Donnie Fowler

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Donnie Fowler is an American political activist from Columbia, South Carolina, who now lives in San Francisco. He ran John Kerry's campaign in the state of Michigan, during the presidential election of 2004. Fowler also briefly held the position of campaign manager for retired general Wesley Clark's presidential campaign in the fall of 2003 before being fired. He was Al Gore's national field director during the 2000 presidential campaign, managing the in-state political operations for Gore's victory over Bill Bradley for the Democratic nomination and defeat to George W. Bush in the general election.

Fowler has also spent significant time in the technology and telecommunications sector, working at the Federal Communications Commission as an appointee of Bill Clinton and in Silicon Valley as vice president of TechNet, a policy and political network of CEOs that promotes the growth of technology and the innovation economy.

Fowler is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is the son of former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Donald Fowler. He ran for the DNC Chairmanship himself after the 2004 presidential election receiving the second highest-level of support behind eventual winner and former Vermont governor Howard Dean. Similar to Dean, Fowler called for the Democratic Party to broaden its approach to voters and look to state and county parties for its message and its growth.