Reply #13: Then why was he singled out as a "rising New Dem star?" [View All]

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DLC | New Dem Daily | November 14, 2000

Rising Stars

The Summer 2000 issue of The New Democrat magazine featured "One Hundred To Watch" -- profiles of 100 state and local elected officials representing the next wave of New Democrat leaders around the country. We're happy to report that quite a few of these rising stars in fact rose to the occasion on November 7 and moved up in the ranks of elected officials:

Florida Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson was elected to the U.S. Senate, a Sunshine State result that is not in dispute.

NC Attorney General Mike Easley and MO State Treasurer Bob Holden were elected Governors of their states.
CA State Rep. Susan Davis and CA State Sen. Adam Schiff were both elected to the U.S. House.
NC State Sen. Roy Cooper was elected Attorney General of his state, replacing Governor-elect Easley.
AZ State Sen. Chris Cummiskey has been elected Co-Leader of the AZ Senate (Democrats secured a tie on November 7).
AZ State Rep. Ken Cheuvront was elected Minority Leader of the AZ House.
MI State Rep. Kwame Kilpatrick was elected Minority Leader of the MI House.
State Reps. Bob Hagedorn of CO and Ryan Deckert of OR both moved up to the State Senate.
FL State Attorney Rod Smith was elected to the FL Senate.
Tracy, CA City Councilwoman Barbara Matthews was elected to the CA Assembly.

And aside from these rising stars, the following members of the "One Hundred To Watch" won re-election to their current positions: UT State Rep. Patrice Arent, AK State Rep. Ethan Berkowitz, OR Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, TX State Rep. Jaime Capelo, Jr., CA State Assemblyman Dean Florez, IL State Rep. John Fritchey, KS State Rep. Jim Garner, WA State Rep. Jeff Gombosky, MN State Rep. Gregory Gray, CO State Rep. Dan Grossman, FL State Rep. Robert Henriquez, CA State Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, NY State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, AR State Rep. Steven Jones, Portland, OR Mayor Vera Katz, WA State Rep. Lynn Kessler, PA State Rep. Jennifer Mann, WA State Rep. Ed Murray, San Francisco, CA Supervisor Gavin Newsom, WI State Rep. Antonio Riley, PA State Rep. T.J. Rooney, and CO State Rep. Jennifer Veiga.

We hope to recognize some newly-elected New Dem state and local rising stars in the very near future. For those we list above: Congratulations, and here's looking at you.

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