Barack Obama-North Dakota Organization

Barack Obama-Organization, North Dakota
revised July 19, 2008

OBAMA FOR AMERICA
Headquarters: 1137 19th Ave. North, Fargo, ND 58102 ...grand opening on Nov. 24, 2007
>Feb. 2008 article in The Telegraph (UK) reported 10 Obama campaign staff working in the four offices.

Caucus Director Matthew Weinstein

(Nov. 2007) A field director for the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families, the 2006 campaign to repeal HB 1215, the ban on abortions. In 2005 he served on the Virginia Democratic coordinated campaign in Virginia Beach.

Field Director

Andy Wiese

Northwest Iowa regional field director on Obama's Iowa caucus campaign. Came to the campaign from the South Dakota Farmers Union. Prior to that, he worked as a field organizer for the South Dakota Democratic Party during Sen. Tom Daschle's campaign in 2004 and Sen. Tim Johnson’s successful re-election campaign in 2002.

Offices
Grand Forks - 317 1/2 Kittson Ave., Grand Forks, ND 58201

Bismarck - 311 E. Thayer St., Suite #119, Bismarck, ND 58501

Minot

Senior Advisor Dan Hannaher

North Dakota Democratic state chairman, 1995-97. President of Hannaher's, a workplace solutions/office products store in Fargo.

Endorsements
U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad (Dec. 29, 2007)
U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy (Jan. 31, 2008)

29 State Legislators as of Feb. 2, 2008 (release):
Senate Endorsements:
Sen. Minority Leader David O'Connell - Lansford
Sen. Art Behm - Niagara
Sen. Tom Fiebiger - Fargo
Sen. Joan Heckaman - New Rockford
Sen. Joel Heitkamp - Hankinson
Sen. Aaron Krauter - Regent
Sen. Richard Marcellais - Belcourt
Sen. Carolyn Nelson – Fargo
Sen. Jim Pomeroy - Fargo
Sen. Tracy Potter – Bismarck
Sen. Ryan Taylor - Towner
Sen. John Warner - Ryder

House Endorsements:
Rep. Tracy Boe - Milo
Rep. Mary Ekstrom - Fargo
Rep. Rod Froelich - Selfridge
Rep. Eliot Glassheim - Grand Forks
Rep. Chris Griffin - Larimore
Rep. Ed Gruchalla - Fargo
Rep. Pam Gulleson - Rutland
Rep. Lyle Hanson - Jamestown
Rep. Scot Kelsh – Fargo
Rep. Joe Kroeber - Jamestown
Rep. Ralph Metcalf - Valley City
Rep. Louis Pinkerton - Minot
Rep. Arlo Schmidt - Maddock
Rep. Jasper Schneider - Fargo
Rep. Dorvan Solberg - Ray
Rep. Lisa Wolf - Minot
Rep. Steve Zaiser - Fargo