Mary Beth Cahill

Mary Beth Cahill is an American political figure, who served as the campaign manager of Senator John Kerry's campaign for the Democratic nomination for President. She was Kerry's second campaign manager; she replaced Jim Jordan in November 2003, after Jordan was fired by Kerry.

She was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts by a large, politically active, Irish-Catholic family. Cahill graduated from Emmanuel College, Boston, a small local Catholic liberal arts school with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.

Her first political job began when she worked for Congressman Robert Drinan, a Jesuit priest. She worked as his receptionist and caseworker, and then for Representative Barney Frank. In 1986 she was the campaign manager for Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT). She was also an Assistant to the President and Director of Public Liaison in Bill Clinton’s White House and chief of staff to Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA).

Following the Kerry campaign, Cahill was a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of......
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