O'Malley: Proud to announce 21 state leadership teams & 100+ Dem leaders who've endorsed campaign

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Martin O'Malley ?@MartinOMalley 12s12 seconds ago
Proud to announce 21 state leadership teams and over 100 Democratic leaders who have endorsed my campaign. http://omly.us/1NaSXtN


Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Tuesday that he has leadership teams from 21 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, supporting his Democratic presidential bid.

The groups showcase long lists of supporters, including former mayors who have come out to back the one-time Baltimore mayor. They include former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman, former Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy, and former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.

The list also includes former presidential candidate Gary Hart, whom O’Malley worked for, and former Montana Gov. Brian Scwheitzer, who recently signed on as a national co-chair for the campaign. And it includes six legislators from Puerto Rico, where O’Malley was an early voice on the territory’s debt crisis.

O’Malley has maintained a robust campaign infrastructure that has staff quietly working on the ground in early states and securing endorsements from political leaders.

“Our campaign is proud to have the endorsements of local leaders who, like Governor O’Malley, have a proven track record of getting things done,” said O’Malley campaign manager Dave Hamrick in a statement. “Governor O’Malley is campaigning the old-fashioned way, one living room at a time. Our campaign is not one that is being backed by Washington insiders, but by local influencers on the ground who understand it’s time for a bold, progressive, new leader with a proven ability of getting results.”

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has so far dominated the endorsement race, locking down support from a majority of Democrats in both chambers of Congress, as well in governors’ mansions across the country.

O’Malley has one member of Congress in his camp, California Rep. Eric Swalwell, while Sen. Bernie Sanders, another candidate in the Democratic field, has two congressmen.

The former Maryland governor’s leadership team includes 60 endorsers from Iowa and 25 from New Hampshire, states which hold the first two nominating contests in the Democratic primary. Not surprisingly, he also nabbed a long list of supporters from Maryland, as well as supporters from South Carolina, Nevada, California, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Illinois, Washington, D.C. and Puertro Rico.

full list here:

Iowa

George Appleby, State Co-Chair
Berkley Bedell, Former US Congressman
Kevin Kinney, State Senator
Bruce Hunter, State Representative
Bruce Bearinger, State Representative
Charlie McConkey, Iowa State Representative
Rich Taylor, Iowa State Senator
Dan Kelley, Iowa State Representative
Peggy Sherrets, Mayor of Oelwein
Dan Howard, Mayor of Maynard
Steven Gast, Mayor of Maxwell
Nathan Blake, School Board Member
John Murphy, Dubuque County Recorder
Steve Siegel, Wapello County Supervisor
Phil Meier, Boone County Auditor
Kelly Bennett, Assistant Jasper County Attorney
Frank Rottinghaus, Floyd County Treasurer
Joel Greer, Marshalltown City Councilor
Sandra Frericks, Blue Grass City Councilor
Matt Dalby, Ottumwa City Councilor
Sharon Acuff, Pilot Mound City Councilwoman
Rick Howard, Maynard City Council Member
Kevin Powell, Starmont Community School District Board Member
Art Behn, Dallas County Chair
Joe Judge, Monroe County Chair
Mary Hoyer, Henry County Chair
Carol Gordon, Grundy County Chair
Donna Crum, Mills County Chair
Melinda Jones, Wapello County Chair
Larry Hodgden, Cedar County Chair
Taylor Van De Krol, Jasper County Chair
Bev Strayhall, Scott County Vice Chair
Ken Kahl, Crawford County Vice Chair
Gregory Guelcher, Woodbury County Vice Chair
Cheryl Scherr, Marion County Vice Chair
Bob Petrzelka, Vice Chair Henry County Democrats
Bryan Johnson, Vice Chair of Mahaska County Democrats
Morgan Brittain, Former President of the College and Young Democrats of Iowa
Kenia Calderon, Student at Drake University and the first DREAMer nationally to endorse for the 2016 Presidential election.
Alexander Mundell, Co-Chair Grinnell College Democrats
Nancy Bobo, Polk County Activist
Kim Boggus, IDP State Central Committee Member and Affirmative Action Officer
Julie Stewart, IDP State Central Committee Member
Gary Schmidt, Polk County Activist
Karl Schilling, Polk County Activist
Heather Ryan, Polk County Activist
Mitch Henry, Polk County Activist
Lu Ann Pedrick, Former DNC Rules Committee Member and Polk County Activist
Cal Woods, Former Des Moines Area News Anchor and Polk County Activist
Scott Heldt, Dallas County Activist and candidate for State House
Sara Riley, Linn County Activist
Nancy Riley, Linn County Activist
Peter Riley, Linn County Activist
Larry Peterson, Former Crawford County Chair
Bob Beisch, Former Wapello County Chair
Jan Evans, Marion County Central Committee Member
Tom Corrieri, Story County Central Committee Treasurer
Richard Machacek, DNC superdelegate for Obama in ’08; Fmr Buchanan County Dems Chair
Larry Stewart, Former President Charles City Chamber of Commerce
Karl Knock, Union County Activist
Sharon Holle, Scott County Activist
Rob Hubler, Former Iowa Congressional Candidate and Fairfield County Activist
Rick Mullin, Former Woodbury County Chair
Jon Heitland, Former Hardin County Chair and 2008 Electoral College Elector
Jim West, Labor Activist and SEIU Member
Jerry Hageman, CWA Local 7108 Treasurer
Ed Brown, Former Davenport Alderman
Sam Gray, Candidate for State Representative
Edgar Ortiz, Latino community activist
Alba Perez, Latino community activist
Mary Burke, Member of SEIU

