ITT: What major politicians have you met?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Romney at his Utah Senate debate, Sanders at the Henderson Nevada rally, and Yang at Nevada SEIU.

Meet or just saw?

[Rookie Yinzer]

Lucy McBath
Elizabeth Warren
Hank Johnson
John Lewis
Sonny Perdue
Nathan Deal
Stacey Abrams

Maybe some others at Dem events here and there....

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Donald Trump
Gary Johnson
Ron Paul
Allen West
Marco Rubio
Lindsey Graham
Tim Pawlenty
Roger Stone
Bill McCollum
Matt Gaetz
Ben Carson
Rudy Giuliani
Adam Putnam
Claude Kirk
Ken Cuccinelli

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

Deborah Ross

[YE]

No one (don’t engage in politics aside from Atlas).

[Rules for me, but not for thee]

Met briefly with a few, I guess:

Harry Browne (if you count that he was at least semi-famous as an author)
Paul Wellstone
Jesse Ventura

[NOVA Green]

Don't hang out in the same social circles as many of y'all being a small-town kid from Downstate Oregon.

These are folks I met in small close environments, no campaign rallies, just in groups of 20-50 people having conversations with political figures about a wide variety of issues (Real Town Halls)....

Fred Oerther (1990 Libertarian GE OR-GOV Candidate):

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/12/us/lines-are-drawn-in-oregon-battle-on-marijuana-referendum.html

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900812&slug=1087414


Randy Prince (1990 Republican Primary OR-SEN Candidate)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oregon

https://theworldlink.com/news/local/court-strikes-down-lng-project-appeal/article_567199a8-98d5-5967-98a6-ed10380bc883.html

Harry Lonsdale (1990 Democratic GE OR-SEN Candidate)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lonsdale

https://www.bendbulletin.com/obituaries/2651241-151/harry-lonsdale

https://www.amazon.com/Running-Politics-Power-Harry-Lonsdale/dp/0759676267

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-22-mn-2249-story.html


Mike DeWine: (OH- US REP SEN, OH-REP AG, OH-REP GOV)

Not sure how much introduction Mike needs on Atlas, compared to the others, but yes have drunk iced tea and ate cookies on his old home front porch with his wife back in the early '90s in SW Ohio just down the road from where I was living at the time....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DeWine

[Gustaf]

US politicians:

Rand Paul
Pete Stauber
Tim Waltz

[Former President tack50]

The highest ranking politician I have met has been Jose Manuel Soria, who at the time was Minister of Industry; and also a former mayor of my town and former president of the island council.

I have also met Juan Fernando López Aguilar, who at the time was just a backbench MEP, but who had been Minister of Justice in the first Zapatero cabinet.

In a summer camp I did I also met a PP politician who was the mayor of the small Castillian town the summer camp was in. He is now a Senator, so I guess he did pretty well. He certainly seemed like a nice guy.

Finally I have also met a handful of EU politicians when I went to the EU parliament, but can't remember who they were; and 1 local politician who again I can't remember well.

[TDAS04]

Only counting those I've interacted with:

Dennis Daugaard
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Dusty Johnson
Tim Johnson

I've also seen John Thune, George McGovern, Tom Daschle, Bill Janklow, and Jim Abourezk in person.  Bill and Hillary Clinton too, at a campaign rally.

Can't think of any others who were at least a US representative.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Romney at his Utah Senate debate, Sanders at the Henderson Nevada rally, and Yang at Nevada SEIU.

Meet or just saw?

Met all of them. Talked with Yang the most. But Romney was the nicest out of them by far.

Nice. I've asked because I noticed many people tend to present simply seeing a public figure from up close as "meeting".

[NOVA Green]

Don't hang out in the same social circles as many of y'all being a small-town kid from Downstate Oregon.

These are folks I met in small close environments, no campaign rallies, just in groups of 20-50 people having conversations with political figures about a wide variety of issues (Real Town Halls)....

Fred Oerther (1990 Libertarian GE OR-GOV Candidate):

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/12/us/lines-are-drawn-in-oregon-battle-on-marijuana-referendum.html

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900812&slug=1087414


Randy Prince (1990 Republican Primary OR-SEN Candidate)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oregon

https://theworldlink.com/news/local/court-strikes-down-lng-project-appeal/article_567199a8-98d5-5967-98a6-ed10380bc883.html

Harry Lonsdale (1990 Democratic GE OR-SEN Candidate)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lonsdale

https://www.bendbulletin.com/obituaries/2651241-151/harry-lonsdale

https://www.amazon.com/Running-Politics-Power-Harry-Lonsdale/dp/0759676267

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-22-mn-2249-story.html


Mike DeWine: (OH- US REP SEN, OH-REP AG, OH-REP GOV)

Not sure how much introduction Mike needs on Atlas, compared to the others, but yes have drunk iced tea and ate cookies on his old home front porch with his wife back in the early '90s in SW Ohio just down the road from where I was living at the time....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DeWine

Dave relaxed the rules so here I will post the official policy platform statements for a few candidates in Oregon, who I met live in person during a pivotal time in Oregon Politics....

