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Primary Journal | Student bleeds blue since birth
By: Rick Rojas
Issue date: 3/4/08 Section: News
Kyndra Reed was nervous, excited, proud. She was a bundle of emotions as she paced the floor and talked to her friends on Sunday afternoon.
Former President Bill Clinton was coming to College Station, Texas, to speak at a campaign rally in support of his wife before the Tuesday primary. Reed was tasked with introducing him to the crowd.
Reed, an officer in the Texas Aggie Democrats, has volunteered for Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign since it first made its way to Texas. She's been at rallies, worked phone banks and done everything else she could to convince voters in College Station that Hillary is the most experienced candidate for the job.
And when Clinton added College Station to one of his stops in his last-minute statewide tour, it fell to Reed, the publicity director for the Aggie Democrats, to welcome the former president of the United States to Texas A&M.
"I'm excited and honored to be given this opportunity," Reed said. "It's exciting to have someone like that here."
This opportunity may have been a highlight in her political life, but junior business administration major Reed says she's already an old hand when it comes to political campaigning.
As a 4-year-old in Cameron, Texas, before she even started school, Reed started receiving her education in Democratic Party politics. It was 1992 when Clinton was in the middle of his own presidential campaign. Like now, he could count on Reed as one of the supporters in the field.
"I grew up in politics," said Reed, whose family's history with the Democrats runs so deep that her blood might as well be as blue as California on an electoral map.
Her mother served as the chairwoman of the Democratic Party in Milam County for two terms. Her 90-year-old grandfather had the job before her. A teacher, he led the party there for 25 teacher, he led the party there for 25 years, and worked on his first presidential campaign volunteering for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
Former President Bill Clinton was coming to College Station, Texas, to speak at a campaign rally in support of his wife before the Tuesday primary. Reed was tasked with introducing him to the crowd.
Reed, an officer in the Texas Aggie Democrats, has volunteered for Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign since it first made its way to Texas. She's been at rallies, worked phone banks and done everything else she could to convince voters in College Station that Hillary is the most experienced candidate for the job.
And when Clinton added College Station to one of his stops in his last-minute statewide tour, it fell to Reed, the publicity director for the Aggie Democrats, to welcome the former president of the United States to Texas A&M.
"I'm excited and honored to be given this opportunity," Reed said. "It's exciting to have someone like that here."
This opportunity may have been a highlight in her political life, but junior business administration major Reed says she's already an old hand when it comes to political campaigning.
As a 4-year-old in Cameron, Texas, before she even started school, Reed started receiving her education in Democratic Party politics. It was 1992 when Clinton was in the middle of his own presidential campaign. Like now, he could count on Reed as one of the supporters in the field.
"I grew up in politics," said Reed, whose family's history with the Democrats runs so deep that her blood might as well be as blue as California on an electoral map.
Her mother served as the chairwoman of the Democratic Party in Milam County for two terms. Her 90-year-old grandfather had the job before her. A teacher, he led the party there for 25 teacher, he led the party there for 25 years, and worked on his first presidential campaign volunteering for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
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