Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He mema ia ki te
2004 Democratic National Convention me te kaiwhakahaere pakanga (mo nga rohe e wha o te raki o Iowa) i te kaupapa perehitini a John Kerry i te tau 2004. He kaimahi ia mo te Kaunihera o te Kaunihera a Brian Schoenjahn, me te kaiwhakaako mo te Kaunihera o te Kaunihera a Pat Deluhery. I te 13 o ōna tau, ka haere ia ki te whare taone o Davenport, ā, ka tautohetohe ki te ture mo ngā rangatahi. I nga pooti perehitini o te United States i te tau 2008, ko ia te Kaiwhakahaere Torangapu o te Rawhiti o Iowa mo te Whakatairanga Perehitini a Barack Obama.