Barack
Obama-Organization, Texas
revised January 27, 2009
OBAMA FOR AMERICA
Headquarters: 816 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512 476 2008
State Director |
Adrian Saenz |
(announced Feb. 6,
2008)
Chief of staff to Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez (D-TX). National
field director at the DCCC. Communications director for
Congressman
Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX) and president of the Congressional Hispanic
Staff
Association. Took leave from those roles during the fall 2004
campaign
to serve as base vote director (Hispanic) on the New Mexico Democratic
Coordinated Campaign, based out of Santa Fe office. B.S. in
political
science from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Political Director |
Eureka Gilkey |
(announced Feb. 6,
2008)
Previously served as Obama's Georgia state director for the Feb. 5
primary
campaign and earlier as the campaign's deputy political director in
Chicago.
National training director for EMILY's List during the 2006
cycle.
Deputy political director of NARAL Pro-Choice America during the 2004
election
cycle. PAC coordinator at the AFL-CIO during the 2002 election
cycle.
Message and polling coordinator at the DNC. Gilkey has worked on
several campaigns, including Diane E. Watson for Congress (CA-32) and
Ron
Kirk for U.S. Senate in Texas. First job out of college was
political
assistant at EMILY's List. Graduate of Howard University.
Texas
native. [Note. As national training director for EMILY's List,
Gilkey collaborated with Obama's Leadership PAC, Hopefund, to launch
"Yes
We Can" -- a training program for young African American and Hispanic
activists].
Communications
Director |
Josh Earnest |
(announced Feb. 6,
2008)
Previously served as communications director on Obama's Iowa caucus
campaign.
Communications director on Tom Vilsack's presidential campaign (started
Dec. 13, 2006). Communications director for Jim Davis' 2006
campaign
for governor in Florida. In 2003-05, Earnest worked in the
communications
department at the DNC serving as regional media director in the 2004
cycle
and as press secretary in 2005 and early 2006. Communications
director
for Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR); he was Berry's deputy campaign manager
during
his successful 2002 re-election campaign. Media assistant at
Squier-Knapp-Dunn.
Before moving to Washington, DC, Earnest worked in the Houston office
of
Varoga & Rice (now known as Varoga, Rice & Shalett) as an
account
executive. Graduate of Rice University, 1997.
Press
Secretary/Spokesperson |
Gannet Tseggai |
Deputy press secretary on
Obama's
Iowa caucus campaign, then worked communications on the Nevada and
California
campaigns. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s deputy press secretary in
Washington,
DC. During the 2004 campaign, she worked as a press assistant on
Missouri Gov. Bob Holden's re-election campaign, then as a press
assistant
on Missouri Victory 2004, the Democratic Coordinated Campaign, and
finally
was dispatched to Ohio. Graduate of the University of
Missouri-Columbia;
double majored in political science and communications.
Press
Secretary/Spokesperson |
Nick Kimball |
Director of new media on
Obama's
Iowa caucus campaign, then communications director on the campaign in
Minnesota.
Worked at the Minnesota DFL for nearly two years, serving as acting
communications
director and earlier, during the 2006 cycle, as deputy communications
director.
Legislative aide to Minnesota Senate Majority Leader in 2005.
Field
organizer on Tom Daschle’s 2004 campaign after working field for Kerry
during the primaries. Worked in communications office of national
juvenile justice non-profit from 2001-04. Graduate of The George
Washington University. Native of Minnesota.
In Fall 2004 Shapiro
worked
as a regional press person at the DNC and was deployed to Nevada for
the
close of the campaign. Worked at Deveney Communication.
Graduate
of Tulane University.
Field Director |
Mitch Stewart |
(announced Feb. 6,
2008)
Previously served as caucus director on Obama's Iowa caucus
campaign.
Coordinated Campaign director in Minnesota during the 2006 midterm
elections.
Field director on Sen. Tom Daschle's 2004 re-election campaign.
Eastern
Iowa regional field director for Sen. John Edwards’ Iowa caucus
campaign
(announced May 2003). A regional field director for the Louisiana
Democratic Party during Sen. Mary Landrieu's 2002 run-off
campaign.
A regional field director for the South Dakota Democratic Party during
Sen. Tim Johnson's 2002 re-election campaign. Has also served as
a research assistant and staff assistant in Johnson's Senate office.
