Adam Parkhomenko

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Adam Parkhomenko
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Born (1985-10-22) October 22, 1985 (age 39)
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation(s)Former National Field Director, Democratic National Committee
Known forFounder of Ready for Hillary
Political party Democratic
PartnerAlly Sammarco (2021-present)
Children2

Adam Parkhomenko (born October 22, 1985) is an American political strategist and organizer who served in 2016 as the national field director for the Democratic National Committee. [1] He was the co-founder and executive director of Ready for Hillary, a super PAC established to persuade Hillary Clinton to run for the presidency of the United States in 2016. [2] [3] [4] In the 2017 party election, Parkhomenko was a candidate for vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. [5]

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Career

As a 17-year-old student in 2003 at Northern Virginia Community College, Parkhomenko set up VoteHillary.org, an independent website that urged voters to vote for Hillary Clinton during the 2004 Democratic presidential primary. [6] [7] [8] [9] He later ran Draft Hillary for President 2004, which was founded in 2003 and shut down in 2004. [10]

HillPAC, Clinton's political action committee, hired Parkhomenko as a staffer while he was leading Draft Hillary for President 2004. [10] [11] [12] [13] He worked in various capacities for Clinton, including a stint as assistant to Clinton's campaign manager during the 2008 Democratic primary. [14] [15] He left the Clinton presidential campaign in March 2008. [12]

Shortly after leaving the Clinton campaign, Parkhomenko launched Vote Both with Sam Arora. [14] [16] [17] Vote Both was an independent expenditure committee dedicated to persuading then-Senator Barack Obama—at the time the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee—to pick Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate. [14] [16] [17] Vote Both ceased operations in late July 2008, when it became clear to Parkhomenko and Arora that Obama would not select Clinton as his running mate. [17]

At the age of 23, Parkhomenko ran for the Democratic nomination for the 47th district in the Virginia House of Delegates during the 2009 Virginia state primary elections. [18] [19] His candidacy was endorsed by Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark and Patsy Ticer. [20] [21] [22] Parkhomenko finished third among five candidates in the Democratic primary to replace Al Eisenberg. [23]

In January 2013, Parkhomenko and Allida Black, a George Washington University historian and professor, launched Ready for Hillary, a super PAC that aimed to persuade Hillary Clinton to run for the presidency of the United States in 2016. [2] [24] [25] Parkhomenko served as executive director of the PAC. [2] Most of the other staff members from Ready for Hillary were not offered positions on the campaign, causing some hostility [26]

In early April 2015, Parkhomenko left Ready for Hillary to join Clinton's official campaign as its director of grassroots engagement. [27] He also served as the state director for the Maryland and District of Columbia primaries, which Clinton won by 30 and 58 points, respectively. [28] [29] [30] [31]

In September 2016, Parkhomenko was named the national field director for the Democratic National Committee. [1]

Immediately following the 2016 presidential election, Parkhomenko announced his run for vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. [32] His campaign was unsuccessful.

Parkhomenko co-founded Party Majority PAC, a super PAC focused on grassroots organizing and electing Democrats. [33]

In 2020 Politico named Parkhomenko's prediction that Jaime Harrison would win the U.S. Senate election in South Carolina one of "the most audacious, confident and spectacularly incorrect prognostications about the year." [34]

Personal life

Parkhomenko was born in Washington, DC and raised in Arlington, Virginia. [35] He is a graduate of Washington-Lee High School, Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University. [35] Parkhomenko founded Ready for Hillary while attending George Mason. He also served as a reserve police officer during this period. [36]

Parkhomenko met Ally Sammarco in 2021 and they became engaged in 2022. [37]

