Ed Turlington
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Ed Turlington is an American lawyer and Democratic Party activist.
A Democratic Party activist since the age of 15 in Sampson County, Turlington served as a senior aide to Governors Terry Sanford, Jim Hunt, and Lieutenant Governor Robert B. Jordan, as well as the North Carolina Democratic Party's executive director. He was Campaign Manager for Hunt's successful 1996 reelection campaign in North Carolina.
More recently, Turlington chaired Senator John Edwards's 2004 presidential campaign and helped direct Bill Bradley's 2000 run for the same office.
After the 2004 election, Turlington, with the support of Hunt and incumbent Governor Mike Easley, was an unsuccessful candidate for Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party. He was defeated in a close vote by the state party's then-First Vice-Chairman, Jerry Meek.
He is currently a member of the DNC's Commission on the Presidential Nominating Calendar.
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