Former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus to Tour South Dakota for Obama
Stops scheduled in Madison, Watertown and Brookings Wednesday; on Thursday, Mabus to be joined by former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan for visits to Lennox, Beresford, Yankton, and Vermillion
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Obama supporter and former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus will speak at events across eastern South Dakota this Wednesday and Thursday as part of the Obama campaign's "Change is Coming" community conversations. On Wednesday, Mabus will visit Madison, Watertown and Brookings. On Thursday, he will be accompanied by former Missouri U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan at stops in Lennox, Beresford, Yankton, and Vermillion. The events will offer South Dakotans the opportunity to continue their dialogue with the Obama campaign about the issues impacting them most, and learn about Senator Obama's plans to provide affordable health care to every American, fix our struggling schools, and end the costly war in Iraq.
The town hall-style events are free and open to the public. Click here for more information and to RSVP.
Mabus, who governed Mississippi from 1988 to 1992, also served as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in the Clinton Administration and as legal counsel to the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. As Governor, he championed one of the nation's most comprehensive education reform programs, giving teachers the largest pay raise in America. Fortune magazine named him one of the top 10 education Governors in the nation, and in 1999 a Jackson Clarion-Ledger poll Mississippians chose Mabus as their best Governor of the millennium.
Carnahan was First Lady of Missouri from 1993-2000 and represented Missouri in the U.S. Senator from 2001-2002. She was the first woman to represent the state in the United States Senate. As First Lady, U.S. Senator, author, and activist, Carnahan has been a champion for working families in Missouri and across the country.
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