BILL RICHARDSON FOR PRESIDENT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE  (announced Jan. 21, 2007)

Co-Chair

Former State Senator Sam Zamarripa

(announced May 18, 2007)  A Managing Partner of Heritage Capital Advisors, which provides investment banking services.  In 2002 Zamarripa became the first Hispanic elected to the Georgia Senate; he represented District 36 (Atlanta) but did not seek re-election in 2006.  M.P.A. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University.  Undergraduate degree from New College in Sarasota, Florida.
 

Co-Chair

Former Congressman George "Buddy" Darden

(announced May 18, 2007)  Sought the Democratic nomination for Congress in 2002.  Elected to Congress in a special election in 1983, re-elected until defeated in 1996.  Georgia state house of representatives, 1980-83.  Cobb County district attorney, 1973-76.  Cobb County assistant district attorney, 1968-72.  J.D. from University of Georgia in Athens, 1967.  A.B. from University of Georgia in Athens, 1965.
 

Endorsements
Lawrence "Bud" Stumbaugh, Former Georgia State Senator

Virgilio Perez Pascoe, Executive Fellow at Center for Hispanic Studies, Kennesaw State University

Kevin Ross, Advisor to Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, Senior Advisor to Cong. John Lewis 1986

J. Rutherford Seydel II, Business, Environmental & Conservation Attorney

Wendy Davis, Former Campaign Manager to US Senator Max Cleland & Congressman Sanford Bishop

Michael Dailey, Founding Partner, Anderson Dailey LLP

Charles "Gene" Watkins, Senior Counsel for CBEYOND
 

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