Deputy
Field Director
|
Buffy Wicks
|
Wicks
started as
the
campaign's Western region field director in Chicago then served as
field director in California.
Political
director
for Wake Up Wal-Mart. Organizer in the 'Anti-War in Iraq'
campaign
in San Francisco, CA. Co-founded Hoi-Polloi, "a people’s
organization
created by a small group of conscientious thinkers striving for world
peace."
Campaign manager on Jay Fetcher's 2004 state Senate campaign in
Colorado.
Des Moines organizer on Howard Dean's Iowa caucus campaign.
Graduate
of the University of Washington, 1998.
Regional Field
A regional field director
for
the Nevada caucus campaign. Experience includes deputy executive
director
of the Tahoe-Baikal Institute. Studied ecoregional environmental
management in Madagascar as a Fulbright scholar. B.A. from
Wesleyan
University, 2001.
Low Country
(Charleston) regional field director for the campaign in South
Carolina. Campaign manager on Colleen Condon's July 19, 2005
special election race for county council in Charleston, SC.
Fort Worth
|
Hallie Schneir |
East
Central Iowa regional field director for Obama's Iowa caucus
campaign. Worked on Virginia Victory
2005,
helping to elect Tim Kaine governor. Oregon City field organizer
on Carry Oregon (the 2004 Oregon Democratic Coordinated Campaign).
Keene regional field director for
Obama's New Hampshire primary campaign. Deputy
field director for John Tester’s U.S Senate campaign in Montana in
2006.
She has also worked for Alliance for Justice. Native of Oregon.
Southeast
regional field director for the Nevada caucus campaign.
Field director on the Nevada caucus campaign. In 2006
Moffo served as
field/GOTV
consultant for the DCCC, and briefly as field director on Tom Suozzi's
2006 campaign for governor in New York. Strategic planning role
(online
organizing and targeting for field and paid voter contact) on Jon
Corzine's
2005 campaign for governor in New Jersey. In the 2003-04 cycle,
Moffo
was a field staffer on Kerry's Iowa caucus campaign in the Sioux City
office,
then field director on the Feb. 3 Delaware primary campaign, for the
Feb.
14 Washington, DC caucuses, and for the March 9 Louisiana primary; in
the
general election he was field director for the Arizona Democratic
Coordinated
Campaign; and finally he served as a field consultant on the Christine
Gregoire for Governor re-count team. Graduate of Boston
University.
Waterloo regional field director for Obama's Iowa caucus
campaign. Worked on Virginia Victory
2005,
helping to elect Tim Kaine governor.
Deputy
field director for Obama's South Carolina primary campaign.
Corpus Christi
|
Brent Messenger |
Bay area regional field director for the California primary
campaign. Lead singer for the San
Francisco
indie band Every Move a Picture. Has worked for MoveOn.org and
moderate
Republican Brooks Firestone's campaign for state legislature in Santa
Barbara.
Degree in political science.
Rivera
previously served as the campaign's
Colorado state director and earlier as its Northeast regional field
director in Chicago. In 2006 he was executive
director of Colorado Senate Majority, a 527 organization that worked to
build Democrats' majority in the state Senate. Worked several
years
for AFSCME, starting as an organizer, then Nevada political director
and
finally Colorado political director. Field director on state Sen.
Richard Romero's 2002 congressional campaign against Rep. Heather
Wilson
in NM's 1st CD. Youth coordinator on the Gore-Lieberman campaign
in New Mexico in Fall of 2000. Bachelor's degree in political
science
from the University of New Mexico, 2001. From New Mexico.
Note: The campaign
in Texas did not end with the March 4 presidential primary/caucuses;
Mike Moffo and Katie Ingebretsen served as co-field directors for the
March 29 county conventions.
Geographic Information
Systems
Manager for the City of Berkeley, CA starting in 1996. In 2004 he
co-founded Map the Vote. Experience in community, labor and
political
organizing, negotiations, and campaigns. National field director
for Earth Day in 1990. B.A. in political science from Brown
University,
J.D. from Northeastern University, and M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University.
