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Opening soon: Obama's school
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Nov 02, 2005 10:04pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Friday, October 28, 2005 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | On the ground floor of one of those skinny Capitol Hill buildings -- not far from the Senate -- is the headquarters of Sen. Barack Obama's burgeoning national political organization.
The freshman Illinois Democrat opened a political action committee, named Hopefund, a few weeks after being sworn into office last January. Five people work full time from the three-room Hopefund suite, which has the look of a cleaned up campaign headquarters. Two part-timers are also on the payroll.
The fund, with two full-time fund-raisers, is on track to raise more than $1 million this year. As of June 30, the last reporting period, the receipts totaled $851,674 with Obama traveling the nation to headline events and collect checks.
This January, Obama's Hopefund will bankroll a "school' to train first-time campaign workers and place them in campaigns across the country. The recruiting focus of Obama's "Yes We Can'' program will be young African Americans and Latinos |
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