Italian American Democratic Leadership Council

founded in 1993 at the request of the democratic national committee by italian american leaders of the clinton/gore campaign, the italian american democratic leadership council has: - raised and contributed campaign funds to italian american democratic candidates for congress and major statewide candidates in every election cycle organized italian american outreach for each presidential ticket -- clinton/gore (1992, 1996), gore/lieberman (2000), kerry/edwards (2004), obama/biden (2008, 2012), clinton/kaine (2016). - promoted the appointment of italian americans within the clinton and obama administrations, from cabinet positions, judgeships, and ambassadorships to staff jobs and part-time boards and commissions -recruited young italian american democrats to participate in campaigns, party-building activities, and public service -helped found the national democratic ethnic coordinating council within the democratic national committee in the mid-1990s and has participated in its lead