Oklahoma, Mississippi and Utah Democratic Party Leadership Join Florida in Endorsing Gov. Howard Dean for DNC Chair

Released: Jan 18, 2005 5:51 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2005
*Contacts are listed at the bottom

Oklahoma, Mississippi and Utah Democratic Party Leadership Join Florida in Endorsing Gov. Howard Dean for DNC Chair

Governor Howard Dean was endorsed today by several state Democratic Party chairs and vice chairs, adding to his broad, diverse and growing list of support both among the members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The list of voting DNC state party chairs and vice-chairs supporting Governor Dean include:

Florida: Chairman Scott Maddox, Vice-Chairwoman Diane Glasser
Mississippi: Chairman Wayne Dowdy
Oklahoma: Chairman Jay Parmley
Utah: Vice-Chairwoman Nancy Woodside
Washington: Chairman Paul Berendt
Vermont: Chairman Peter Mallary

This list of supporters signifies that people in every region of the country approve of Dean's vision and structure that he wants to bring to the DNC.

"The support of these influential chairs and vice chairs from all parts of the country and across the political spectrum means a lot to me." Dean said, "They are part of my overall strategy for Democrats to be involved in every race in every town, city and precinct. I am looking forward to working with them to ensure my election as the next Chairman of the DNC."

Dean is running for DNC Chair to build on the work his PAC, Democracy for America, (DFA) has been doing to elect Democrats to local and national offices. In addition to mobilizing grassroots support, DFA directly donated over $1 million for candidates across the country.

Gov. Dean continues to attend regional caucus meetings of the DNC membership across the country and will be traveling to those meetings for the next two weeks. This weekend (January 22), he will be in Sacramento to meet with the Western Regional Caucus and the following weekend (January 29) he will be in New York City to meet with the Northern Regional Caucus.

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Dean Contacts: Freddy Baldassaro, 917-686-5827; Laura Gross, 802-318-6853
Oklahoma State Party: Jay Parmley, 405-427-3366
Florida State Party: Allie Merzer, 850-222-3411
Miss. State Party: Wayne Dowdy or Keelan Sanders, 601-969-2913
Utah State Party: Arlyn Bradshaw, 801-328-1212
Washington State Party: Paul Berendt, 206-583-0664
Vermont State Party: 802-229-1763

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