Lawyer, former head of DOJ Civil Rights Division. Education: Brown, Harvard, KSG. From the Hill article it looks like he was asked to run. It appears some unease with Ellison who doesn't have it locked up. Besides Ellison, South Carolina Chairman Jaime Harrison and New Hampshire Chairman Ray Buckley also running. Howard Dean withdrew.
NY Times article 12/12/16
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/po ... .html?_r=0
Washington Post article 12/13/16
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html
The Hill article 12/8/16
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/30 ... r-dnc-race
Speech at ACS (Amer Constit. Soc) 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxW55kAGknE
Speech at AFSCME (public employees) 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byV_O_6C0gU
With Bill Maher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alnOJxnBkj4
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