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Results of PDA-endorsed Races
The New Organizers, Part 1: What's Really Behind Obama's Ground Game
The GOP Goes Back To Its Ugly Roots
McCain and Team Have Many Ties to Gambling Industry
Has Sarah Palin Motivated the Very Voters That Obama Needs to Win?
Current Endorsed Candidate Campaigns
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Geoghegan, Tom (Congress, IL-05)Other Races of Interest
Marcy Winograd: Jane Harman Profits From Anti-Generics Amendment She Helped Eshoo Pass
PDA MA Endorses Mike Capuano for Senate
ANC-PAC Endorses Marcy Winograd in Race Against Jane Harman
Jane Harman Challenger, Marcy Winograd, Pledges Support For Armenian American Issues
Taking Back Our Constitutional Rights
PDA Chapter Endorses Tom Geoghegan to Replace Emanuel in IL CD5
Geoghegan: Rhymes with Reagan, Thinks Like Wellstone
Rep. Jackson Is Our Choice to Be Senator
PDA-Illinois Endorses Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Barack Obama for President
10/02/02--The Day Obama Took the Lead
The Wall St Crisis, the 2008 Campaign and What To Do About It
Obama Gaining Crucial Ground, Polling Shifts in Some Key States
Solving Our Financial Crisis
VEEPSTAKES: Obama-Biden
Thomas Looks Towards 2010, Returns to Georgia Senate
An Hour or Two of Your Time Could Change the Congress
The America We Love
Clinton Concedes, Endorses Obama
Sen. Kerry Addresses PDA Members' Concerns
Obama, Clinton and What Has Been Achieved
Advantage Obama
USW Endorses Obama
PDA CO Chapter Endorses Joan Fitz-Gerald for Congress
Party Like It's 1932: The Obama Option
Obama Is Right
Mary Pallant Receives Ventura County Chapter Endorsement
Clinton Has What It Takes
Barack the Vote In the Remaining States
Armitage Wins Endorsement of Greater Daytona PDA Chapter
Clinton's Cringe-Worthy Moment
Give Dennis Kucinich His Due
A Personal Note from Dennis Kucinich
John Edwards Suspends Campaign
US Corporate Elite Fear Candidate Edwards
Kucinich: For the Record
Obama Thanks Kucinich for Encouraging His Backers to Make Obama Their Second Choice
Take a look at Joe Biden--There's a lot in him for Progressives
PDA Energy for Kucinich for New Hampshire!
PDA Members for Edwards take aim at Iowa
Ralph Nader supports Edwards' anti-corporate message
Edwards Delivers Speech On Lifting Up America's Middle Class
Kucinich Hits Homerun in Jefferson's Hometown
PDA - The Freedom to Choose
PDA Rocks!
Bill Richardson
Why I'm supporting John Edwards: It's time for a Progressive President with Coat Tails
Why Should PDA Support Dennis Kucinich?
Signs of Desperation?
Edwards: Senator Clinton Must Take a Stand on Peru Trade Deal
Kucinich Will Introduce Privileged Resolution To Force Vote On Impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney TODAY
Kucinich's Challenge
Will Democrats Follow John Edwards On Trade--And Win Elections?
John Edwards: Sick of Bush's Rank Hypocrisy
Why is John Edwards leading in Iowa?
"To Build One America, End the Game"
Saving the Middle Class: A Real-Not Rhetorical-Plan
'Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win'
John Edwards and "You"
As if our lives depend on it…
Why Progressives Should Support John Edwards for President
Edwards is the only progressive candidate who can win the presidency
Introducing Dennis Kucinich
Edwards will give Kucinich a fight for the progressive vote
Dennis Kucinich represents the Heart & Soul of PDA
What Makes Laura Bonham Run: PDA Staff Member Runs for Utah State Legislature
Clint Curtis is changing the tide in Florida
PDA Welcomes Sen. Feingold to Maryland
Rep. Conyers Endorses PDA National Board Member John Bonifaz for Massachusetts Secretary of State
John Bonifaz for Secretary of State (MA)
On April 8, the Virginia PDA endorsed entrepreneur, community leader and founding member of PDA-Virginia, Shawn O'Donnell for Congress in Virginia's 1st CD. The district stretches from just south of Washington along Virginia's Chesapeake coast as far south as Hampton Roads, encompassing most of Virginia's eastern shore. O'Donnell, presuming he wins an upcoming caucus vote in which so far he is ahead of his rival, will face Republican JoAnn Davis in November in a contest that could produce an upset that the pundits do not see coming.
O'Donnell has been an entrepreneur for over three decades. He expanded his ever growing business and management background and experience to include retail, manufacturing, information technology, start-ups, business development, and consulting. He's been a sales and marketing director, founder and president of an educational services company, president and chief operating officer of various manufacturing companies and the chief financial officer of a computer software company. He has also been an active and long-term member of civic and business organizations in his community.
A lifelong Democrat, O'Donnell decided to run for Congress after trying hard to campaign for Kerry in 2004, only to find very little support from the Democratic Party organizations in his district. Author of the book The Democratic Party From The Grassroots: The Ultimate Guidebook for Democrats, based on that 2004 experience, O'Donnell is living what he preached in his book, assembling an impressive group of volunteers supported by a paid staff, and having already raised more money than Democrats typically raise by November in his district.
He stands for single payer health insurance to address the health care crisis in America, the replacement of free trade with fair trade policies, ending and reversing the Republican assault on our environment, working toward affordable energy and housing, reforming tax policies to make the tax code more progressive again, and mandating that all voting include creation of a paper trail by which all election results can be verified if necessary. On the Iraq War, he favors the Murtha resolution, that calls for pulling out U.S. troops as fast as possible, starting now.
PDA Virginia looks forward to giving his exciting campaign every helping hand it can, and putting a PDA member in the House of Representatives. For more information, see his campaign website, and a long, 3-part interview with him on a progressive Virginia blog.
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