References

  1. 1 2 Seitz-Wald, Alex (September 1, 2016). "DNC Expands Footprint in Arizona, Georgia, Utah". NBC News.
  2. 1 2 3 "Group is assembling building blocks of campaign". Buffalo News. 1 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Toby Harnden (4 August 2013). "Bid to get youth vote for Hillary". The Sunday Times.
  4. ↑ Philip Rucker Matea Gold (22 June 2013). "Early allies, and concerns, for Clinton". The Washington Post.
  5. ↑ "Meet Adam". Archived from the original on 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  6. ↑ Mark Leibovich (24 September 2003). "Run? Hillary? Run?; Clinton Is One of the Few Who Say She Won't". The Washington Post.
  7. ↑ Mark Leibovich (17 November 2003). "Iowa Ruckus; The Draft-Hillary Camps Push Their Buttons, and Each Other's". The Washington Post.
  8. ↑ Jill Lawrence (23 September 2003). "How firm is Hillary's no?; She says she won't run in '04, but speculation persists". USA Today.
  9. ↑ Tony Allen-Mills (29 September 2003). "Grassroots geeks hanker for Hillary - US Elections 2004". The Australian.
  10. 1 2 IAN BISHOP (15 August 2005). "RUN OF THE HILL HIRING - '08 PREZ BOOST". New York Post.
  11. ↑ "First U.S. Aid Arrives in Myanmar; West Virginia Voters Head to Polls; Deadly Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma the Hardest; Gas Prices Impacts RV Vacations; Earthquake in China Buries Students in Rubble". CNN: American Morning. 12 May 2008.
  12. 1 2 "Mayor Emerges From Parent's Basement To Endorse". The Hotline. 14 March 2008.
  13. ↑ "Democrats Have Reason to Celebrate: Hill PAC Is Back". The Washington Post. 23 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 Amy Chozick (6 June 2008). "Campaign '08: Growing Number of Clinton Backers Push for 'Dream Ticket,' Despite Long Odds". The Wall Street Journal.
  15. ↑ "Killing The Dream". The Hotline. 12 May 2008.
  16. 1 2 Michael Falcone. "The Vice Presidency". National Desk; SECTA.
  17. 1 2 3 "Clinton for VP drive folds, as hopes for dream ticket fade". Agence France Presse. 31 July 2008.
  18. ↑ "Adam Parkhomenko running for office". Politico. March 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  19. ↑ Sandhya Somashekhar (25 May 2009). "Former Campaign Staffers Launch Their Own Bids". The Washington Post.
  20. ↑ "Bill Clinton Steps Into Arlington Delegate Race". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  21. ↑ "Another Big Name in the 47th House District". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  22. ↑ Scott McCaffrey. "Parkhomenko Picks Up Sen. Ticer's Endorsement". Sun Gazette. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  23. ↑ Beth Fouhy (11 June 2009). "Still reeling from 2008 loss, Clinton legacy takes another beating with McAuliffe's defeat".
  24. ↑ Abby Livingston (18 March 2013). "Shop Talk: Who's Behind the Draft PAC for Hillary Rodham Clinton?". Roll Call.
  25. ↑ David Weigel (1 April 2013). "Are You Ready for Hillary?". Slate. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  26. ↑ Haberman, Maggie (July 17, 2015). "Job at Hillary Clinton's 'Super PAC' Didn't Assure a Campaign Post" – via NYTimes.com.
  27. ↑ Haberman, Maggie (April 2015). "'Ready for Hillary' Workers Are Ready to Join Campaign". New York Times. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  28. ↑ Sun, Baltimore. "Hillary Clinton names campaign staff for Maryland". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  29. ↑ Chronicles, District. "Hillary for Washington, DC announces District leadership team". districtchronicles.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  30. ↑ "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  31. ↑ "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  32. ↑ "AdamforDNC". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  33. ↑ Allen, Jonathan (9 November 2017). "Former Clinton aides launch new Super PAC". NBC News.
  34. ↑ Stanton, Zack (December 29, 2020). "The Worst Predictions of 2020". Politico . Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  35. 1 2 SCOTT McCAFFREY. "47th District Race Gets Another Contender". Sun Gazette. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  36. ↑ "How a volunteer cop and a history professor hatched Hillary Clinton's shadow presidential campaign". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  37. ↑ Ross, Garrett (27 August 2022). "POLITICO Playbook: What's underneath all those redactions". POLITICO Playbook.
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