A family full of Kennedy connections (Omaha Steve once ran against the machine)

[Omaha Steve]

The first time Omaha had elections by district (early 80's) instead of city wide, Omaha Steve came in tenth out of 18 against Mary Kay Green while in his 20's and not raising a dime

http://www.omaha.com/article/20131119/NEWS08/131118704/1681#the-public-pulse-nov-19

Thank you to World-Herald staff writer Henry Cordes for his wonderful tribute to John F. Kennedy. My late father, James F. Green, was state co-chairman for President Kennedy and a working co-chairman for President Kennedy and his brother Robert when he ran for president.

In a World-Herald photo, my mother, father and a group of Omahans are featured entering the airplane that took them to John F. Kennedy's inauguration. We still have the official pictures of my parents entering the White House that wonderful day.

Even before the Bernard Boyle picnic for candidate John F. Kennedy, my cousin Edward Furay and I got to meet Sen. Kennedy and Ted Sorensen. It was at that meeting that my dad outlined for the senator the campaign for the Nebraska primary. My dad was a delegate to the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles that nominated Kennedy for president.

The president was much loved by my family and a majority of Americans.

Mary Kay Green, Lee's Summit, Mo.

[Laelth]

1. Nifty. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[Omaha Steve]

2. I was unemployed at the time

I was fired for union organizing late 1980. The Omaha election was 1981.