It is also a popular given name in Japan. Erica is also the name of a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as heaths or heathers in English, and is the Latin word for heather.
Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 79th Governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2005 to 2009. Dean was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Presidential Election, 2004.
Howard Dean served as DNC chairman from 2005 to 2009. Howard Dean: I'm running for DNC chair. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said he is running for his old job atop the Democratic Party. The dems need organization and focus on the young, Dean tweeted Thursday. Need a fifty State strategy and tech rehab. Dean served as Democratic National Committee chairman from 2005 to 2009.