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Send us a textKelly Hall is the Executive Director of the Fairness Project, which works to pass ballot measures on economic fairness issues such as the minimum wage, Medicaid expansion, and paid leave. Before taking the helm at the Fairness Project, she worked in campaigns and as a Hill staffer prior to entering the Obama Administration to focus on implementing the Affordable Care Act. In this conversation, Kelly talks through her own experiences to offer insight about working on the Hill,  passing Obamacare, winning ballot measures, and running a political non-profit.IN THIS EPISODEHow the first campaign Kelly worked shaped her career...Memories of interning for Senator Tom Daschle...Kelly is behind the scenes at the Obama breakout moment at the 2004 Convention...Kelly’s memories as a Hill health care aide during the tense moments around the Affordable Care Act…Kelly’s time in the Obama administration implementing the ACA and what she thinks has gone right and wrong with 10 years hindsight…Kelly’s advice and best practices for Hill staffers...Kelly’s path to the Fairness Project and the work it does…Kelly provides case studies from the Fairness Project about expanding Medicaid in "red" states like Oklahoma and Missouri…Kelly talks the need to build cross party coalitions to win ballot measures…Kelly on what she’s learned about the nuts and bolts of running a political non-profit...Kelly’s advice to people early in their political career…And...Agent Orange, Ann Arbor, Xavier Becerra, Blue Dogs, bullshit detectors, George Bush, Lincoln Chafee, complaining over pizza, constellations of vendors, Joe Crowley, cutting turf, do-gooder lefties, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, marriage counseling, Mindy Myers, monorail salesmen, Nancy Pelosi, Pete Rouse, SEIU, Allyson Schwartz, shouting into the wind, Sheldon Whitehouse, The Simpsons, Zoom culture…& more!

Send us a textJeremy Ben-Ami was born into a family among whom politics was very personal – and became active in politics himself at a young age, interning for the 1976 Carter campaign at 14. From there, he worked for numerous politicians from Ed Koch and David Dinkins and Mark Green to Bill Clinton and Howard Dean. Jeremy talks his life in campaign politics, working in the White House, what led to the creation of J Street, and how J Street has grown to become an influential voice that’s changed the debate on American policy toward Israel. IN THIS EPISODEThe first campaigns that caught Jeremy’s attention at a young age…Jeremy’s measures of iconic NYC political figures like Ed Koch and David Dinkins…The surprising presidential candidate for whom Jeremy served on the ballot as an “elector”…The issue that led Jeremy to switch from local NYC politics to national politics…What happened when Jeremy “just shows up” in Little Rock to seek work in the 1992 Clinton campaign…Jeremy talks about the Bill Clinton he saw up close and personal…Jeremy gives a glimpse into what it’s like working in the White House…Jeremy tells the story of managing Democrat Mark Green’s NYC mayoral race that was interrupted and defined by 9/11…The best practices for campaign managers Jeremy has seen over the years…Jeremy’s time as Research Director on Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign and how Dean caught fire (temporarily)…How his time on the Dean campaign led to the formation of J Street…The first steps Jeremy took to get J Street off the ground…Jeremy cites the key moments early in the J Street experience that showed it was getting traction…Jeremy talks through some of the criticisms he and J Street have received from within the Jewish community…Jeremy gives his 101 on Jewish communal politics…Jeremy talks the rising threat of anti-Semitism and how it’s intertwined with the attacks on democracy…Jeremy’s thoughts on why the issue of settlements has become an important flashpoint in the Israeli / Palestinian debates…Jeremy weighs in on the impact of Benjamin Netanyahu…Why Jeremy wants to expunge the term “peace process” from the discussions of Israel and Palestine…How Jeremy thinks of one day passing the torch as President of J Street…Jeremy’s “strangest work habit”…AND…the 3 Ps, Mahmoud Abbas, the ADL, AIPAC, alphabet soup, John Anderson, asterisks in the polls, Michael Bloomberg, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, chopped salads, creeping annexation, the “Dean scream”, the Democracy Alliance, “dog and pony shows”, the first rule of holes, founder syndrome, Rudy Giuliani, hanging from the rafters, imprimaturs of seriousness, Martin Indyk, institutional infrastructure, invitations from Hogwarts, Dan Kurtzer, the Man from Hope, meetups, Aaron Miller, the NYC groove, the New York Times magazine, Barack Obama, Ehud Olmert, the Oval Office, the Palestinian Authority, panic attacks, Nancy Pelosi, Ronald Reagan, silent majorities, Rob Stein, talks about talks, a vocal left, Paul Wellstone, The West Wing, & more!

