Howard Dean

Howard Brush Dean III born November 17 1948 is an American physician author consultant and retired politician who served as the 79th governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and chair of the Democratic National Committee DNC from 2005 to 2009 Dean was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2004 presidential election Later his implementation of the fiftystate strategy as head of the DNC is credited with the Democratic victories in the 2006 and 2008 elections Afterward he became a political commentator and consultant to McKenna Long Aldridge a law and lobbying firm