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What a Difference a Year Makes!
Jan. 1, 2004
Just a year ago, the small staff of Dean for America was celebrating the end of a wildly successful fundraising quarter. Dean for America was ending 2002 with $156,812 cash on hand after raising $314,052. The cramped headquarters above the Vermont Pub and Brewery in Burlington was home to just a handful of staff, and there were no state offices anywhere in the country. Nationwide, a few hundred supporters had been identified.
A year later, you have twice broken the record for the most raised by a Democratic presidential campaign in a single quarter and broken the record for the entire year. There are paid or full-time volunteer staff on the ground in nearly half of the country's 50 states, and the national headquarters is home to more than 120 staff.
And you are continuing to build greatest grassroots campaign presidential politics has ever seen, with more than 552,000 supporters nationwide.
A quick recap of what the campaign has accomplished in just the last year:
Where we were on January 1, 2003:
₪ $157,000 cash on hand
₪ Seven paid staff
₪ 432 identified supporters nationwide
₪ 0 state offices
₪ No congressional or labor endorsements
Where we are today on January 1, 2004:
▲ Approximately 400 paid staff nationwide
▲ Paid and/or full-time volunteer staff in VT, IA, NH, SC,
DE, AZ, NM, OK, MI, WA, NY, ME, WI, ND, NV, MN, PA, TX,
CT, VA, GA, MD, MA and CA.
▲ 552,930 identified supporters.
▲ More than 280,000 people have contributed $40 million to
the campaign in 2003--and for two consecutive quarters
you've broken the record for the largest quarter ever
by a Democratic presidential candidate.
▲ More than 164,000 supporters are signed up to Meetup at
more than 940 locations nationwide.
▲ More than 172,000 personalized Dean posters have been
downloaded.
▲ 35,000 emails are processed daily by Dean for America
mail servers (excluding mass emails).
▲ More than 1 million emails were received by Dean for
America in 2003.
▲ We've posted 2,910 entries on Blog for America, and
314,121 comments were posted in response.
▲ You set the unofficial world record for the largest
conference call ever, as Governor Dean spoke to more
than 1,400 house parties on September 30.
▲ We've received endorsements from IUPAT, SEIU, AFSCME,
the California Teachers' Association, the NH NEA, and
NH UAW and CWA locals, as well as endorsements from Al
Gore, 30 members of Congress (second only to long-time
House leader Dick Gephardt), and six statewide elected
officials, including New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey.
<Font Size=40><Font Color=Red>Just imagine what
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