Here is Fred Oerther's Oregon Voter pamphlet from the 1990 OR-GOV GE:



Here is Randy Prince's Oregon Voter pamphlet statement from the 1990 OR-SEN-PUB PRIM:



Here is Harry Lonsdale's Voter pamphlet statement from the 1990 OR-SEN-GE:



Thanks to Dave & Virginia for relaxing certain rules regarding posting of images that required an extensively long approval process, even for posters without priors and citing from public sourced domains....

Oregon was going through a dramatic transformation when the late '80s hit....

Our economy and unemployment rate were the hardest hit at the heights of the Reagan Recession of the early '80s....

Reagan's solution to deal with "stagflation" and associated monetary policies of the regime essentially stopped housing starts cold in the tracts.

The economy of Oregon at that time was 40% dependent upon Timber and Mills throughout the state were shuttered and workers furloughed and Oregon experienced one if not the highest unemployment rate in the Nation.

The bosses in the Mid '80s promised us the Tech would be the salvation, as Timber went from 40% of Oregon GDP t0 20% and Tech caught up....

Then the Bush Sr recession of the '80s hit, and once again Oregonians  are suffering....

Bill Clinton comes in and Timber and "Old Growth" Wars heat up in Oregon with the false dichotomy of jobs vs envt and meanwhile the Rednecks & Hippy "downstate Oregonians" do what they do best during recessions... grow some Weed on the black market to support the family while stable jobs are not in large demand.

Met these Oregonian figures during that time, and Mike DeWine when I was out in College in Ohio, literally a 25 Minute drive from his front porch.

No voters pamphlet, but his wife has iced tea and cookies prepared as local environmentalists from a wide variety of backgrounds chatted with him on the front porch about the EPA loophole that allowed hazardous waste to be burnt in cement kilns, including one less than 30 miles away....

[America Needs R'hllor]

Had a substantial interaction with:

* Former MK Michal Biran (Labour)
* MK Stav Shaffir (Labour)
* Former MK Merav Michaeli (Labour)

Have seen many others speak, but didn't have a really substantial interaction with them.

[DINGO Joe]

My involvement in politics was in the 1988-90 cycle thus the following

Future Prez Bill Clinton and again after his Prez

Sen Robert Byrd
Sen John Breaux
Sen Quentin Burdick
Sen Paul Simon
Sen Frank Lautenberg
Sen Lawton Chiles
Former Sen Birch Bayh
Gov Ann Richards

Speaker of the House Jim Wright
Congressman Buddy McKay

La Politicians

Edwin Edwards
John Kennedy
David Vitter
Bill Jefferson
John Bel Edwards
Mary Landrieu
Mitch Landrieu

[nclib]

David Price
Bob Etheridge
Brad Miller
Deborah Ross
Carolyn Maloney

[Devout Centrist]

David Price
Bob Etheridge
Brad Miller
Deborah Ross
Carolyn Maloney

You met Deborah Ross?? What was she like?

[brucejoel99]

Listing individuals with the office they held or had last held when I met them, rather than whatever office they may hold today:

People I've actually interacted with:
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) (June 2007)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) (January 2008, December 2013, April 2014)
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) (January 2008, October 2018)
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (January 2008)
Fmr. Pres. Bill Clinton (D-AR) (December 2011)
Mayor Greg Ross (I-FL) (September 2013)
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (January 2014)
Fmr. State Rep. Dan Gelber (D-FL) (April 2014)
Fmr. Mayor Joe Geller (D-FL) (April 2014)
Fmr. Gov. Charlie Crist (D-FL) (April 2014)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) (July 2016)
Fmr. Dade Party Chair Annette Taddeo (D-FL) (July 2016)
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) (August 2016)
Roger Stone (R-FL) (June 2017)
Mayor Andrew Gillum (D-FL) (August 2018, September 2018)
County Commissioner John Dailey (D-FL) (October 2018)
Fmr. Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) (October 2018)
Fmr. State Sen. John Thrasher (R-FL) (April 2019)
Mayor Lauren Poe (D-FL) (August 2019)
Mayor Frank Ortis (D-FL) (August 2019)

In addition to those above, I've also seen (but didn't meet) the following:
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) (June 2007)
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (June 2007)
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) (June 2007)
Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) (June 2007)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) (June 2007)
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) (June 2007)
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (June 2007)
Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) (June 2007)
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) (June 2007)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (June 2007)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (June 2007)
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (June 2007)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (June 2007)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) (June 2007)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (June 2007)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (ID-VT) (June 2007)
Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) (June 2007)
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) (June 2007)
Fmr. Secretary Donna Shalala (D-FL) (September 2007)
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) (September 2007)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) (November 2012)
Fmr. Gov. Charlie Crist (I-FL) (November 2012)
Pres. Barack Obama (D-IL) (November 2012)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) (July 2016)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) (July 2016)
Fmr. Rep. Joe Garcia (D-FL) (July 2016)
Fmr. Secretary Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (July 2016)
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) (July 2016)
State Secretary Anne Holton (D-VA) (July 2016)
Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) (February 2017)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) (February 2017)
Chief Justice Jorge Labarga (I-FL) (October 2017)
Lt. Gov.-nominee Chris King (D-FL) (September 2018)
Fmr. Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) (January 2019)
Fmr. First Lady Michelle Obama (D-IL) (May 2019)

As you can tell, I'm a Floridian (as if my avatar doesn't give it away) who watched the proceedings of the Senate from the gallery in June 2007.

