About the Author

I figured I should give everybody a little background on myself, I'm not going to say it will legitimize this blog but it might help a little.

I was a Political Science major in college, and am a self proclaimed political junkie. I don't allow myself to stay out of the political scene for too long at any given time.


I'm a new homeowner in NE. As of yesterday (6/9/09) I have lived in Waite Park for 1 year with my fiancee and overly excited dog Sophie. I love the suburban feel in an urban setting that the neighborhood has offered us (that was way too cliche). Not long after getting into the neighborhood I decided to get involved with my first Minneapolis campaign.


I was the Campaign Manager for the Doron Clark for City Council Campaign. I should probably point out at this point that Doron in no way has endorsed this blog, and the views expressed here are solely my own opinions. I really enjoyed my first soiree into Minneapolis politics, it's unlike anything else I had experienced. We ran a great campaign, that I'm very proud of, even if the end result was less than desirable.

Doron's campaign was not the first campaign I managed. Back in '06 I ran a State Senate race in SD18 (Hutchinson, Annandale, Litchfield, and countless other small towns) for Hal Kimball. I know what you're thinking, who in their right mind would work on a progressive campaign in the belly of the Republican beast? I loved it though, and what made it great was that I had a candidate that was willing to work tirelessly to gain every single vote. The outcome was about what you'd expect, 60-40 loss but that was a 20% swing from 4 years prior. Hal and I would knock at least 200 doors a night in an area that was less than friendly to an idealistic kid just out of college. I loved the energy of a grassroots candidate, seeing somebody that literally ran at every parade to shake as many hands as he could gets everybody excited, no matter their political views.

Hal got me started with a love of grassroots campaigning and Doron allowed me to continue with it. I'm greatful to both of them, and look forward to working with more candidates like them in the future.