Dave Obey - Early Political Career

Early Political Career

Obey grew up as a Republican. However, he was so angered after seeing one of his teachers falsely branded a Communist by backers of Joseph McCarthy that he became a Democrat in the mid-1950s, sometime between the ages of 16 and 18.

He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1963 and served there until 1969.

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