Ed Turlington is an American

United States

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 lawyer

Lawyer

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 and Democratic Party activist. He is an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee

Democratic National Committee

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, since his election in 2009.

A Democratic Party activist since the age of 15 in Sampson County

Sampson County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 63,431 people, 22,624 households, and 16,214 families residing in the county. The population density was 67.1 people per square mile . There were 26,476 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile...

, Turlington served as a senior aide to Governors Terry Sanford

Terry Sanford

James Terry Sanford was a United States politician and educator from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford was the 65th Governor of North Carolina , a two-time U.S. Presidential candidate in the 1970s and a U.S. Senator...

, Jim Hunt

Jim Hunt

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, and Lieutenant Governor Robert B. Jordan, as well as the North Carolina Democratic Party

North Carolina Democratic Party

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's executive director. He was Campaign Manager for Hunt's successful 1996 reelection campaign in North Carolina. With Hunt's backing, Turlington ran unsuccessfully for chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party

North Carolina Democratic Party

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 in 2005, losing to Jerry Meek

Jerry Meek

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Turlington was National General Chair of Senator John Edwards

John Edwards

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's 2004 presidential campaign and advised his 2008 campaign. He was Deputy Campaign Manager of Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley

William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.Bradley was born and raised in a suburb of St....

's 2000 run for the same office. He attended the 1976, 2000 and 2004 Democratic National Convention

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s as a delegate from North Carolina. He served as a member of the Democratic National Committee

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 (DNC)'s Commission on the Presidential Nominating Calendar in 2005.

Turlington holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University

Duke University

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 and received his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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