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Gavin Brown, Jay Buckey for Senate Campaign, NH 2008

In his interview, Gavin Brown gives an interesting perspective on campaigning with a first time candidate. He served as Internet Director on the Democratic Party primary campaign of Jay Buckey, the doctor and astronaut who made a bid to run for the Senate from New Hampshire in 2008. Buckey was doing very well against the early competition, but when a big name candidate, Jeanne Shaheen, stepped into the race, he bowed out.

David Axelrod

David M. Axelrod (born February 22, 1955) is an American political consultant based in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known as the top political advisor to President Barack Obama, first in Obama's 2004 campaign for the U.S. Senate in Illinois and later as chief strategist for Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Following the 2008 election, he was appointed as Senior Advisor to Obama.

David Plouffe

David Plouffe (pronounced /ˈplʌf/; born May 27, 1967) is an American political strategist best known as the chief campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in the United States. A long-time Democratic Party campaign consultant, he was a partner at the party-aligned campaign consulting firm AKPD Message and Media, which he joined in 2000.

After the resignation of David Axelrod to set up for Obama's re-election campaign, Plouffe was appointed Senior Advisor to the President.

Rebekah Warren

Rebekah Lynn Warren (born November 25, 1971) is an American Democratic politician from Ann Arbor, Michigan, representing the 18th District of the Michigan Senate since January 1, 2011. She was elected to this position on November 2, 2010, beating Republican opponent John Hochstetler, 65.5% to 34.5%. Previously, she served two-terms as State Representative for Michigan's 53rd District, from 2007 to 2010.