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Obama Campaign: New Iowa Staff Announced 1/24/2007 Dear Friend, Today, I'm proud to announce the beginnings of our staff leadership team in Iowa. Paul Tewes and Emily Parcell, who are already at work, represent a new generation of individuals with experience in the best of Iowa caucus traditions and a vision of how to run an inclusive grassroots campaign. As we come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans, we are working to change politics in our country - and that starts in Iowa. You will be getting to know these bright new staff members a lot better in the coming months. To reach them, please call (515) 745-0880 or email iowa@barackobama.com. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas as we build for the future. David Plouffe Campaign Manager Obama Exploratory Committee Obama Iowa Leadership Team Paul Tewes, State Director Paul is a native of southern Minnesota. He was the Caucus Manager for Al Gore's Iowa campaign in 2000. He then worked for the DSCC from 2001-2004 where he was Political Director for two years. In 2005, he ran the national campaign against Social Security privatization. Emily Parcell, Political Director Emily Parcell is a native Iowan with extensive experience in Iowa Democratic politics. A veteran of the 2002 re-election campaign of Sen. Tom Harkin and the 2004 Iowa Caucus campaign of Rep. Dick Gephardt, Parcell successfully managed the Iowa Senate Democrats' political operation during the 2004 and 2006 elections in which Democrats picked up a net gain of nine seats and took control of the Iowa Senate for the first time since 1996. |
