A former Obama campaign worker and his wife were killed in a three-car collision in California over the weekend.
Peggy Moore, 60, and her wife Hope Wood, 48, died after the incident Friday night near Fallbrook, San Diego County.
The California Highway Patrol said they had been involved in a three-car accident after a Chrysler veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a Jeep they were traveling in.
Their driver died, along with the driver of the vehicle that hit them.
Moore has since been described as a “giant” in Golden State political circles, having helped former President Barack Obama, among others.
Hope Wood, right, and Peggy Moore, left, died after the incident Friday night near Fallbrook, San Diego County.
The California Highway Patrol said they were involved in a three-car accident after a Chrysler veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a Jeep they were traveling in.
Moore had worked as deputy field director for Obama’s 2008 campaign (both seen here) and was a senior adviser to former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
She was deputy field director for Obama’s 2008 campaign and a senior advisor to former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
It was while working on the Obama campaign that the couple met and founded the political consulting firm Hope Action For Change in 2019.
On Saturday night, Schaaf led a vigil for the couple along with friends who gathered to remember them.
According to the San Francisco ChronicleSchaaf said, “It took you two hours to walk anywhere with Peggy, maybe more, because she knew everyone.”
The former mayor added: “I am deeply saddened for me personally because she is someone I loved and admired very much.”
And I am mourning democracy. (Moore) is someone who believed everyone should have a voice in government.
‘She never renounced the beautiful essence of democracy, even when it abandoned her. She infused this nuclear love into everything she did.”
Her close friend Kimberly Ellis told her NBC San Diego: ‘They were two almost twin flames who couldn’t stand to be apart in this life or the next, and they really had to be together when they were gone.’
It was while working on the Obama campaign that the couple first met and founded the political consulting firm Hope Action For Change in 2019.
The man who was driving the couple also died in the horrific collision, as well as the person driving the car that hit them.
Ellis continued: ‘It’s an incredible loss, not just in the professional political world, but in our personal world as well.
‘She was the one who helped win the Golden State (for Obama). She helped Hillary Clinton’s first campaign.
“Any campaign that really had to have a top-notch organizational strategy, they went to Peggy.”
Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee posted about the couple’s passing on X saying she was “heartbroken.”
She posted: ‘My heart hurts to hear of the tragic loss of Peggy Moore and Hope Wood.
Moore is seen here with Hillary Clinton, who ran as the Democratic Party candidate in the 2016 US presidential election.
‘Peggy was a friend, an activist and one of the best organizers I knew. Her passion and fight for justice and equality is what brought her and Hope together.”
California Democratic Party Chairman Rusty Hicks also posted on X: ‘Saddened by the tragic passing of Peggy Moore.
‘He was an incredible political talent and member of the CADEM team who brought a passion for the organization and commitment to justice every day.
‘Our thoughts are with her family and the many friends who loved her. Rest in power, Peggy.
Authorities have yet to determine why the driver of the Chrysler entered the wrong lane, and an investigation is underway to determine whether alcohol or drugs played a role.
On Saturday night, close friends led a vigil for the couple and gathered to remember the two.