Obama hits Miranova

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Hosted by Blackwell backer: The candidate will press the flesh in the condo of Donna and Larry James

By Dan Williamson / February 15, 2007

...A Columbus fundraiser later this month for the senator from Illinois is being co-hosted by three folks from Nationwide Insurance as well as the president and chief operating officer of American Electric Power...

Donna James, who retired last year as a Nationwide executive, is having the swanky Obamafest at the Miranova condominium she shares with her husband, Larry James, an occasionally Republican power attorney.

Mr. James said Obama reached out to his wife along with Kevin Walker, president and COO of AEP, sometime last month...

According to an invitation for the party, attendees must cough up $500 to be considered a “Friend,” 1,000 to be a “Co-Chair” and $2,300 to be a “Chair” of the Obama campaign. “We’re basically trying to get him introduced to the Columbus community and to raise money,” James said...