2008 Presidential Campaign
For the Obama for America campaign, Stewart was the director of field operations in the Iowa caucuses, where the candidate's first place win established him as a serious challenger to then front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. He served as state director for Obama's primary campaign in Texas and Indiana.
He later headed the campaign's Virginia operation in the general election. Obama's victory there marked the first time since 1964 that Virginia's electoral votes went to a Democratic presidential candidate.
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