Sunday, November 12, 2017

Democrat Henry Names Campaign Co-Managers

 

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Democrat Henry Names Campaign Co-Managers 

                                          Kristen Henry                   Karlena Henry


HERNANDO - Jim Henry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in the 11th Florida district, has appointed two people to co-chair his campaign, including his daughter, who may be the youngest congressional campaign chairman ever. 
Kristen Henry, 14, is a freshman at Lecanto High School in the Pre-International Baccalaureate program. 
"I took Kristen with me to the Democratic conference in Orlando recently and I was pleased by how engaged she was in the whole process. We attended caucus meetings for LGBTA, environmental issues and the Young Democrats Training Academy," Jim Henry said. 
"On top of that, she helped do a phone bank for St. Petersburg Mayor Kriseman, as I did, and she was the one who kept track of the schedule and kept me pointing in the right direction. She was a great help all weekend." 
Jim Henry was not surprised Kristen enjoyed the experience.  
"I cut my teeth politically being a member of the Massachusetts Coalition for a Democratic Future, serving as First C.D. director for several years in my 20s. It was a great experience, " he said. 
Wondering if there had ever been a 14-year-old campaign manager for congress, Jim Henry searched on Google, and found an article about a young man who was just out of high school and managing his first campaign, so he thinks that at 14, Kristen would set the new standard. She will be focusing on recruiting youth to help her father’s campaign. 
“We need more than 5,400 good signatures from registered voters in the 11th C.D. to get my name on the ballot next spring. We need all the help we can get to get that done,” Jim Henry said. 
Kristen Henry's co-chair will also be a member of his family. Karlena Henry, the candidate's sister, will be focusing on relations with friends, family and allies in Massachusetts. 
"Karlena is also an Ada Comstock Scholar at the prestigious Smith College in Northampton, Mass. She said there is a strong Democratic presence at Smith, and she is going to recruit them to work on the campaign. In these days where so many campaign functions can be done online, we will take help wherever it comes, though we still need boots on the ground in the district." 
Jim Henry said he will be focusing on recruiting volunteers and eventually some paid staff in Florida.  
"We're covering all the bases here. We have a lot of work to do to flip this seat from red to blue, but we are assembling a team to make that happen," he said. 
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