Dean Dozen
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The "Dean Dozen," in American politics, was the collective term for six groups of 12 candidates endorsed by Democracy for America, the political action committee led by former Vermont governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean, in the 2004 elections. Those chosen to be in the Dean Dozens were usually liberal Democrats. They came from across the U.S. and ran for widely varying positions, from county sheriff to U.S. Senator. No incumbents were chosen, and members of Dean Dozens also tended to target key districts.
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List of Dean Dozens
First
- Mary Ann Andreas: 80th State Assembly District, California
- Ken Campbell: Oconee County representative, South Carolina State House
- Maria Chappelle-Nadal: 72nd State House District, Missouri State House
- Scott Clark, Mark Manoil and Nina Trasoff: Arizona Corporation Commission
- Kim Hynes: Connecticut State Representative
- Richard Morrison: U.S. Representative from Texas
- Barack Obama: U.S. State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate from Illinois (Won)
- Rob MacKenna: Supervisor of Elections in Hillsborough County, Florida
- Monica Palacios-Boyce: Massachusetts State Representative
- Lori Saldaña: California State Assembly
- Jeff Smith: U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Donna Red Wing: District 25, Colorado State House
Second
- Kalyn Free: U.S. Represenative from Oklahoma (Lost in primary)
- Tom Potter: Mayor of Portland, Oregon
- Alisha Thomas Morgan: Georgia General Assembly
- Samara "Sam" Barend: U.S. Representative from New York
- Peter Corroon: mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah
- Vicki Walker: Missouri State House
- David Van Os: Texas Supreme Court
- Patrick McCormick: County Council for DeKalb County, Illinois
- Jonathan Bing New York Assembly
- Christine Cegelis: U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Don McDaniel: Georgia General Assembly
- Nelson Thompson: Freeholder for Cumberland County, New Jersey
Others
Other endorsed candidates include:
- Paul Babbitt, candidate for U.S. representative from Arizona
- Jerry McNerney and Jim Brandt, candidates for U.S. representative from California
- Stan Matsunaka, candidate for U.S. representative from Colorado
- Jon Jennings and Melina Fox, candidates for U.S. representative from Indiana
- Adam Smith, candidate for U.S. representative from Kentucky
- Nancy Farmer, candidate for U.S. senator from Missouri
- Brian Schweitzer, candidate for governor of Montana
- John Lynch, candidate for governor of New Hampshire
- Amy Vasquez, Anne Wolfe, Herb Conaway, and Steve Brozak, candidates for U.S. representative from New Jersey
- Richard Romero, candidate for U.S. representative from New Mexico
- Patsy Keever, candidate for U.S. representative from North Carolina
- Greg Harris and Jeff Seemann, candidates for U.S. representative from Ohio
- Joe Hoeffel, candidate for U.S. senator from Pennsylvania
- Allyson Schwartz, Ginny Schrader, Lois Herr, and Lois Murphy, candidates for U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
- Peter Clavelle, candidate for governor of Vermont
- Al Weed and James Socas, candidates for U.S. representative from Virginia