Send us a textLoretta Sanchez served 20 years in the US House, one of the first Democrats to breakthrough in historically GOP Orange County, CA. She also made history, with her sister Linda Sanchez, as the only two women related by family to serve in Congress. In this conversation, she talks growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in LA, her 1996 upset over GOP fixture Bob Dornan and the election contest that ensued, her 2016 election for Senate ultimately won by Kamala Harris, and memories & insights from two decades in the House.IN THIS EPISODECongresswoman Sanchez talks growing up in the LA-area as the daughter of Mexican immigrants…The candidate who her father walked door-to-door for, even before he could vote himself…Her path to running for office in the mid 1990s…Congresswoman Sanchez talks through the history and politics of Orange County, CA…The great story behind her 1996 upset of GOP icon Bob Dornan, a race dubbed “the upset of the decade” by Time Magazine…The year-long election contest that followed her 1996 victory…Congresswoman Sanchez’s memories of lunch with Joe Biden in 1997…She explains what makes Nancy Pelosi an effective party leader…Who Congresswoman Sanchez is keeping an eye on as the next generation of Democratic leaders in the House…The story behind the history-making election of sisters Loretta and Linda Sanchez as part of the same Congress…She recounts her decision to run for US Senate in 2016…Congresswoman Sanchez’s advice to Democrats who want to better communicate with Latino voters…The advice that Congresswoman Sanchez would offer AOC…Congresswoman Sanchez talks her current priorities and interests…AND…Pete Aguilar, Karen Bass, Barbara Boxer, Willie Brown, cause celebres, Chapman University, Gil Cisneros, Katherine Clark, Bill Clinton, Barbara Cubin, Blue Dogs, John Conyers, Lou Correa, Tom Daly, Willian Dannemeyer, David & Goliath, Val Demings, John Dingell, Veronica Escobar, Anna Eshoo, Sam Farr, Barney Frank, Georgetown, Dick Gephardt, Newt Gingrich, Al Gore, Lindsay Graham, green cards, Kamala Harris, Head Start, David Hobson, Hubert Humphrey, Italian Grandmas, Hakeem Jeffries, the Joint Economic Committee, Patrick Kennedy, Barbara Kennelly, Jerry McNerney, John McCain, George Miller, John Murtha, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Old Bulls, Colin Peterson, Katie Porter, Ed Rendell, Kathleen Rice, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Harley Rouda, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Rotary Clubs, Ronald Reagan, Tony Rodham, George Stephanopoulos, Univision, the Western White House, Pete Wilson, & more!

Send us a textScott Simpson, is a founder and managing partner of the direct mail firm Resonance Campaigns, one of the most successful Black-owned firms in politics.  In this epsiode, Scott talks growing up middle class in Massachussetts, early formative political experiences, his time working a pollster before making the jump to direct mail, and ultimately starting his own firm that helped elect - among many others - Joe Biden in 2020.IN THIS EPISODEThe political issue that kept an 8-year old Scott up at night…The election that made politics seem cool to Scott…The pol that left Scott star struck after seeing him on a plane…Scott’s first internship on a congressional campaign…Scott’s first (and only) job as a manager shows him managing might not be for him…Scott’s memories of working on DC Mayor Anthony Williams first campaign…Scott weighs in on the value of grad school for those who want to work in politics…An internship with pollster Celinda Lake makes an impact on Scott’s career…Important races early in Scott’s career in polling…What caused Scott to make the jump to direct mail and ultimately start his own direct mail firm…The most irritating comments mail consultants get from the rest of the team…Legislative races help Scott come into his own as a mail consultant…Scott lands Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign as an early client for his new direct mail firm…Scott helps Doug Jones break through in the 2017 Alabama Senate Special Election…Scott goes in depth on his role working for the Joe Biden 2020 campaign…What Scott’s learned in starting a successful political consulting firm…Scott talks his experience as one of the few Black-owned consulting firms…AND Dave Beattie, Shirin Bidel-Niyat, James Blaine, George W. Bush, Justin Caffrey, Campaigns and Elections Magazine, Tricia Cavell, DC jerks, Ray Dalio, Rich Davis, David Dixon, Jonathan Ducote, Michael Dukakis, Jeff Gumbinner, Elizabeth Guzman, Maren Hesla, the Kennedys, John Kerry, kitchen islands, Lancaster PA, Claire McCaskill, Jeremy McPike, mileage reimbursements, Robby Mook, Roy Moore, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Steve Murphy, Ed Peavy, phone calls at Costco, Joe Pitts, rookie cards, rotary phones, Elizabeth Sena, Donna Shalala, Oren Shur, Doc Sweitzer, Harry Teague, Rashida Tlaib, Jon Vogel, Sean Whitson, Xerox machines, Bobby Zirkin…& more!