New Hampshire

Mary Rauh, Co-Chair, Former Congressional candidate, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England board member, and founding board member of the Women’s Fund of NH and the NH Women’s Initiative.
Peter Burling, Co-Chair, Pete Burling is the Former Democratic Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and Former State Senator.
Jay Surdukowski, Co-Chair & NH Counsel, Former counsel to Governor Maggie Hassan’s reelection campaign
Dave Allen, Co-Chair, Senior Vice President at Dyn International
Dan Calegari, Democratic activist
Rachel Hampe, member of the Litigation Department of McLane Middleton
Debra Hastings, Democratic activist
Don Jorgensen, Former member of the Manchester Airport Authority and former Executive Committee Members of the Rockingham County Democratic Committee
Pam Jorgensen, Former Londonderry Town Democratic Chair and former Treasurer of the Rockingham County Democratic Committee
Ben Kelley, Co-founder of BevNow a Manchester based mobile technology company
Commissioner Paul Martineau, Welfare Commissioner of the Manchester Welfare Commission.
Norm Patenaude, Ward 1 Vice Chair of the Portsmouth Democrats
John Rauh, Former candidate for U.S. Senate, leading voice on election reform
Jerry Slagle, Gilford Democratic Activists
Maureen Mann, Former State Representative
Kat McGhee, Former Chair of the Hollis Democrats
Rep. Patricia Higgins, State Representative
Lawrie Barr, Chair of Francestown Democrats
Rep. Chuck Townsend, State Representative
Matt Hancock, Vice Chair of Portsmouth Democrats
Rep. Frank Heffron, State Representative

South Carolina

State Senator Vincent Sheheen
Former State Representative Boyd Brown
Charleston City Councilman Rodney Williams
Former South Carolina Judge Mullins McLeod

Nevada

Oscar Goodman, Former Las Vegas Mayor and State Chair
Former State Rep. Andrew Martin
Dana Barooshian, Democratic Activist

Maryland

Attorney General Brian Frosh, State Chair
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, State Chair
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, State Chair
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, State Chair
Former Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis, State Chair
Former Maryland Democratic Party Chair Terry Lierman
Charles County Commission President Peter Murphy
Former Governor Harry Hughes
Former Governor Parris Glendening
Former Senator Joe Tydings
Former Congressman Mike Barnes
Former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke
Senator Bill Ferguson
Senator Karen Montgomery
Senator Ron Young
Senator Nathaniel McFadden
Delegate Talmadge Branch
Delegate Ben Brooks
Delegate Kathleen Dumais
Delegate Bill Frick
Delegate Barbara Frush
Delegate Tawanna Gaines
Delegate Anne Healey
Delegate Karen Young
Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti
Delegate Andrew Platt
Baltimore City Council Vice-President Ed Reisinger
Baltimore City Councilman Robert Curran
Montgomery County Councilman Tom Hucker
Mayor Peter Fosselman
Mayor of Laurel Prince George’s Fred Robinson
Mayor of Marydel Debbie Rowe
Mayor of Takoma Park Bruce Williams
Mayor of Berlin Gee Williams
Former Wicomico County Executive Rick Pollitt
Former Charles County Commission President Candice Quinn Kelly
Former Delegate Ann Marie Doory

California

Congressman Eric Swalwell, CA-15

Montana

Brian Schweitzer, Former Governor of Montana

Kentucky

Former Attorney General Chris Gorman
Former Treasurer Jonathan Miller

Nebraska

Jim Cavanaugh, Douglas County Commissioner
John Cavanaugh, Former member of Congress
Mayor Mike Fahey, former Mayor of Omaha
Steve Lathrop, Former State Senator

Colorado

Gary Hart, Former United States Senator, presidential candidate
Sue Casey, Former member of Denver City Council
Bill Holen, Arapahoe County Commissioner
Hal Haddon, Democratic Activist
Tom Hogg, Democratic Activist
Paul Weissmann, Former State Senator and former State House Majority Leader

Florida

Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz

Texas

Former Congressman John Bryant

Georgia

Former Macon Mayor Jack Ellis

Virginia

Former Petersburg Mayor Brian Moore

Ohio

Newburgh Heights Mayor Trevor Elkins

New Jersey

Former Neptune Mayor Mike Beson

Massachusetts

Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley
Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone
Newton Alderman Jay Harney
Former Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair, and former State Representative Gerard Doherty

Pennsylvania

Former Councilman at large, Philadelphia, Bill Green IV
Former Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy
State Rep Mike Driscoll

Wisconsin

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele

Arizona

Tempe City Councilman and former State Senator David Schapira

Illinois

State Senator Bill Cunningham
Former State Comptroller Daniel W. Hynes

Washington, D.C.

Walter Deleon, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and youngest elected official in District of Columbia history

Puerto Rico

Senator Jorge Suárez
Representative César Hernández
Representative Sonia Pacheco
Representative Ramón Luis Cruz
Representative Carlos Bianchi
Representative Nelson Torres Yordán

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1. Excellent!

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2. yeah, it is

...interesting watching DU whistle past this. I thought this place wanted a real campaign. This is what a real campaign looks like.

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3. Yes it is, and maybe, just MAYBE

this place will recognize we HAVE a real campaign, MO'M action's picking up!

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4. I think some of us have noticed. He's been very

busy quietly building up steam.

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5. k&r

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6. K&R

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