Steering Committee
Ted Mondale -- Former chair, Twin Cities Metropolitan Council (appointed Jan. 1999); President of RedTag World, a Global Business to Business exchange; former State Senator and candidate for governor (1998 Democratic primary). 
Sen. Mee Moua -- St. Paul (Senate District 67); first elected in a special election in 2002; attorney.
Sen. Scott Dibble -- Minneapolis (Senate District 60); elected to the House in 2000; elected to the Senate in 2002.
Mary Rosenthal -- DFL Education Foundation
Mayor R.T. Rybak -- Elected Mayor of the City of Minneapolis in Nov. 2001 in his first run for public office.
- Rybak endorsed Dean on Aug. 28, 2003)
 

On October 2, 2003, thirty-six elected officials and community leaders from across the state gathered at the State Capitol in St. Paul to announce their endorsements of Gov. Dean: 
Endorsements
State Senators:
D. Scott Dibble    Minneapolis (Senate District 60)
Becky Lourey    Kerrick (Senate District 8)
Mee Moua    St. Paul (Senate District 67)

State Representatives:
Karen Clark    Minneapolis (House District 61A)
Frank Hornstein    Minneapolis (House District 60B)
Tom Huntley    Duluth (House District 7A)
Mike Jaros    Duluth (House District 7B)
Sheldon Johnson    St. Paul (House District 67B)
Carlos Mariani    St. Paul (House District 65B)
Cy Thao    St. Paul (House District 65A)

Local Elected Officials:
Gail Dorfman    Commissioner, Hennepin County Board of Commissioners
Judy Farmer    Director, Minneapolis School Board
Donny Ness    President, Duluth City Council
R.T. Rybak    Mayor, City of Minneapolis
Gary Schiff    Council-Member, City of Minneapolis

DFL Party Leaders:
Joyce Banaszak    DFL State Central Committee member**
Neec Bowyer    LGBT community leader
Bob Brandt    DFL Party activist
Judith H. Dutcher    Former State Auditor
Kerry Gauthier    8th Congressional District Chair**
Rod Halvorson    DFL Executive and Central Committee member**
Jeremy Hanson    LGBT community leader
Gail Huntley    Former DFL Party Associate Chair
Christine Jax    Former State Commissioner
David Lilly    DFL Party activist
Jan Malcolm    Former State Commissioner
Brigid McDonough    DFL State Central Committee member**
John Milton    Former State Senator
Ted Mondale    Former State Senator; Former Chair, Metropolitan Council
Javier Morillo-Alicea    Latino community leader
Rick Nolan    Former DFL United States Representative
Sue Ponsford    DFL Party Treasurer**
Sue Rockne    Pro-choice activist
Mary Rosenthal    DFL Education Foundation**
Dick Senese    Former DFL Party Chair
Randy Schubring    4th Congressional District Chair**
Rick Stafford    Former DFL Party Chair
John Stiles    LGBT community leader

** Title used for identification purposes only
(Joyce Banaszak and Brigid McDonough were added right after the event).
 
  

Minnesota for Dean website  (not affiliated with or endorsed by Howard Dean or the Dean for America campaign).  10/14/03