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6/26/2004
Rich Judge Named to Lead John Kerry's Presidential Campaign in Wisconsin
Kerry Campaign: Announces Wisconsin Leadership Team
Campaign Building Diverse, Growing Organization in Battleground State
(Madison, WI) — John Kerry's presidential campaign today announced its Wisconsin leadership team, which will be chaired by Gov. Jim Doyle. The team includes African-Americans for Kerry, Latinos for Kerry, Women for Kerry and a diverse, statewide Wisconsin Steering Committee.
Seasoned campaign strategist Richard Judge of Milwaukee will serve as State Director for the Kerry campaign. Judge has worked extensively in Wisconsin politics over the past 10 years, most recently serving as Political Director for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. He served as Field Director for the state's Coordinated Campaign in 2002, and has also worked in both the State Assembly and State Senate. Judge comes to the Kerry campaign from the law firm of Foley & Lardner, where he served as a Public Affairs Advisor.
Judge joins a staff of six other Kerry workers who have been on the ground since May in Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay and Eau Claire.
The statewide leadership team includes co-chairs Sen. Herb Kohl, Sen. Russ Feingold, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager, Cong. David Obey, Cong. Jerry Kleczka, Cong. Ron Kind, Cong. Tammy Baldwin and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. The African-Americans for Kerry Chairs are State Sen. G. Spencer Coggs, Milwaukee City Council President Willie Hines, Milwaukee County Democratic Party Chair Martha Love and Dane County Supervisor Rob Fyrst. The Latinos for Kerry Chairs are State Rep. Pedro Colón, Milwaukee County Supervisor Peggy West, Madison School Board Member Juan Jose Lopez, Milwaukee School Board Member Jennifer Morales and UW Regent Jesus Salas. The Women for Kerry Co-Chairs are Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager, Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Linda Honold and Milwaukee County Democratic Party Chair Martha Love. The Milwaukee Chair will be former Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt.
“John Kerry is building a strong organization in Wisconsin, and I am honored to chair this effort,” said Governor Doyle. “The voters of Wisconsin are going to be offered a clear choice in November: John Kerry's plans for building stronger families and a stronger America, versus George Bush's four-year record of failure on job creation, health care costs, gas prices and more. We are going to build the strongest grassroots organization Wisconsin has ever seen and win this state for John Kerry, because nothing less than the future of our nation is at stake in this election.”
A current list of the constantly-growing support for John Kerry from community leaders across the state is attached.
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Wisconsin Steering Committee
Chris Abele
Hon. Peter Barca
Rep. Larry Balow
Bob Beglinger
Rep. Terese Berceau
Mayor Jeanette Bell
Wayne Bigelow
Marty Beil
Rep. Spencer Black
Rick Boxer
Steve Braunginn
John Brogan
Bill Broydrick
DPI Sup. Elizabeth Burmaster
Michael Butera
Sen. Tim Carpenter
Gwen Carr
Mayor David Cieslewicz
Bob Cocroft
Sen. G. Spencer Coggs
Rep. Pedro Colon
John W. Daniels, Jr.
Lynn Davis
Paula Dorsey
Doug Drake
Hon. Tony Earl
Sen. Dem. Leader Jon Erpenbach
County Exec. Kathleen Falk
Mayor Paul Fisk
Beverly Fleishman
Matt Flynn
Louis Fortis
Pres. Harold "Gus" Frank
Bob Friebert
Rick Gale
Ed Garvey
Fred Gegare
John Goldstein
Mary Goulding
Kathy Groat
Rep. Barb Gronemus
Sen. Dave Hansen
Rep. Tom Hebl
Terry Hicks
Sec. Donsia Strong Hill
City Council Pres. Willie Hines
Linda Honold
Michael Hornby
Vice-Chair Kathy Hughes
Dan Iverson
Sen. Bob Jauch
Stan Johnson
Terry Kelly
Dan Kohl
Julilly Kohler
Assem. Dem. Leader Jim Kreuser
Jack Krueger
Rep. Shirley Krug
Sec. of State Doug LaFollette
Sen. Julie Lassa
Michael Leffel
Rep. John Lehman
Pres. George Lewis
Sch. Bd. Mem. Juan Jose Lopez
Martha Love
Hon. Patrick Lucey
Ann M. McNeary
Mayor John Medinger
Rep. Mark Miller
Maury Miller
Rep. Louis Molepske, Jr.
Sen. Gwen Moore
Rev. Harold Moore
Sch. Bd. Mem. Jennifer Morales
Michael Murphy
Hon. Gaylord Nelson
David Newby
Frank Nikolay
John Nusbaum
Ken Opin
Ann Peggs
Sen. Jeff Plale
Jolene Plautz
Rep. Joe Plouff
Rep. Marc Pocan
Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts
Marvin Pratt
Chuck Pruitt
Chair Sandra Rachal
Rep. Jon Richards
David Riemer
Tom Riordan
Sen. Fred Risser
Sen. Judy Robson
Dan Rottier
Harold (Red) Schladweiler
Rep. Marlin Schneider
Tom Schneider
Mayor Fred Schnook
Hon. Marty Schreiber
Melissa Schroeder
Rep. Gary Sherman
Rep. Jennifer Shilling
Rep. Christine Sinicki
Rep. Tony Staskunas
Mayor Harvey Stower
Joe Strohl
Einar Tangen
Rep. Lena Taylor
Rep. David Travis
Richard Trussoni
Rep. Robert Turner
Scott Tyre
Jay Urban
Rep. Terry Van Akkeren
Thai Vang
Rep. Amy Sue Vruwink
Rep. Sheldon Wasserman
Brady Williamson
Sen. Bob Wirch
Chris Wren
Thomas Wynn
Rep. Leon Young
Rep. Bob Ziegelbauer
Rep. Josh Zepnick
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