The Iowa Democratic Party will be holding its annual Hall of Fame dinner in Cedar Rapids on June 2, and the award-winners who will be honored that evening are listed below:
Outstanding Elected Official Award
Governor Bob Fulton, Waterloo
Hall of Fame Outstanding Supporter Award
Roxanne Barton Conlin, Des Moines
Edward Campbell, Des Moines
Minette Doderer Award for Outstanding Leadership
Phyllis Thede, Bettendorf
Jim Lodwick Award for Outstanding Democratic State Central Committee Member
Ken Sagar, Des Moines
Bob Creech Award for Outstanding Democratic Party Chair
Cheryll Jones, Bloomfield
Dixon Terry Award for Outstanding Democratic Party Activist
Dori Rammelsberg-Dvorak, Clutier
Warren Yaple, Council Bluffs
Rising Star Award
Megan Simpson, Dubuque (University of Iowa Student)
I like the activist awards because they aren’t limited to those who have vast financial resources. I know someone who won one of those activist awards a couple of years ago, and it was nice for her hard work over many election cycles to be recognized.
As rob reported in a diary last week, so far Clinton, Dodd and Edwards plan to attend this event, and the other candidates are not currently scheduled to be there.
I know that Roxanne Conlin was supporting Edwards last cycle, and I know that Ed Campbell is in the Clinton camp. Ed and Bonnie Campbell were among the few Iowa supporters of Bill Clinton during the 1992 primaries, when Tom Harkin was also running. Bill Clinton also appointed Bonnie Campbell to a senior position in the Justice Department after she lost her gubernatorial bid in 1994.
Anyone out there know if the other award-winners have picked a presidential candidate?