Barack
Obama-Organization, District of Columbia
revised May 18, 2008
OBAMA FOR AMERICA (announced
Feb. 10, 2007)
Headquarters: 1225 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Washington, DC ...opened
Feb. 2008
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| Chairman |
Mayor Adrian Fenty |
(announced July 17,
2007)
Elected Mayor in 2006 and is the youngest Mayor in the City's
history.
Elected to the City Council in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. Fenty
previously served as the lead attorney and Counsel for the Council’s
Committee
on Education, Libraries and Recreation. J.D. from Howard
University
Law School. B.A. from Oberlin College. Born in the District
and raised in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
John Falcicchio - who served as
finance director on Adrian Fenty's mayoral campaign in 2006, headed up
the Obama effort to turn out the vote.
Endorsements
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (announced
Feb. 11, 2008)
Council Members Muriel Bowser (Ward 4),
Tommy Wells (Ward 6), Yvette Alexander (Ward 7), and Marion Barry (Ward
8).
post-primary
Shadow U.S. Senators Paul Strauss and
Michael D. Brown (announced
Feb. 26, 2008) ..they are superdelegates
Council Member and superdelegate Harry Thomas Jr. (announced
switch from Clinton to Obama on April 16, 2008)
CWA President and superdelegate Larry Cohen (announced May 15, 2008)
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