Washington Bureau

Tampa State Senator To Make Clinton Pitch To DNC

Thu, May 29, 2008 - 3:14 PM

WASHINGTON – Democrats have confirmed that state Sen. Arthenia Joyner, a Tampa Democrat and civil rights activist, will be making the case Saturday on behalf to the Clinton campaign to the DNC’s rules and bylaws panel.

Joyner is vice-Chair of the Florida Senate's Judiciary Committee. She's also an attorney.

Word of her role in Saturday’s meeting came during an appearance on MSNBC by Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe.

“We are actually ceding our time to a state senator from Tampa,” said McAuliffe, though he did not mention Joyner by name. State Democrats later confirmed she was he senator he was referring to.

-- Billy House




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