Steven Grossman (political operative)

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Steven (Steve) Grossman (born 1946) was National Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1997 to 1999. He worked with Roy Romer, who served as General Chairman.^[1]. Grossman was previously chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party from 1990 to 1992, and chairman of AIPAC from 1992 to 1997.^[2]

Grossman is currently the principal of the Grossman Marketing Group, a family-owned multi-million-dollar communications-marketing company.^[3]

Grossman also co-founded the National Jewish Democratic Council, was an honorary national vice chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, and was a former campaign chairman of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston.^[2] He was a candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2002.^[3]

Steve Grossman is widely considered to have played a pivotal role in the 2004 presidential campaign in which he was campaign advisor to candidate Howard Dean. After setbacks in primaries he was expected to win (Iowa and New Hampshire), Dean was facing a possible defeat in Wisconsin. Two days before the Wisconsin primary, campaign advisor Grossman "announced" through an article written by The New York Times Dean campaign correspondent Jodi Wilgoren that he would offer his services to any of the other major candidates "should Dean not win in Wisconsin". This "scoop" further undermined Dean's campaign. Grossman later issued a public apology.

Congressman Barney Frank has said that Grossman is "more thoughtful about public policy than most fundraisers."^[3]

His replacement at AIPAC was Melvin Dow.