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Not through work. I live in New Hampshire. My husband and I relocated here almost 20 years ago, and it's basically a political orgy here for 6 months of the year, every 4 years. You can get access to anyone who is a candidate, especially as you do more and more volunteer work for the candidates and get known (and are deemed "safe"). I've met almost all of the Presidential candidates for the last 16 years (on both sides), well, except that disgusting clown running at the top of the GOP ticket now as I wouldn't have been caught dead anywhere near him or his minions. Met them in both large and small settings (house parties, parade marches, working at rallies, sign wavings, post-vote events, etc.). Met many big "non-candidate players" as well, like all of the news media people, press secretaries, celebrities stumping, committee chairs (never met Wasserman-Schultz, but that's no loss). It's been a lot of fun. And besides the no sales tax/no income tax/Live Free or Die thing we have going on here, it's one of the great perks of living in New Hampshire.
By the way, I met Ted Kennedy through his son Ted Junior who dated one of my friends who went to Wesleyan with him.
Very cool. We don't get that privilege down here, lol. The best I get is that I met Senator David Vitter one time and it took everything I had to not ask him if he was wearing a diaper.