Hillary Clinton Campaign Announces Minnesota Steering Committee

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12/13/2007 -- The Hillary Clinton campaign today announced its Minnesota Steering Committee, made up of community leaders from across the state who will mobilize grassroots support for Hillary leading up to Minnesota’s February 5th primary.

"Hillary Clinton has the ability to deliver the change America needs, from providing universal health care to ending the war in Iraq to moving us toward energy independence," said former Vice President Walter Mondale.

"Minnesotans know Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience to lead this nation from her first day in the White House," said Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman.

"For 35 years Hillary’s been fighting for children and families and working to expand opportunity for all Americans," said House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher. "She is uniquely qualified to be President in these challenging times."

"I have seen Hillary's ability and intellect up close, and she is the best prepared to be President," said former Minnesota Senator Mark Dayton.

HILLARY’S MINNESOTA STEERING COMMITTEE:

* Melanie Benjamin, Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
* Brian Bergson, Veteran; Saint Paul
* State Rep. Karla Bigham, Cottage Grove
* Jay Bennehauv, St. Paul City Councilman
* Donald Bungum, Veteran; Lindstrom
* Susan Burns, Attorney; St. Paul
* Margie Cady, Veteran; Winona
* Paul Cassidy, Director of Government Relations, Leonard, Street and Deinard
* Tarryl Clark, Assistant Senate Majority Leader; St. Cloud
* Claudia Cody, Latino Community Activist; Becker
* Chris Coleman, Mayor; St. Paul
* Mark Dayton, Former U.S. Senator; Minneapolis
* Tom Dooher, President; Education Minnesota
* Captain Lou Ellingson; Veteran; Eden Prairie
* Matt Entenza, Former House Minority Leader; St. Paul
* Tom Foley, Former St. Paul County Attorney
* Betty Folliard, Former State Representative, Golden Valley
* Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney
* Keesha Gaskins, Executive Director, Minnesota Women’s Political Caucus, Minneapolis
* Alan Weinblatt Gaylord; State Representative; Co-President, MN Nurses Association
* Curtis Ghylin, Veteran; Sauk Rapids
* Chris Gillette, Military Retiree, U.S. Army Chemical Corps; Roseville
* Lisa Goodman, Minneapolis City Council Member; Minneapolis
* Joan Anderson Growe, Former Minnesota Secretary of State; National Vice President, Strategic Business, Minneapolis
* State Sen. Linda Higgins, Minneapolis
* Richard Hoium, Veteran; Minneapolis
* Jaimie Holmes, Veteran; Inver Grove Heights
* Alan Hooker, Minneapolis Public Library Board Trustee; DFL Stonewall Dems, Minneapolis
* Koryne Horbal, Former United Nations Ambassador, Columbia Heights
* Hubert "Buck" Humphrey, IV, DNC Member, Plymouth
* Mohamed Jibrel, Somali Community Leader, St. Paul
* Larry Johnson, Veteran; Golden Valley
* Ember Reichgott Junge, Former State Senate Assistant Majority Leader; Minneapolis
* Margaret Anderson Kelliher, House Speaker; Minneapolis
* Colleen Landkamer, President of NACo, Blue Earth County Commissioner, Mankato
* Elsa Leven, Community Activist, Saint Paul
* Mark F. Lindsay, Executive, UnitedHealth Group; Wayzata
* Andrew Luger, Attorney, and Ellen Goldberg Luger, Edina
* Paul Maccabee, President, The Maccabee Group, St. Paul
* Paula Maccabee, Attorney, Former St. Paul City Council Member
* Mary Jo McGuire, Former State Representative; Falcon Heights
* Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County Commissioner
* Richard McNary, Veteran; Eagan
* Walter Mondale, Former Vice President, Minneapolis
* Tom Mullon, Veterans; Saint Paul
* Kathleen Murphy, Women's Rights Activist, St. Paul
* John C. Neese, Veteran; Fergus Falls
* Vance Opperman, Business Leader; Minneapolis
* State Senator Sandy Pappas, St. Paul
* State Rep. Sandra Peterson, New Hope
* Cheryl Poling, U.S. Army Chemical Corps; Eden Prairie
* Mari Pokornowski, Co-Chair DFL Platform Committee, Cokato
* Cheryl Poling, Democratic Activist, Eden Prairie
* Phillip Qualy, Legislative Director, United Transportation Union
* Lois Quam, Business Leader; St. Paul
* Amy K. Rotenberg, Communications Consultant; Minneapolis
* Mark Rotenberg, University of Minnesota General Counsel; Minneapolis
* Gary Schiff, Minneapolis City Council Member; Minneapolis
* Elliot Seide, Executive Director, AFSCME Council 5
* State Rep. Nora Slawik, Maplewood
* Jill Sletten, Democratic Activist; St. Paul
* Michelle Sommers, Political Director, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
* Rick Stafford, DNC Member, Chair of the DNC's LGBT Caucus, Minneapolis
* Lisa Stager, Minnesota IAMAW; Minneapolis
* David Stanton, Veteran; New Brighton
* Jackie Stevenson, DNC Member; Minnetonka
* Tammy Tesky, Community Activist; St. Paul
* State Rep. Paul Thissen, Minneapolis
* Dave Thune, St. Paul City Council Member; St. Paul
* Susan Thune, Registered Nurse; St. Paul
* Ruth Usem, Community Activist, Minneapolis
* Russell Warren, Veteran; Mounds View
* Lynn Wilson, Party Activist; Nurse; Rochester
* Colonel Nat Wisser, Military Retiree; Saint Paul
* John Wodele, MN Campaign Director for the 1992 Clinton Campaign; Vednais Heights

Source: Hillary Clinton campaign