FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 2, 2008

Contact: Sam Arora at media@voteboth.com

FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ENDORSES DREAM TICKET
 
WASHINGTON, DC--Karen Thurman, chairwoman of Florida’s state Democratic Party yesterday endorsed an Obama-Clinton “dream ticket.”

“I still think they should band together,” Thurman said. “They’re both so historic and inspiring - the first woman and the first African-American - and it almost seems like they owe it to each other.”

Chairwoman Thurman served as a Member of Congress from Florida from 1993-2003 and has chaired the Florida Democratic Party since May 2005.  Under her leadership, the Party has broken fundraising records and seen high Democratic voter turnout.

“Chairwoman Thurman is saying what so many Democrats have been saying recently,” said VoteBoth.com founder Adam Parkhomenko.  “A ticket with both Obama and Clinton would unite the Party.”

Thurman joins the growing ranks of prominent Democrats supporting a unity ticket with both Obama and Clinton, including Sens. Tom Carper (DE), Dianne Feinstein (CA), and Chuck Schumer (NY); Reps. David Scott (GA) and Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH); Governor Ed Rendell (PA); former Governor Mario M. Cuomo (NY); Party strategist Jerry Crawford (IA); and DLC chairman and former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (TN).

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