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Veteran of Wellstone races to run Obama's state campaign [MN]
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Jun 25, 2008 02:28pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul) |
| News Date | Monday, June 16, 2008 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | DFL political guru Jeff Blodgett will take the helm of Barack Obama's Minnesota presidential campaign starting July 1.
Blodgett helped Paul Wellstone to an upset victory over U.S. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz in 1990, serving as campaign manager during the early part of the campaign. He headed both of Wellstone's reelection efforts, and when Wellstone died in a plane crash 11 days before the 2002 election, Blodgett helped Wellstone's successor in the race, Walter Mondale, in an unsuccessful attempt to hold the seat. Former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman emerged the winner in that race and now is seeking reelection.
Blodgett was a senior adviser to Sen. Amy Klobuchar's 2006 campaign.
This time, he'll be calling the shots and heading the grass-roots organizing and intensely detailed get-out-the-vote efforts that have been the hallmark of his political style. |
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