[Del Tachi]

Only the big, big names:

Donald Trump (met at RNC headquarters, 2016)
Barack Obama (attended SOTU, 2012 and met at the White House, 2013)
Jimmy Carter (met at Plains Baptist Church, 2018)
Joe Biden (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2012)
John Kerry (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011 and met as U.S. Secretary of State, 2013)
John McCain (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011)
Marco Rubio (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011)

I've met with a lot of Mississippi politicians - but the only notable ones are Cochran, Wicker and Barbour.

[nclib]

David Price
Bob Etheridge
Brad Miller
Deborah Ross
Carolyn Maloney

You met Deborah Ross?? What was she like?

She was pleasant and friendly. I actually also met her before she was a politician and was the head of the ACLU-NC. I have always been impressed with her commitment to those issues.

[NOVA Green]

Only the big, big names:

Donald Trump (met at RNC headquarters, 2016)
Barack Obama (attended SOTU, 2012 and met at the White House, 2013)
Jimmy Carter (met at Plains Baptist Church, 2018)
Joe Biden (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2012)
John Kerry (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011 and met as U.S. Secretary of State, 2013)
John McCain (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011)
Marco Rubio (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011)

I've met with a lot of Mississippi politicians - but the only notable ones are Cochran, Wicker and Barbour.

Wow--- that's a pretty big list of some major known heavy hitters esp between '11 > '16 !

Looks like some pretty good resume material if you are an Op, Lobbyist, or directly involved in the world of Washington Politics....

The '11/'12 experience indicates a certain background....

Personally, the most impressive item on that list was meeting Jimmy Carter in '18 considering how many folks wait in line just for the opportunity to hear him speak....

https://www.ajc.com/news/what-takes-see-jimmy-carter-teach-sunday-school-plains/e5Tw1LDvnAspvr1fY2OCbL/

[Del Tachi]

Only the big, big names:

Donald Trump (met at RNC headquarters, 2016)
Barack Obama (attended SOTU, 2012 and met at the White House, 2013)
Jimmy Carter (met at Plains Baptist Church, 2018)
Joe Biden (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2012)
John Kerry (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011 and met as U.S. Secretary of State, 2013)
John McCain (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011)
Marco Rubio (met on the floor of the U.S. Senate, 2011)

I've met with a lot of Mississippi politicians - but the only notable ones are Cochran, Wicker and Barbour.

Wow--- that's a pretty big list of some major known heavy hitters esp between '11 > '16 !

Looks like some pretty good resume material if you are an Op, Lobbyist, or directly involved in the world of Washington Politics....

The '11/'12 experience indicates a certain background....

Personally, the most impressive item on that list was meeting Jimmy Carter in '18 considering how many folks wait in line just for the opportunity to hear him speak....

https://www.ajc.com/news/what-takes-see-jimmy-carter-teach-sunday-school-plains/e5Tw1LDvnAspvr1fY2OCbL/

Attending Carter's Bible study was definitely the most intimate of these occasions.  It was a short lesson (maybe only 20-25 minutes), but President and Mrs. Carter were extremely gracious with and chatted with all the guests afterwards.  We arrived from Athens the night before and got to the church (with lots of coffee) at 4:00 a.m.

The Trump meeting was interesting, but pretty uneventful.  I was doing some low-level staffing for Republican Senator who was meeting with him and Republican leadership at the RNC that day.  My job was to pretty much to carry briefing books and get coffee.  I didn't even get to do the whole "[Shakes hands]Hi my name is..." thing with Trump, but I did get to see him interact with other politicians in a no-media type of environment, which I guess is a pretty rare insight.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Howard Dean
Gavin Newsom
Jerry Brown
Ro Khanna
Mike Honda
Ami Bera

[SWE]

Bob Dole

Seen Obama in person but never met him

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Tim Walz
Amy Klobuchar
Keith Ellison
Al Franken, including outside of a political event (sucks that anecdote is kind of ruined now)

A lot more if including ones I saw in person but didn't speak to or shake hands.

[FairBol]

Not a lot of national names....but....

Connecticut House of Reps Minority Leader Themis Klarides
Former (and maybe future) candidate for CT Governor Bob Stefanowski
Col. (and former Congressman) Allen West
Senator Marco Rubio (I think)

...not too many, but heh