Mile High Highlight: Elbra Wedgeworth on Bringing the 2008 Democratic National Convention to Denver

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Mile High Highlight: Elbra Wedgeworth on Bringing the 2008 Democratic National Convention to Denver
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'When Senator Obama walked across the stage at Invesco Field that night, I cried with joy and pride to be here for this celebration.'

"When Senator Obama walked across the stage at Invesco Field that night, I cried with joy and pride to be here for this celebration."We're in the midst of our summer membership campaign, and we have until August 25 to raise $14,500. Your contributions are an investment in our election coverage – they help sustain our newsroom, help us plan, and could lead to an increase in freelance writers or photographers.

I next went to the late Steve Farber, Denver's most influential attorney and fundraiser, because we would have to raise funds for the expenses of the bid process; again, he was totally on board and very encouraging. I went to then-mayor, now U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and his then-chief of staff and general counsel, Cole Finegan.

Everything was coming into place, and there were over thirty cities that expressed initial interest; that was reduced to fourteen cities and eventually seven that submitted official bids. Then it came down to Denver and New York City. This would been only the second political convention in Denver after 100 years . New York had hosted numerous conventions; however. that did not deter me.

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