J. W. Postal

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Jonathan W. "J.W." Postal is a member of the Democratic National Committee from Colorado. An investment consultant, Postal chaired New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's campaign in Colorado, and is a superdelegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention supporting Barack Obama.

[edit] Biography

After having worked on many state and local Democratic campaigns, Postal was elected to represent Colorado on the Democratic National Committee in 2004. He is vice-chair of the DNC's Western Caucus.[1] Postal was named principal of HCM group, a pension and investment consulting firm, in October of 2006.[2]

In February 2007, Postal was named the Colorado campaign director and spokesman for the presidential campaign of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.[1]

As a member of the Democratic National Committee, he is a superdelegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. After Richardson dropped out of the presidential race, Postal was heavily lobbied by the campaigns of both New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, including personal calls from Bill and Chelsea Clinton and Obama supporter Federico Peña.[3]

Postal announced his intention to vote for Obama[4] shortly before Colorado's February caucuses,[5] after seeing Obama speak in Denver, Colorado.[6] Postal's support of Obama in Colorado's caucuses was balanced by that of his wife, Jen Evans, a Clinton supporter. The two have three children — Carly, Jackson, and Calvin.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Plunkett, Chuck. "Richardson selects 5 locals to run Colorado campaign", Denver Post, 22 February 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-15. 1
  2. ^ Staff Reports. "On the move, October 31", Rocky Mountain News, 31 October 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-17. 
  3. ^ Olinger, David; Chuck Plunkett. "Dems may see superdelegate "chaos"", Denver Post, 7 February 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-17. 
  4. ^ Montero, David. "Close Dem race raises status of superdelegates", Rocky Mountain News, 7 February 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-16. 
  5. ^ Marquez, Debbie. "CO DNC Members Debbie Marquez and JW Postal endorse Senator Obama!", SquareState.net, 4 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-17. 
  6. ^ Montero, David. "Close Dem race good for DNC", Rocky Mountain News, 8 October 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-17. 
  7. ^ Green, Susan. "Greene: Democratic race splits a Denver household", Denver Post, 3 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.