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

Co-Chair

Christine Cegelis

2004 Democratic nominee for Congress in Illinois' 6th CD; ran again in 2006 but lost the primary to Tammy Duckworth.  Worked for United Airlines for about a year, then started her own business.  Worked for Eastern Airlines in 1975-83.  B.A. in international relations and public administration from Florida State University.
 

Co-Chair

Mike Fourcher

Founder of Purely Political Consulting.  Senior associate at The Haymarket Group in Chicago starting in Dec. 2003.  Worked as a research analyst at the Energy Center of Wisconsin, then as a project assistant on the LEAP Program in Madison while obtaining M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003.  Chief of Staff, Office of Policy at U.S. Department of Energy; started at DOE in 1998 as personal scheduler/advance person. Campaign manager on Bill O'Donaghue for Cook County Commissioner (Feb. 1998).  Legislative assistant/systems administrator for Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez.  Assistant field director on the Pennsylvania Democratic Coordinated Campaign, June-Nov. 1996.  Program director at the Biomass Energy Alliance in Washington, DC, 1995-96.  B.A. from Clark University in Worcester, MA, 1995.
 

endorsements of Illinois Latino community leaders (announced July 16, 2007)
 

files for Illinois ballot (Nov. 8, 2007 press release)
 
 

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