Clinton names Minnesota leadership team
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president announced that several well-known Minnesota politicians, labor organizers and donors will be part of her leadership team in Minnesota.
Gov. Mark Dayton, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Al Franken and other state and federal politicians have been tapped to serve as the in-state leadership for the campaign.
Dayton, Klobuchar and Franken have been supporting Clinton for quite some time, but a few others, including former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page, have pledged their support for the first time. Page couldn’t take an active role in politics during his time on the bench. He retired in August.
The announcement comes as Vice President Joe Biden is nearing a decision on whether he intends to run for president in 2016. A list of top Minnesota politicians, activists and donors could send a message to Biden that Clinton’s team has already locked down significant support in a state that has a number of key delegates and super delegates at the national convention.
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is also spending a lot of time and energy on organizing support in Minnesota. He’s held several events in Minnesota over the last year.
Here’s the list released by Clinton’s campaign:
Joining the Hillary for Minnesota Leadership Council today:
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
U.S. Senator Al Franken
Governor Mark Dayton
Lt. Governor Tina Smith
U.S. Representative Tim Walz
State Senator Melissa Franzen
State Senator Jeff Hayden
State Senator Sandy Pappas
State Senator Kathy Sheran
State Senator Katie Seiben
State Senator Terri Bonoff
State Senator Ann Rest
State Representative Paul Thissen (House Minority Leader)
State Representative Erin Murphy (House Deputy Minority Leader)
State Representative Linda Slocum
State Representative Rena Moran
State Representative Cheryl Youkim
State Representative John Lesch
State Representative Dan Schoen
State Representative Jon Applebaum
Mayor Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis
Mayor Chris Coleman, St. Paul
Councilman Jacob Frey, Minneapolis
Councilman Abdi Warsame, Minneapolis
Former US Assistant Secretary of State Eric P. Schwartz
Former Lt. Governor Yvonne Prettner-Solon
Former Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Anderson Growe
Former Councilman Melvin Carter, St. Paul
Ken Martin, Chairman, Minnesota DFL
Dr. Sheila McGuire Riggs, Former IA Democratic State Party Chair
Nancy Schumacher, DNC Member
Lauren Beecham, Executive Director, Women Winning
Susy Bates, Deputy Director, Women Winning
Maggie Meyer, Associate Director, Women Winning
Mary Ricker, National Executive Vice President, AFT
Denise Specht, President, Education Minnesota
Brandon Rettke, Education Minnesota
Joshua Kyle Makarios, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters
Colleen Murphy-Conney, Machinists, Directing Business Representative LL 623
Rick Ryan, Machinists, Assistant Directing Business Representative DL 77
Lynn Wilson, Congressional District 1 Grassroots Volunteer Lead
Hannah Quinn, Carleton College Grassroots Volunteer Lead, 2nd Congressional District
Jules D'Eredita, Macalester College Grassroots Volunteer Lead, 4th Congressional District
Teresa Campbell, 5th Congressional District Grassroots Volunteer Lead
Conrad Zbikowski, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Grassroots Volunteer Lead, 5th Congressional District
Jessica Andrist, 6th Congressional District Grassroots Volunteer Lead
Justin DePaolis-Metz, 7th Congressional District Grassroots Volunteer Lead
Joel Heller, 8th Congressional District Grassroots Volunteer Lead
Alan C. and Diane Sims Page
Vance Opperman
Ellen Goldberg-Luger
Laura Bishop
Hubert "Buck" Humphrey
Dean Phillips
Tammy Lee Stanoch
Karen Wilson Thissen
Gerald Strauss
Corey Day
Shivanthi Sathanandan
Heidi Kraus Kaplan
Jettie Ann Hill
Sami Rahamim