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News and Events : News 03-04
Press Release
NMH Student Elected To Democratic National Convention
HELENA, Mont.--John Kaleczyc is the youngest Montanan elected as a
delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention and will travel to
Boston, Massachusetts, with his grandfather Ray Peck, the most senior
member of the state's delegation.
Kaleczyc, a student at Northfield Mount Hermon School, will graduate in
2005. During the school year, he's a goalie on the Hogger's hockey team, a
defender on the lacrosse team, and carries a 3.6 grade point average.
"Being involved in politics is a tradition for my family," said Kaleczyc.
"My family taught us that we have an obligation to give back to society.
Everyone in our family does their part to make the world a better place to
live and work."
Kaleczyc's sister Jenny served as a delegate to the 1996 Democratic
National Convention with their grandmother Betty Peck, Ray's late wife.
And Kaleczyc's mother Holly has managed several local and statewide
campaigns, all for Democratic candidates.
Kaleczyc himself traces his political activism back four election cycles,
which, at his young age, constitutes nearly half his life. He's adept at
helping with political mailings and has seen his share of sidewalks and
front doors while going door to door to stump for candidates. Kaleczyc is
working his second summer as staff assistant for the Montana Democratic
Party, and helped gather signatures to get Senator John Kerry on Montana's
election ballot during his spring break.
"John Kerry and John Edwards bring hope and opportunity to Montana and to
America," Kaleczyc said. "And I'm excited to be part of their campaign."
As pleased as Kaleczyc is to be part of the Kerry-Edwards bandwagon, he's
just as excited to be traveling to the national convention with his
grandfather.
"I started thinking about running as a delegate with my grandfather in
2000, after my sister and grandmother had such a good time together at the
1996 convention in Chicago. In 2000, I was too young to be a delegate. But
now that I'm 18 and a registered voter, I knew that this year we could
make my dream come true," he said.
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