Send us a textPatrick Ruffini has been on the cutting edge of politics for 20+ years, as one of the first wave of operatives working in the tech and digital political space. After working at the RNC in 2004, he started an early political tech firm and then formed Echelon Insights to merge political data and tech. In this conversation, Patrick talks his career trajectory, the advancement of digital political tools, and how American politics has evolved in the age of Donald Trump.IN THIS EPISODE…Patrick’s unusual bi-national upbringing…Patrick starts following politics at a very early age…A young Patrick on the cutting edge of the political boom on the internet…Patrick’s 1998 correspondence with Karl Rove…Patrick’s stint at the RNC in 2004….Patrick breaks down the tech impact of the Obama 2008 campaign…Patrick starts his own digital firm Engage…The importance of the 2012 GOP “autopsy” report on Patrick’s career…Patrick starts Echelon Insights with GOP pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson…Patrick’s advice on how to balance reliance on polling vs analytics…What Patrick has learned about social media listening…Patrick’s dissection about the recent populist direction of the Republican Party…Patrick talks of Glenn Youngkin-type candidates as the future of the GOP…Patrick’s take on the recent reduced racial polarization in the electorate…Patrick previews a book he’s working on that outlines a rising cross-racial coalition of the Republican Party…Patrick talks some of the new measurement tools he’s excited about…AND base politics, Joe Biden, blaming the internet, Blue State Digital, Scott Brown, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Eric Cantor, the center-right blogosphere, Mike Connell, Howard Dean, Chuck DeFeo, Becki Donatelli, Efficient Market Hypothesis, Facebook, Mindy Finn, governing agendas, Don Green, Mickey Kaus, John Kerry, Josh Marshall, John McCain, mybarackobama.com , RCTs, relational organizing, Mitt Romney, snake oil, Andrew Sullivan, the War on Terror, & more!

Send us a textAce Smith, Partner at Bearstar Strategies, has lived a fascinating political life intersecting with a long list of the most iconic figures of the last several decades...Harvey Milk, Pat and Jerry Brown, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, & many more. In this conversation, we talk his memories of growing up in a Bay Area political family, cutting his teeth in smaller races and opposition research, transitioning to running campaigns, his role in several key states for Hillary Clinton in 2008, and building Bearstar Strategies to become a dominant media and strategic firm. IN THIS EPISODEThe prominent Democratic pol Ace is named after…Ace remembers his father, Arlo, working for iconic CA politician Pat Brown…Ace’s memories of the 1966 surprise win of Ronald Reagan and similarities to the Trump 2016 win…Ace talks about Harvey Milk, the groundbreaking LGBT pol, that he knew personally…Ace’s personal connection to the Harvey Milk / George Moscone assassination…Ace weighs in on why the Bay Area is a breeding ground for many of the state’s most successful politicians…Ace talks the value of working small, local races…Why Ace left a successful career in California politics to start fresh in DC…A fateful 1987 meeting between Ace and a young Rahm Emanuel…How opposition research gets Ace’s foot in the door in DC politics…Ace talks his formula for being an effective political researcher…Ace’s role in the Bill Clinton 1992 Presidential campaign…Ace gives insight about Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton from knowing both personally for decades…Ace talks running Texas and North Carolina for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primaries…Ace’s best practices of what makes a good campaign manager…Ace gives a California Politics 101 of what makes CA politics different…Ace gives a case study from the Kamala Harris 2010 Attorney General’s race…Ace talks the rise of Bearstar Strategies…Ace on what makes Jerry Brown so unique…Ace talks the strategy utilized (and defining moment) to beat back the 2021 recall attempt against Gavin Newsom…Ace looks back on the 2020 Kamala Harris Presidential campaign in which he was involved…Ace’s insight on building political teams…Ace’s agenda for anyone visiting the Bay Area…AND David Axelrod, Albert Camus, chaotic minds, Richard M. Daley, dearths and deluges, disappointing Political Science classes, Mike Dukakis, Joe Freitas, Gallic Wars, Averell Harriman, Fred Harris, hippie journey years, Harry Johnston, Tom Lynch, George McGovern, news pyramids, the political club movement, printing obscenities, Robert Redford, Bernie Sanders, Arlo Smith, Adlai Stevenson, testing hunches, Donald Trump, the twinkie defense, Elizabeth Warren, Dan White … & more!

