Politico: Krom Named DFA “All Star”

By Kasie Hunt

When progressive Democracy for America activists selected their favorite congressional candidate this year, they didn’t choose a well-known challenger in a tight race or a Democrat fighting for an open seat. Instead, they backed Beth Krom, the former mayor of Irvine, Calif., in her bid to oust GOP Rep. John Campbell from his seat in the historically Republican 48th District.

The organization’s “grassroots all-star” endorsement is chosen by online vote – this year more than 66,000 votes were tallied – and the winner gets money, organizing and fundraising help from DFA, the grassroots group that sprang from former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s failed 2004 run for president. This year’s second- and third-place winners, Massachusetts attorney Mac d’Alessandro and California teacher Bill Hedrick, will also receive DFA help.

To win, Krom beat a series of other progressive candidates who campaigned for the endorsement, including New Hampshire Democrat Ann McLane Kuster – who’s in a tight Democratic primary against the more moderate Katrina Swett – and Manan Trivedi, a physician and Iraq War veteran running against Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.).

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