Born | October 22, 1985 (age 35) Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
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Occupation | Former National Field Director, Democratic National Committee |
Known for | Founder of Ready for Hillary |
Political party | Democratic Party (United States) |
Spouse(s) | (m. 2015) |
Children | 1 |
Adam Julian Parkhomenko (born October 22, 1985) is an American political strategist and organizer who served as National Field Director for the Democratic National Committee in 2016.[2] 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.[3][4][5] In the 2017 party election, Parkhomenko was a candidate for Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee.[6]
One of the Democratic Party’s top grassroots organizers, who once worked for Hillary Clinton, this week took to Twitter and described U.S. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) as “inbred racist trash.” That man, Adam Parkhomenko, of McLean, VA. Then told Blackburn to “f. off.”. — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 24, 2021 However, it was not Rogen who orchestrated the NSFW website page to immediately link to Cruz’s Twitter page. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The latest tweets from @joncoopertweets.
Career[edit]
In 2003, while a 17-year-old student 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.[7][8][9][10] He later ran Draft Hillary for President 2004, which was founded in 2003 and shut down in 2004.[11]
HillPAC, Clinton's political action committee, hired Parkhomenko as a staffer while he was leading Draft Hillary for President 2004.[11][12][13][14] He worked in various capacities for Clinton, including a stint as assistant to Clinton's campaign manager during the 2008 Democratic primary.[15][16] He left the Clinton presidential campaign in March 2008.[13]
Shortly after leaving the Clinton campaign, Parkhomenko launched Vote Both with Sam Arora.[15][17][18] 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.[15][17][18] 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.[18]
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 stateprimary elections.[19][20] His candidacy was endorsed by Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark and Patsy Ticer.[21][22][23] He came in third out of five candidates in the Democratic primary to replace Al Eisenberg.[24]
In January 2013, Parkhomenko, with 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.[3][25][26] Parkhomenko served as executive director of the PAC.[3] Most of the other staff members from Ready for Hillary were not offered positions on the campaign causing some hostility [27]
In early April 2015, Parkhomenko left Ready for Hillary to join Clinton's official campaign as Director of Grassroots Engagement.[28] He also served as State Director for the Maryland and District of Columbia primaries, which Clinton won by 30 and 58 points, respectively.[29][30][31][32]
In September 2016, Parkhomenko was named National Field Director for the Democratic National Committee.[2]
Immediately following the 2016 presidential election, Parkhomenko announced his run for Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee.[33] His campaign was unsuccessful.
Parkhomenko co-founded Party Majority PAC, a super PAC focused on grassroots organizing and electing Democrats.[34]
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'.[35]
Who Is Adam Parkhomenko
Personal life[edit]
Parkhomenko was born in Washington, DC and raised in Arlington, Virginia.[36] He is a graduate of Washington-Lee High School, Northern Virginia Community College, and George Mason University.[36] It was while he attended George Mason University that Parkhomenko founded Ready for Hillary. He also served as a reserve police officer during this period.[37] He lives with his son, Cameron Julian Parkhomenko, in Arlington.[38]
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- ^ abSeitz-Wald, Alex (September 1, 2016). 'DNC Expands Footprint in Arizona, Georgia, Utah'. NBC News.
- ^ abc'Group is assembling building blocks of campaign'. Buffalo News. 1 September 2013.
- ^Toby Harnden (4 August 2013). 'Bid to get youth vote for Hillary'. The Sunday Times.
- ^Philip Rucker Matea Gold (22 June 2013). 'Early allies, and concerns, for Clinton'. The Washington Post.
- ^'Meet Adam'. Archived from the original on 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^Mark Leibovich (24 September 2003). 'Run? Hillary? Run?; Clinton Is One of the Few Who Say She Won't'. The Washington Post.
- ^Mark Leibovich (17 November 2003). 'Iowa Ruckus; The Draft-Hillary Camps Push Their Buttons, and Each Other's'. The Washington Post.
- ^Jill Lawrence (23 September 2003). 'How firm is Hillary's no? ; She says she won't run in '04, but speculation persists'. USA Today.
- ^Tony Allen-Mills (29 September 2003). 'Grassroots geeks hanker for Hillary - US Elections 2004'. The Australian.
- ^ abIAN BISHOP (15 August 2005). 'RUN OF THE HILL HIRING - '08 PREZ BOOST'. New York Post.
- ^'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.
- ^ ab'Mayor Emerges From Parent's Basement To Endorse'. The Hotline. 14 March 2008.
- ^'Democrats Have Reason to Celebrate: Hill PAC Is Back'. The Washington Post. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ abcAmy Chozick (6 June 2008). 'Campaign '08: Growing Number of Clinton Backers Push for 'Dream Ticket,' Despite Long Odds'. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^'Killing The Dream'. The Hotline. 12 May 2008.
- ^ abMichael Falcone. 'The Vice Presidency'. National Desk; SECTA.
- ^ abc'Clinton for VP drive folds, as hopes for dream ticket fade'. Agence France Presse. 31 July 2008.
- ^'Adam Parkhomenko running for office'. Politico. Retrieved 17 December 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Sandhya Somashekhar (25 May 2009). 'Former Campaign Staffers Launch Their Own Bids'. The Washington Post.
- ^'Bill Clinton Steps Into Arlington Delegate Race'. The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 December 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Another Big Name in the 47th House District'. The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 December 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Scott McCaffrey. 'Parkhomenko Picks Up Sen. Ticer's Endorsement'. Sun Gazette. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Beth Fouhy (11 June 2009). 'Still reeling from 2008 loss, Clinton legacy takes another beating with McAuliffe's defeat'.
- ^Abby Livingston (18 March 2013). 'Shop Talk: Who's Behind the Draft PAC for Hillary Rodham Clinton?'. Roll Call.
- ^David Weigel (1 April 2013). 'Are You Ready for Hillary?'. Slate. Retrieved 17 December 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Haberman, Maggie (July 17, 2015). 'Job at Hillary Clinton's 'Super PAC' Didn't Assure a Campaign Post' – via NYTimes.com.
- ^Haberman, Maggie. ''Ready for Hillary' Workers Are Ready to Join Campaign'. New York Times. Retrieved 16 June 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Sun, Baltimore. 'Hillary Clinton names campaign staff for Maryland'. baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^Chronicles, District. 'Hillary for Washington, DC announces District leadership team'. districtchronicles.com. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ^'2016 Election Center'. CNN. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^'2016 Election Center'. CNN. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^'AdamforDNC'. Twitter. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ^Allen, Jonathan. 'Former Clinton aides launch new Super PAC'. NBC News.
- ^Stanton, Zack (December 29, 2020). 'The Worst Predictions of 2020'. Politico. Retrieved December 30, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ abSCOTT McCAFFREY. '47th District Race Gets Another Contender'. Sun Gazette. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'How a volunteer cop and a history professor hatched Hillary Clinton's shadow presidential campaign'. Mother Jones. Retrieved 2015-11-07.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Adam Parkhomenko on Twitter'. Twitter. Retrieved 2016-05-08.