NEW: Chafee to Co-Chair Obama’s Re-Election Campaign
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Governor Chafee has been named a co-chair of President Obama's re-election campaign, the Obama for America campaign announced today.
Chafee made headlines when supported Obama in 2008 and has been encouraged to join the Democratic Party by some national leaders, but he has yet to do so.
During the governor's race in 2010, Obama visited the Ocean State to campaign for then-Congressional candidate David Cicilline, but he refused to endorse Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe complete list of co-chairs is below:
· Lynnette Acosta – OFA volunteer leader from Florida
· Marc Benioff – CEO of Salesforce.com
· Senator Michael Bennet – U.S. Senator from Colorado
· Mayor Julian Castro – Mayor of San Antonio
· Governor Lincoln Chafee – Governor of Rhode Island
· Ann Cherry – Retired teacher and OFA volunteer leader from North Carolina
· Representative Judy Chu – Representing the 32nd District of California
· Representative Emanuel Cleaver – Representing the 5th District of Missouri
· Bill Daley – Former White House Chief of Staff to President Obama, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
· Maria Elena Durazo – Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
· Senator Dick Durbin – U.S. Senator from Illinois
· Mayor Rahm Emanuel – Mayor of Chicago
· Senator Russ Feingold – Former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
· Representative Charles A. Gonzalez – Representing the 20th District of Texas
· Loretta Harper – High School Counselor and OFA volunteer leader from Nevada
· Attorney General Kamala Harris – Attorney General of California
· Sai Iyer – Student at Virginia Commonwealth University and OFA volunteer leader from Virginia
· Caroline Kennedy – Author/President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
· Eva Longoria – Actress and Philanthropist
· Felesia Martin – OFA volunteer leader from Wisconsin
· Bishop Vashti McKenzie – African Methodist Episcopal Bishop
· Attorney General Tom Miller – Attorney General of Iowa
· Kalpen Modi – Actor/Former White House Associate Director for the Office of Public Engagement
· Admiral John Nathman – Retired U.S. Navy Admiral
· Governor Deval Patrick – Governor of Massachusetts
· Secretary Federico Pena – Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and U.S. Secretary of Energy
· Elaine Price – Retired Ohio resident and OFA volunteer leader from Ohio
· Penny Pritzker – Founder and CEO of PSP Capital Partners
· John Register – U.S. Army Veteran and Paralympian
· Representative Jan Schakowsky – Representing the 9th District of Illinois
· Senator Jeanne Shaheen – U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
· Joe Solmonese – President of the Human Rights Campaign
· Alan Solow – Partner at DLA Piper LLP and past Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
· Governor Ted Strickland – Former Governor of Ohio
· Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa – Mayor of Los Angeles
