Jeff Blodgett to Serve as Obama’s Minnesota State Director
Minneapolis, MN — Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign announced today that Jeff Blodgett will serve as Minnesota State Director for the general election.
“I am honored to be a part of this amazing campaign, and am excited to join the tens of thousands of Minnesotans already working to elect Barack Obama,” Bodgett said. “We will work very hard here for every vote and make sure that in November Minnesota’s voice is heard loud and clear in this movement to change Washington.”
“We are lucky to have Jeff Blodgett join our team,” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said. “His community and political organizing experience in Minnesota are unparalleled. More than anyone, Jeff understands community organizing is the backbone of this grassroots movement, and that real change comes from empowering others to become part of the political process.”
Jeff will be taking a formal leave from current job as Executive Director of Wellstone Action beginning July 1. Blodgett ran all three of Paul Wellstone’s senate races. In 2006, he was Senior Advisor to Amy Klobuchar’s U.S. Senate campaign, and oversaw get-out-the-vote efforts in Minnesota for Kerry/Edwards in 2004.
