Obama General Election
Campaign Organization, Illinois revised
April 14, 2009disclaimer
Obama for America National
Headquarters: 233 N. Michigan Ave., 11th Floor, Chicago,
IL Illinois Volunteer
Headquarters: 566 W. Lake Street, Lower Level, Chicago, IL
Focus was on Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Missouri... "We'll be organizing trips for
Illinois supporters to each of our neighboring battleground states,
every weekend from now through Election Day." -- Sept. 4, 2008
posting on Obama for America Illinois blog.
State Director
Ken
Bennett
(Kenneth F. Williams-Bennett)
State director for Obama's Senate office from March 2005-July 1,
2008. Previously worked for the city of Chicago.
Communications
Director
Justin
DeJong
(August 2008) On leave from
position as communications director at Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce;
started there in Dec. 2007. Served in various communications
roles in the administration of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, late
2004-07. Communications/government
relations project manager at Peoples Energy Corp. in Chicago,
2002-04. Intern at Jasculca-Terman & Associates.
Intern in Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's press office.
Bachelor's degree in public relations from Northwestern College in
Orange City, Iowa, 2001.
Ken Bennett in a GOTV video from YouTube
Democratic Party of
Illinois | 1201 South Veterans Parkway |
Springfield, IL 62704>
Chair
Michael
J. Madigan
(since 1998) Speaker of
the Illinois House since 1983, except for 1994-96 when he was Minority
Leader. Elected to the House in Nov. 1970. Graduate of
Loyola
University Law School and undergraduate degree from University of Notre
Dame. Born in Chicago.
Executive
Director
Timothy
Mapes
Chief
of Staff to Madigan since
late 1992. Previously special assistant to Madigan,
has served on Madigan's research and issues staff since 1977. Graduate
of Western Illinois University. Obama
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