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18 unusual facts about Howard Dean


Buffy Wicks

Co-founded Hoi-Polloi, "a people’s organization created by a small group of conscientious thinkers striving for world peace."; Campaign manager on Jay Fetcher's 2004 state Senate campaign in Colorado; Des Moines organizer on Howard Dean's Iowa caucus campaign.

Charles Nolan

Nolan was the lead designer at Anne Klein from 2001 until 2003, when he resigned to volunteer for the Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign.

Dr. Dean

Dr. Howard Dean, former Democratic Governor of Vermont, former Presidential Candidate, and former head of the Democratic National Committee.

Drupal

Interest in Drupal got a significant boost in 2003, when it was used to build "DeanSpace" for Howard Dean, one of the candidates in the U.S. Democratic Party's primary campaign for the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

Earth Peoples Park

After negotiations with the US Attorney's office state officials, including the office of then governor Howard Dean, the Vermont Land Trust, and other agencies, an agreement was signed to give the land to the state of Vermont.

Giovanna Negretti

She has since been active in a number of political campaigns include those of President Barack Obama, Howard Dean and Deval Patrick.

Health insurance cooperative

Howard Dean and other Democrats have criticized abandoning the idea of a federally run, statewide, public option in favor of co-ops, questioning whether the co-ops would have enough negotiating power to compete with private health insurers.

Jeffrey Amestoy

On January 10, 1997, Governor Howard Dean appointed Amestoy to the Vermont Supreme Court, following the retirement of Chief Justice Frederic W. Allen.

Jeremy Ben-Ami

Ben-Ami was President Bill Clinton's Deputy Domestic Policy Adviser, and later Policy Director on Howard Dean's presidential campaign.

Nancy Fleming

In 2004 she volunteered for Howard Dean's attempted nomination for president and has remained involved with politics as a large donor for the United States Democratic Party.

Nedra Pickler

In her coverage of the 2004 presidential race, Pickler acknowledged having misquoted Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean.

Persuasive Games

Their first game, Howard Dean for Iowa is about trying to get Howard Dean to win the Iowa caucuses.

Richard Wolffe

In the 2004 presidential election, he covered the Howard Dean campaign before switching to John Kerry.

Sam Yoon

Yoon’s consultants include: Jim Spencer, of the Campaign Network, a direct mail specialist who was the chief strategist on Yoon’s city council runs; Jeff Hewitt, a media specialist who was his lead fundraising consultant; Joe Trippi, a social networking specialist who was the former campaign manager for Howard Dean's Presidential Campaign.

Susannah Meadows

As a senior writer for National Affairs, she covered both the Howard Dean and John Kerry presidential campaigns in ’04, Hillary Clinton's run up to her campaign in '08 and, later, the Duke Lacrosse scandal -- for which she made numerous television appearances.

Suzanne Elder

Elder is a member of the Northside Chicago chapter of Democracy for America, an organization initially formed by former Howard Dean supporters which encourages grassroots Democrats to run for local, state, and federal office.

Trilogy Time

The newspapers in the trilogy time predictions have Al Gore, Howard Dean, and Dennis Kucinich as US presidents, in 2003, 2006, and 2009, respectively while in the 2015 prediction, George W. Bush would serve a third term.

Wolé Parks

Aside from acting, Parks is involved in political debate and is an active member of the group Democracy for NYC (DFNYC), a grassroots political group formed by former members of Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign.


Benjamin Barber

Barber was an outside adviser to President Bill Clinton and a foreign policy adviser to Howard Dean's 2004 Presidential campaign.

Drinkmore Cafe

Owned and run by software executive Scott Kennedy, The Drinkmore was the headquarters of Seattle Wireless and was the Howard Dean meetup spot during his 2004 presidential campaign.

Mark Critch

He is most famous for his road pieces on the show, in which he has accosted celebrities such as John Kerry, Michael Douglas, Alec Baldwin, former Canadian Prime minister Paul Martin, Howard Dean, Avril Lavigne, Hillary Clinton and many more.

Mini-Tuesday

The Democratic primaries and caucuses were contested between retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas, former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Reverend Al Sharpton of New York.

Patricia Todd

It is also reported that the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Gov. Howard Dean, took a close interest, making no fewer than eight telephone calls to the Executive Director of the Alabama Democratic Party during the morning of the appeal.

Tammany Hall NYC

In December 2003 Tammany Hall NYC performed live for the Howard Dean fundraiser at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, where Dean greeted them personally.

Winning New Hampshire

Produced during the beginning of the 2004 Presidential election, the film highlights the importance of this one small New England state in determining the eventual nominees, as exemplified by John Kerry's unexpected political comeback against then frontrunner Howard Dean in 2004.

Filmmakers Aram Fischer, Mark Lynch and Will Rabbe tracked candidates Wesley Clark, Joseph Lieberman, John Edwards, Howard Dean and John Kerry as they campaigned vigorously throughout the state.