Send us a textAnnie Levene is a partner at the leading Democratic digital firm Rising Tide Interactive, where she’s run digital strategy for the presidential campaign of Senator Amy Klobuchar as well as elected officials including Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Jacky Rosen, Kyrsten Sinema, Heidi Heitkamp, Governor Kate Brown, and Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy. In this conversation, Annie talks her path to working in politics and gives her insights and best practices on all things digital politics.IN THIS EPISODE…Annie talks growing up in Rochester in Western New York…The documentary that helped draw Annie to working in politics…Annie interns for her hometown Congresswoman Louise Slaughter…Annie’s path to working in digital Democratic politics…Annie talks the digital strategy for Heidi Heitkamp’s underdog campaign in North Dakota…Annie outlines the different roles digital serves in small states versus larger states…Important lessons Annie learned after being let go from a campaign…Annie talks her role running digital strategy for the Amy Klobuchar Presidential campaign…Annie compliments digital strategy of some of the rival campaigns from the 2020 primary elections…Annie talks some of the important digital lessons from the 2018 Jacky Rosen Senate campaign…Annie weighs in on the different hats a digital consultant can wear in advising a campaign…Annie’s take on the “ethics of fundraising emails” and “quadruple matching”…Annie’s thoughts on measurements and metrics for digital communications…Annie talks the “right” range digital should consume of a media budget…Annie busts some myths about how voters consume digital media…Annie’s take on how to think about twitter vs Tik Tok vs Facebook…Annie looks 5-10 years in the future of digital politics…The lessons Annie learned from a shoestring campaign in Peoria, IL…Annie’s advice to those who want to be successful working in digital politics…AND…Rita Ali, anti-horse slaughter bills, Cory Booker, Hillary Clinton, coded acronyms, Andy Cohen, DMA maps, Preston Elliott, Facebook ad archives, floating heads, Gourmet Magazine, Kay Hagan, House Majority PAC, Hulu, Eli Kaplan, Danny Kazin, Klobuchar hot dish recipes, MVAR media, Midwest Mom vibes, Modern Family, movie reviews, Mike Muir, Stephanie Murphy, Jon Ossoff, Nancy Pelosi, Jacky Rosen, sliding door moments, spitfires, terrible job markets, Watch What Happens Live, Elizabeth Warren, webmasters, Wildfire Contact, & more!

