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Carnahan to headline Vance Aycock
Submitted by bniolet on 2009-09-29 15:08
Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan will be the keynote speaker at the annual Vance-Aycock dinner this weekend.
Carnahan's selection is notable partly for when it was announced: four days before the dinner, which serves as a fundraiser, rally and party for state Democrats.
Democratic Party chairman David Young said he was proud to have Carnahan speak at the 49th Vance-Aycock dinner.
"Her remarkable achievements, leadership, and dedication to improving the lives of working families are an inspiration to all of us."
Senator Carnahan, the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate, was appointed to the seat in 2001 after her late husband, Gov. Mel Carnahan, was killed in an airplane crash along with their son Randy and a campaign advisor just three weeks before the 2000 election. Missouri voters elected Governor Carnahan over John Ashcroft to the Senate posthumously.
Prior to serving in the Senate Carnahan served as Missouri's First Lady from 1993 to 2000. She was an advocate for on-site day care centers for working families, for childhood immunization, and for abuse centers, the arts, and Habitat for Humanity.
Carnahan’s son Russ is currently a U.S. Representative her daughter Robin is currently Missouri’s Secretary of State and running for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
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Obama's uphill win led by campaign vet
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2008-11-17 10:19
Barack Obama's uphill win in North Carolina was led by a veteran operative.
Marc Farinella, 50, grew up in New York and Chicago, entering the latter city's politics with a reputation as an egghead. He became campaign manager and chief of staff to Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, who defeated Sen. John Ashcroft in 2000 despite dying weeks earlier.
He worked as a strategist for Erskine Bowles' unsuccessful Senate campaign in 2002 and Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue's re-election campaign in 2004.
He started 2008 working for Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who decided not to get into the race, then came to North Carolina for Obama in July.
The Obama organization had about 50 offices and 23,000 volunteers. Farinella spoke to former Gov. Jim Hunt as often as twice a day.
He said he is considering moving to North Carolina. (N&O)
