David Plouffe began his career canvassing door to door in Delaware and Iowa and has since managed two U.S. Senate races, a congressional race, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign committee. Plouffe served as Democratic leader Dick Gephardt’s Deputy Chief of Staff in 1997-98. In 2001, he joined forces with David Axelrod and in 2004 their firm AKPD media served as lead strategist on Barack Obama’s successful U.S. Senate bid. After managing Obama’s presidential campaign, Plouffe helped set up Organizing for America, a thirteen-million-strong group of Obama supporters, to continue the spirit and initiative of the campaign in everyday political and civic life. He lives with his wife and two children in Washington, D.C.