In the November 3, 2009 election Vann was challenged by Mark Winston Griffith (Drum Major Institute executive director), who ran on the Working Families Party ballot line.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger (born October 27, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York) was until 2009 the Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute.
Pallone received an A on the Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.
She is the President of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center and an Advisory Committee Member for the Women's Information Network, the Drum Major Institute Scholars Program and Wellstone Action.
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