspeak lives in Albany.
(named as chair in June 2003)
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver endorsed Sen. Lieberman
on March 9, 2003.
Endorsements
Congressman Eliot
Engel (NY-17) among
the group of Congressmen that endorsed Lieberman on April 10, 2003
State Senator Rubén
Díaz (Dist. 32 - South Bronx)
Dec. 5, 2003
New York Assembly Majority
Leader Paul A. Tokasz
(Dist. 143 - Cheektowaga and Lancaster)
Oct. 30, 2003
Assemblyman Sam
Hoyt (Dist. 144 - Buffalo and Grand Island)
Oct. 30, 2003
Assemblyman Brian
Higgins (Dist. 145 - Buffalo, Lackawanna, Orchard Park and West Seneca)
Oct. 30, 2003
Assemblywoman Carmen
Arroyo (Dist. 84 - Bronx) - elected in 1994 as the first Puerto Rican
woman elected to any State Assembly in the U.S.
Dec. 5, 2003
Nassau County Executive
Tom
Suozzi April
3, 2003
Amherst Town Supervisor Susan
Grelick. Oct.
30, 2003
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