Send us a textEmily Parcell is blazing her own path through the political industry...part of the famed 2004 Dick Gephardt Iowa operation, Iowa Political Director for the 2008 Obama Caucus effort, running Indiana for the 2008 Obama general election, starting Wildfire Contact's direct mail arm, helping Democrats win tough races, heading up the Warren 2020 effort as a senior aide...and much more. In this conversation, Emily talks her small town Iowa roots, important stops along her political career, and insights and advice from 2 decades in the political trenches.IN THIS EPISODEEmily talks about growing up in small town Iowa…Emily’s hometown connection to Tom Vilsack…Emily’s Iowa Politics 101…Emily’s memories of staffing Senator Tom Harkin up close and personal…Emily talks being part of the influential Gephardt 2004 Iowa Caucus effort…Emily talks running the Iowa State Senate Democratic Caucus and de-mystifies what legislative campaigns looks like…Emily talks her role as Barack Obama’s Iowa Political Director during the magical 2008 Caucus campaign…Emily’s memories of running Indiana for Obama in 2008, one of the biggest presidential upsets in a generation…Emily’s accidental path to direct mail and her important early races as a mail consultant…Emily talks starting her current firm Wildfire Contact…Emily talks her experiences in a senior role of the 2020 Warren for President campaign…Emily’s advice to political operatives early in their careers…AND…the Atlas Project,  BDSM liaisons, battle cries and covers songs, Birch Bayh, Sarah Benzing, Joe Biden, Sherrod Brown, Susie Buffett, Bill Burton, Cheri Bustos, Jon Carson, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, cougars, Abby Curran, Tom Daschle, Sharice Davids, Raghu Devaguptapu, Preston Elliott, fake glasses, Abby Finkenauer, Lee Fisher, Marygrace Galston, Dan Geldon, Jane Gephardt, Grandma Jenny, Al Gore, Mike Gronstal, Josh Grossfeld, Lucinda Guinn, ice cream spoons, Iowa Nice, Jason Isbell, Charlie Kelly, John F. Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, John Lapp, Roger Lau, Andrew LaVigne, Dean Levitan, Jeff Link, Jill Long Thompson, Travis Lowe, Leslie Martes, John McCain, Motorola, mousetrap minds, Andrew Myers, BJ Neidhardt, John Norris, Jen O’Malley Dillon, Kristen Orthman, Rohan Patel, Palm Pilots, Rebecca Pearcey, Aaron Pickrell, David Plouffe, Jessica Post, Joe Rospars, Mitch Stewart, Jonathan Swain, Tailgates with Tom, Suzie Terrell, Kip Tew, Paul Tewes, Caroline Valand, Doug Vilsack, Wartburg College, & more!

Send us a textMark Putnam, Democratic media strategist and founder of Putnam Partners, has helped elect 11 Governors, 10 Senators, and dozens of members of Congress. In this conversation, Mark talks growing up in Alaska, his unconventional path to working in political media, early races on which he cut his teeth, helping elect Presidents Obama and Biden, how to think about “viral” ads, some of his favorite spots, and smart insights from one of the most successful careers in political media.IN THIS EPISODE…Mark talks what it’s like growing up in Alaska…Mark remembers the tragic disappearance of of Congressman Nick Begich…How Mark thinks of Alaska politics 101…A memorable meeting a teenage Mark had with Senator Ted Stevens…Mark explains the connection between his college major in Molecular Biology and what he does now…How Geraldine Ferraro helped a novice Mark get into political consulting…The iconic political admakers Mark apprenticed under…The 1986 Senate race Mark first put his stamp on…The losing 1994 Governor’s race where Mark learned an important lesson…Mark’s thoughts on using humor in political advertising…Mark’s opportunity to help elect a friend a state Attorney General…Mark’s rules of thumb on videos going viral…What Mark thinks is unique about a Putnam Partners ad…Mark talks through the media behind Heidi Heitkamp’s upset Senate win in 2012…Mark makes a believer out of a skeptical Governor Bill Richardson on an out-of-the-box idea…The two moments Mark remembers most from working for the 2008 Obama campaign…Mark helms “the most expensive political ad ever made”…Mark’s role in the 2020 pro-Biden Unite the County Super PAC ads…Mark tells a wild story from a local New Jersey race when he was repeatedly threatened for trying to do the job…Mark talks what he’s learned about running a business and building a team…Mark’s weirdest work habit…Mark’s advice for the next generation of political media consultants…AND…August releases, David Axelrod, Mark Begich, Joe Biden, Randy Bryce, Ken Burns, Chuck Chvala, Jim Clyburn, the consideration set, Chancy Croft, Jeremiah Denton, Michael Dukakis, Ellis Island, Carter Eskew, Peter Fenn, forcefields of appeal, gold Cadillacs, Al Gore, Davis Guggenheim, Bob Graham, Mike Gravel, The Great Alaska Earthquake, John Gregg, Jay Hammond, MJ Hegar, Tom King, Bill Knapp, Tony Knowles, MTV, Jim Margolis, Mitch McConnell, Amy McGrath, Steve Murphy, Nordstrom, Tom Ochs, Ozzy Osbourne, Mike Pence, the Philadelphia, David Plouffe, Hal Riney, Joe Salazar, Terry Sanford, Steve Schale, Richard Shelby, Paul Simon, Tony Soprano, Bob Squier, Mark Squier, Tommy Thompson, Donald Trump, the valiant effort reel, Phil Weiser, John Zaccaro, Laura Zaccaro, & more!

