Ed Turlington is an Americanlawyer and Democratic Party activist. A lawyer, according to Blacks Law Dictionary, is a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...
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. Sampson County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. ... James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917 – April 18, 1998) was a Southern Democratic politician. ... James Baxter Hunt Jr. ... Robert B. (Bob) Jordan, III was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina for one term (1985-1989) and who unsuccessfully ran for Governor of North Carolina in 1988. ...
More recently, Turlington was National General Chair of Senator John Edwards's 2004 presidential campaign and is an advisor to his 2008 campaign. He was Deputy Campaign Manager of Bill Bradley's 2000 run for the same office. He attended the 1976, 2000 and 2004 Democratic National Conventions as a delegate from North Carolina. He served as a member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)'s Commission on the Presidential Nominating Calendar in 2005. Johnny Reid John Edwards[1] (born June 10, 1953), is an American politician who was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Turlington holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University and received his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Turlington, who is Gov. Mike Easley's choice for the job, is now the establishment candidate who reminds progressives that the party is a coalition that can't win without the swing voters.
Turlington's clients in the last legislative session, according to the N.C. Secretary of State's office, included Jefferson-Pilot, the insurance company; statewide associations of broadcasters, convenience stories and electronics firms; and MCNC, or what used to be known as the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, which was created and funded by the legislature.
EdTurlington, a Raleigh lawyer who was the right-hand man for such Democratic leaders as Jim Hunt, Terry Sanford and John Edwards, has been tapped to lead the North Carolina Democratic Party during the next two years.
A Democratic Party activist since the age of 15 in Sampson County, North Carolina, Turlington served as a senior aide to Governors Terry Sanford, Jim Hunt, and Lieutenant Governor Bob Jordan, as well as the North Carolina Democratic Party's executive director.
Most recently, Turlington chaired Senator John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign and helped direct Bill Bradley's 2000 run for the same office.
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