City Paper: Tipper Gore Stumps for Council Hopeful Clark Ray
Posted Oct 14th 2009
Posted by Mike DeBonis on Oct. 14, 2009
The City Desk, The Washington City Paper
Last night’s Georgetown fundraiser for Clark Ray’s D.C. Council campaign saw a visit from an old friend of the candidate: shoulda-been First Lady Tipper Gore.
Ray spent eight years with the Gores, including a stint as Tipper’s chief of staff during her husband’s 2000 presidential run.
Campaign mastermind Peter Rosenstein says the event, at the former Pamela Harriman mansion, attracted about 250. He named some attendees to LL: Ex-Indiana congressman Phil Sharp, ex-Hillary Clinton flack Kiki McLean, Dorothy Ford (Harold Ford Jr.’s mom), plus locals Kenny Barnes, Carlene Cheatham, Greg Rhett, and…Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans.
Rosenstein estimates that the event put $50,000 in Ray’s coffers for his challenge to Phil Mendelson.
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Glad to be there and to see so many good friends. See you at the next one.