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Tommy Carcetti

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7. My rough list (includes quick handshakes):

Reply to Oopsie Daisy (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:16 AM

Jan 17

Joe Biden (briefly said hello)
Bill Clinton (handshake)
Hillary Clinton (handshake)
Janet Reno (had a substantive conversation with her)
Howard Dean
Steny Hoyer
Bill Nelson
Bob Graham
Evan Bayh
John Edwards
Lois Frankel (congresswoman)
Ted Deutch (former congressman)
Bob Butterworth (former long time serving Florida AG)
Dave Aronberg (Florida SA and frequent cable news guest)
Alex Sink (Former Florida CFO and gubernatorial candidate)

About 15 years ago or so I was very actively involved in campaign work and I met various local, state and federal officials. There have to be others I'm forgetting and there are a few that I think I may have met but I'm not 100% certain.

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What famous or well-known Democratic politicians (or party officials) have you met? [View all] Oopsie Daisy Jan 17 OP

Jimmy Carter in 1995. Also, my stepbrother is a US Congressman. Lochloosa Jan 17 #1

Shirley Chisolm malaise Jan 17 #2

My Dad met her, too, as a young man. Rhiannon12866 Jan 17 #6

Very cool malaise Jan 17 #24

Hillary Clinton, and Senator Schumer. nt Drum Jan 17 #3

I worked on a Dem campagin in Las Vegas where I met Cecile Richards. brush Jan 17 #4

a couple governors barbtries Jan 17 #5

My rough list (includes quick handshakes): Tommy Carcetti Jan 17 #7

None but I did meet.... Goonch Jan 17 #8

Paul Wellstone sarisataka Jan 17 #9

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Al Gore in Wheeling WV 1991. ArnoldLayne Jan 17 #10

Jimmy Carter (multiple times), Joe Biden (once), Barack Obama (once), Howard Dean (DNC-Denver several times), hlthe2b Jan 17 #11

Bill and Hillary Clinton DeepWinter Jan 17 #12

have met my senators, durbin & duckworth. was on the other end of her 1st primary. mopinko Jan 17 #13

I met John Kerry when he came to Tacoma in 2008 to campaign for Aristus Jan 17 #14

Hubert Humphrey when he was VP in 1966. greatauntoftriplets Jan 17 #15

I lived in Iowa and met most Dems from 1992 to 2020 rurallib Jan 17 #16

Elizabeth Edwards ... aww ... I always admired her. Oopsie Daisy Jan 17 #17

Yep - she will aways have a special spot in my memory rurallib Jan 17 #19

John Glenn, a handshake and a few words. VGNonly Jan 17 #18

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Jimmy Carter, Dick Durbin, hedda_foil Jan 17 #20

Cool, do you have a favorite? I notice you live in Naperville...I worked at Bell Labs and visited walkingman Jan 17 #35

Obama will always be my favorite. hedda_foil Jan 17 #36

I met Harry Truman Rebl2 Jan 17 #21

RFK in 1967. jalan48 Jan 17 #22

JFK.1960. I was four and can't remember it. maveric Jan 17 #23

If your parents said so... that's good enough for me. Very cool bragging rights! Oopsie Daisy Jan 17 #30

I attended a private event with Nancy Pelosi. Almost got a selfie with Biden at one of his rallies. LeftInTX Jan 17 #25

Jack Murtha gab13by13 Jan 17 #26

Sargeant Schriver snowybirdie Jan 17 #27

Jesse Jackson - was walking around my work place at lunch an he was a couple walkingman Jan 17 #28

Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley MurrayDelph Jan 17 #29

RFK and Nancy Pelosi musette_sf Jan 17 #31

Bobby Kennedy, in 1968, if shaking his hand just before he gave a speech counts as meeting him. highplainsdem Jan 17 #32

For me, the highest ranking and best known is Nancy Pelosi. BeeBee Jan 17 #33

Bill Clinton Shambala Jan 17 #34