Amarillo - 118 B SW 6th Ave.,
Amarillo,
TX 79101
Austin-Dobie - 2025 Guadalupe
St.,
Austin, TX 78705
Austin-East - 1309 Rosewood,
Austin,
TX 78702
Brownsville - 305 East Elizabeth
Street, Brownsville, TX
Corpus Christi - 1318 S. Staples
St., Corpus Christi, TX
Dallas - 1409 S. Lamar St.,
Suite
011, Dallas, TX 75215
Dallas - 2612 Main Street,
Dallas,
TX 75226
Edinburg - 405 W. Owassa Rd.,
Edinburg,
TX 78539
El Paso - Trowbridge Plaza, 5750
Trowbridge Drive, El Paso, TX 79925
Fort Bend - 13100 Southwest
Freeway,
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Fort Worth - East - 6322
Brentwood
Stair Rd., Fort Worth, TX 76112
Fort Worth - North - 2511 Rodeo
Plaza-B, Fort Worth, TX 76106
Galveston - 2028 Broadway St.,
Galveston,
TX 77650
Houston - 3710 Travis, Houston,
TX
Houston - 1213 Hermann Dr Suite
185, Houston, TX 77004
League City - 1001 South FM,
League
City, TX 77573
McAllen - 4510 N. 10th St.,
Suite
170, McAllen, TX 78504
Midland - 1707 W. Wall Street,
Midland,
TX 79701
San Antonio - 309 Third St., San
Antonio, TX .
San Antonio - West Commerce
(Satellite)
- 2935 W. Commerce, San Antonio, TX 78207
San Antonio - 10415 Perrin
Beitel
Road, San Antonio, TX 78217
Tyler - 610 WSW Loop 323, Tyler,
TX 75701
UT - Pan American - 1900 W.
University,
Suite 7, Edinburg, TX 78539
Waco - 1818 Columbus Avenue,
Waco,
TX 76701
Endorsements
include:
U.S. Rep. Al Green
(CD-9, southwest Houston and Missouri City) (see
for
example the Houston Chronicle June 26, 2007)
U.S. Rep. Eddie
Bernice Johnson (CD-30, Dallas) (approx. Feb. 6,
2008;
previously backed former Sen. John Edwards)
U.S. Rep. Chet
Edwards
(CD-17, suburbs of Fort Worth, through Waco to the Bryan/College
Station area) (Feb. 18, 2008)
U.S. Rep. Lloyd
Doggett (CD-25, Austin) (Feb. 20, 2008)
State Senator
Rodney
Ellis (District 13-Houston)
Texas House Democratic Leader Jim
Dunnam(District
57-Waco) (announced Feb. 14, 2008; previously
backed
former Sen. John Edwards)
State Rep. Rafael Anchia (District
103-Dallas)
(see
Feb. 7, 2008 Dallas Morning News)
State Rep. Yvonne
Davis (District 111-Dallas) (Feb. 29, 2008...is
a superdelegate)
State Rep. Jessica
Farrar (District 148-Houston) (March 1, 2008)
State Rep. Juan
Garcia (District 32-Portland)
State Rep. Dora
Olivo (District 27-Missouri City)
State Rep. Mark
Strama (District 50-Austin)
State Rep. Senfronia Thompson (District
141-Houston) (Feb. 28, 2008, switched from
Clinton...is
a superdelegate)
Austin Mayor Will Wynn (Feb.
15, 2008)
former Texas Agriculture Commissioner,
syndicated columnist and national radio commentator Jim Hightower (Feb.
29, 2008)
former Gov. Mark White (Feb.
26, 2008)
served as Governor from
1983-87; previously Texas Attorney General and Texas Secretary of State
former Dallas
Mayor
Ron Kirk (key early endorsement; see for example Feb.
19,
2007
Dallas Morning News)
Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair Roy
Laverne
Brooks (March 4, 2008...is a superdelegate)
Dallas Cowboys' Emmitt Smith
Newspapers:
Austin
American-Statesman
(02/02/08)
Corpus Christi
Caller-Times
(02/17/08)
Dallas Morning News
(12/23/07 and 02/07/08)
El Paso Times
(02/10/08)
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
(02/17/08)
Houston Chronicle
(02/16/08)
San Antonio
Express-News
(02/10/08)
(Texas' seven largest
newspapers)
Also:
Burnt Orange Report
[influential
blog] (02/13/08)
Unofficial - Obama
post primary
Texas Democratic Party chairman Boyd
Richie
and Democratic National Committee member Betty Richie (announced May 30, 2008)
superdelegate John Patrick - member
of the United Steelworkers (USW) as
well as a Vice President of the Texas AFL/CIO (announced May 1, 2008).
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