Send us a textMichael Barone, senior political analyst at the Washington examiner, is one of the most important political writers and thinkers of his time. He helped found the Almanac of American Politics in the early 70s and was the lead author for decades. He worked in politics himself, before transitioning to a role as a journalist, author, and pundit - always being an incisive and influential analyst of American politics at each stop along the way. In this conversation, we talk his roots in post-war Detroit, his time working for Democratic candidates and as a Democratic pollster, founding the Almanac, moving from left-of-center to right-of-center, and he gives his thoughts on some of the most pressing issues facing the political system and country today.IN THIS EPISODE…Michael’s memories of growing up in post-war Detroit…The first election Michael remembers in detail…The up-and-coming politician Michael worked for at an important time…Michael talks his movement from liberal to conservative…Michael shares his memories of being on the scene during the momentous 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention…The off-hand comment that led to Michael’s involvement in forming and writing the Almanac of American Politics…Michael talks the nuts and bolts that have gone into writing the Almanac for 40 years…Michael spends several years working with legendary Democratic pollster Peter Hart…The time when Senator Joe Biden took issue with something Michael wrote in the Almanac…Michael remembers the impact of Senator Pat Moynihan…Some of Michael’s favorite political convention memories…Michael’s involvement in the infamous 1980 convention fights between the forces of Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy…How Michael makes the jump from political consultant to an opinion writer and journalist…The 3 books that shaped Michael’s political thinking…Michael’s thoughts on today’s political writing…Michael talks the unusual place that California holds in today’s politics…Michael’s take on the current state of both political parties…Michael compares today’s political scene to the politics of the 1880s…Michael’s current view on what demographics tell us about politics…The issue of the last decade on which Michael wishes he’d have been much more active…AND…the 1967 Detroit riots, 8 Mile Road, the UAW, US-16, the arsenal of democracy, Dan Balz, Big 3 Auto Companies, baloney and malarkey, David Broder, James Buchanan, George W. Bush, Pat Caddell, Jimmy Carter, Jerome Cavanaugh, Bill Clinton, Geoffrey Cowan, Mario Cuomo, Richard D. Daley, Duke University, Dwight Eisenhower, flotsam and jetsam, Gerald Ford, John Kenneth Galbraith, Newt Gingrich, Meg Greenfield, Martha Griffiths, Jon Grinspan, John Gunther, Lou Harris, Hubert Humphrey, Al Hunt, Jim Hunt, Harold Ickes, Jesse Jackson, John Judis, Jack Kemp, John Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, V.O. Key, Lyndon Johnson, John Lindsay, Samuel Lubell, Madison Square Garden, Walter Mondale, The Moynihan Report, Wade McCree, George McGovern, Ralph Nader, Newton’s Second Law of Motion, Richard Nixon, Kirk O’Donnell, Tip O’Neill, Charles Oakman, Barack Obama, obvious impractical proposals, Nancy Pelosi, podium passes, prayers of political scientists, Franklin Pierce, David Price, Oliver Quayle, Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan, recessed steering columns, Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, Tim Russert, E.E. Schattschneider, Mark Shields, superdelegates, supply side economics, John Paul Stevens, Ted Stevens Airport, Ruy Teixeria, Bob Torricelli, Donald Trump, Grant Ujifusa, Carl Wagner, George Wallace, Woodrow Wilson, Worland Wyoming, Sam Yorty, Coleman Young, & more!