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Dan Maffei, Candidate for U.S. Congress
New York’s 25th Congressional District

Zack Space, Candidate for U.S. Congress
Ohio’s 18th Congressional District

Russell Hughlock
BuckeyeStateBlog.com

Eric Vessell
Online Organizer, Progress Ohio

Music by Phillip Flathead, Giant Bear, and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.

Dan Maffei
Candidate for U.S. Congress
New York’s 25th Congressional District
Website

Dan Maffei was born and raised in Syracuse, NY. He has considerable experience working in politics and has served some of the most prominent politicians in a generation, including Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Senator Bill Bradley, and Rep. Charles Rangel.

Dan recently ran the victorious Syracuse mayoral campaign of Democrat Matt Driscoll and through this experience gained a deep understanding of the important issues facing both the urban voters of Syracuse and the rural voters who live in other parts of this diverse district.

Dan Maffei owns a home in DeWitt, just east of Syracuse. He is currently a self-employed business owner and frequent guest lecturer at numerous universities.

Zack Space
Candidate for U.S. Congress
Ohio’s 18th Congressional District
Website

Zack Space, a former football player, has spent his entire life living and serving in Ohio. He attended undergrad at Kenyon College and received his law degree from Ohio State University.

In 1986, Space started a law firm with his father Socrates focusing primarily on consumer rights. In 2001, Space ran successfully for the position of Dover County Attorney and was handily re-elected for that position in 2003. Space is married to Mary Wade and they have two children Gina and Nicholas.

Russell Hughlock
Blogger, BuckeyeStateBlog.com
Website

Russell Hughlock runs BuckeyeStateBlog, Ohio’s leading political blog. His site gets over 30,000 hits per day and he is hoping to increase that number during the 2006 and 2008 elections.

Eric Vessells
Online Organizer/Blogger, Progress Ohio
Website

Eric Vessells, formerly of Plunderbund is now a blogger and online organizer for the newly formed organization, Progress Ohio.

MUSIC:

Phillip Flathead
“The Ballad Of Timothy Leary”

Giant Bear
“Mermaid’s Purse”