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Heinz: While stumping hard for his stepfather, speculation about his own political future. Photo by AP photo/Steven Senne |
With the fall election season now in full swing, Chris Heinz (MBA 2001) is stumping hard for his stepfather, Democratic presidential contender John Kerry. Heinz is a Kerry supporter because of his stance on the issues jobs and health care are particularly important to Heinz but hes also a fan for personal reasons. Heinzs father, John Heinz (MBA 1963), a Republican senator from Pennsylvania, was killed in a plane crash in 1991.
It was Kerry, Heinz says, who helped his grieving mother, Teresa Heinz, regain her interest in life. My dads death took a lot of color out of her sight and a lot of music out of her ears, Heinz told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (June 17, 2004). John Kerry brought that back.
On leave from Jacobson Partners, a New York private equity firm, Heinz has seen his own future become the subject of much Kennedyesque speculation. I really have no plans after November 2, Heinz said (phillyBurbs.com, June 17, 2004). If I could be half as successful as my dad and stepdad, he added, I would be a happy guy.
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