LONGMEADOW— When Eric Lesser celebrates the beginning of Passover in April by holding a Seder dinner with his family, the former state senator from Longmeadow will recall the night former President Barrack Obama toasted the Jewish holiday with him when Lesser was a junior staffer on Obama’s first presidential campaign.
Fresh out of college after attending Longmeadow High School, Lesser was in charge of getting the campaign’s luggage from one stop to another. He also helped plan events and appearances, traveling some 200 thousand miles through 47 states with then-U.S. Senator Obama, according to Lesser.
