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Walt Maddox: Madolyn Kirby
(Jan. 2018) Communication strategy at
Matrix, LLC, May 2013-Jan. 2018. M.P.A. in
political management (2014) and B.A. in
communication and information sciences,
political science and public relations (2012)
from University of Alabama.
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Kay
Ivey: Mike Lukach
(Feb. 2018) White House liaison at the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2017.
Colorado state director (Sept.-Nov. 2016) and
Minnesota state director (Aug.-Sept. 2016) on
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc..
Managed Kip Tom's campaign for Congress in the
IN-3 Republican primary, Oct. 2015-May
2016. South Carolina political director on
Scott Walker's presidential campaign, July-Sept.
2015, and on his Our American Revival,
April-July 2015. Campaign manager on
Stewart Mills' campaign for Congress in MN-8,
Feb.-Nov. 2014 (one of the most closely
contested races of the cycle). Campaign
manager on Ron Walters for Congress in
Charleston, WV, Sept. 2013-Jan. 2014.
Campaign manager on Judy Biggert for Congress in
Illinois, Feb.-Dec. 2012. B.A. in
government from William & Mary, 2006. |
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R+
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Mark Begich: Nora P.
Morse
(June 2018) Communications and government
affairs director for the Anchorage Police
Department Employees Association, Feb.-June
2018. Deputy communications director for
the Anchorage Police Department, Aug. 2017-Feb.
2018. Special assistant/press assistant
for Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, May
2015-Aug. 2017. Communications and
fundraising assistant on Berkowitz for Mayor,
Feb.-May 2015. Research assistant on
Alaskans for Begich 2014, May 2013-Nov.
2014.B.A. in Communications, Law, Economics and
Government from American University, 2012;
interned for Sens. Murkowski and Begich.
Lifelong Anchorage resident.
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Mike Dunleavy: Brett Huber
(Dec. 2017, announced Jan. 4, 2018) Policy
advisor to Sen. Pete Kelly (R-Fairbanks)/Senate
Finance Committee, from Jan. 2016. From
Nov. 2012-Nov. 2014 served as chief of staff in
the Alaska Senate to Sen. Rick Halford and the
Senate Resources Committee, Sen. Lesil McGuire
and the Senate Rules Committee; and to Sen.
Dunleavy. President of the Alaska Outdoor
Council and AOC Political Action
Committee. Executive director of the Kenai
River Sportfishing Association. Program
director for the Alaska Department of Fish and
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Bill Walker: John-Henry Heckendorn
Before starting as campaign manager, Heckendorn
worked for a year as special assistant to Gov.
Walker. Co-founder (2014) of Ship Creek Group, a
political consulting firm. B.A. degrees in
politics and economics from Whitman College,
2012.
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AZ
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David Garcia: Ian Danley
Director of One Arizona from Sept. 2015.
Governing Board Member of the Phoenix Union High
School District, elected Nov. 2012. Policy
director at Central Arizonans for a Sustainable
Economy, April-Sept. 2015. Program
director at Neighborhood Ministries, Aug.
2006-April 2015. Campaign manager on David
Garcia for AZ Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Feb.-Nov. 2014. Financial
analyst for Grace Communities, 2004-06.
Master's degree in public policy from Arizona
State University, 2010; B.S. in policy, planning
and development from University of Southern
California, 2003. |
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Doug Ducey: J.P. Twist
(Jan. 2018) Owner of Aimpoint Strategies,
LLC in Phoenix from Jan. 2016. Campaign
manager on Let's Vote Yes for Arizona Schools
(Prop.123) in the May 17 special election,
Jan.-May 2016. Senior advisor (Jan.
2015-Jan. 2016) and campaign manager (June-Dec.
2014) on Doug Ducey for Governor. Chief of
staff to Scottsdale Mayor W.J. "Jim" Lane, Feb.
2011-June 2014. Campaign manager on Paul
Gosar for Congress, Oct. 2009-Dec. 2010.
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AR
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Jared Henderson: Hannah McCollester
(Jan. 2018) Community coach (from June
2017); application reviewer (Aug.-Dec. 2017);
managing director (June 2014-June 2017) and
director (June 2013-June 2014) for teacher
leadership development in Little Rock; manager
in Pine Bluff (June 2011-June 2013) all with
Teach for America; 4th grade teacher and Teach
for America Corps member at Park Avenue
Elementary in Stuttgart, AR, June 2009-June
2011. B.A. in English and Spanish from
University of Virginia, 2009.
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Asa Hutchinson: Robert Moery
(announced Jan. 1, 2018) Director of
legislative and agency affairs in the Office of
the Governor, Jan. 2015-Dec. 2017. Also,
partner at Moery Farming Co. in Carlisle, AR
since Sept. 2012. Executive aide to
then-candidate Asa Hutchinson, Jan.-Dec.
2014. Field rep. in the Office of Sen.
John Boozman, Oct. 2011-July 2012. Degree
in kinesiology from the University of Arkansas,
2011. |
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Gavin Newsom: Addisu Demissie
(Sept. 2017) Consultant at 50+1 Strategies
since Feb. 2011. Vice president and
director of grassroots advocacy at The Messina
Group, Feb. 2014-Feb. 2017. National voter
outreach and mobilization director at Hillary
for America, Mar. Nov. 2016. Field
director at Chicago for Rahm Emanuel, Oct.
2010-Feb. 2011. Policy counsel at Google,
May-Oct. 2010. Political director at
Organizing for America/DNC, Feb. 2009-May
2010. Ohio GOTV director at Obama for
America, Aug.-Nov. 2008. Worked on
Hillary Clinton for President during the
primaries, 2007-08. Georgia field
director on the Kerry campaign.
Research director for the NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund. J.D. from Yale Law
School, 2008; B.A. in political science from
Yale University, 2001. From Atlanta. |
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John Cox: Tim Rosales
Vice president at the Wayne Johnson Agency in
Sacramento from Jan. 2005. Chief of staff
to Assemblyman Ken Maddox and Assemblyman George
Plescia, district director to Assemblyman Mark
Wyland, and field representative to U.S. Rep.
James Rogan, Nov. 2000-Dec. 2004; public
affairs, political, communications professional
in Greater Los Angeles and Sacramento, Jan.
1997-Dec. 2004. M.B.A. from Drexel
University, 2013; B.A. in political science from
Azusa University, 1998. |
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Jared
Polis: Jenn Ridder
(announced July 2017) Mountain West
regional political director for the DCCC in the
2016 cycle. Deputy campaign manager on
Sen. Mark Udall’s unsuccessful 2014 re-election
bid. Deputy political director on
President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign in
Colorado. Climate reality associate at The
Climate Reality Project. Worked on Obama's
2008 campaign in Colorado. Graduate of
Middlebury College, 2010. Colorado native. |
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Walker Stapleton:
Michael Fortney
Founding partner (March 2013) at Clear Creek
Strategies in Denver. Communications
director in the Colorado State Treasurer's
Office, Feb. 2011-Feb. 2014; campaign manager
and senior consultant on Stapleton's 2010 and
2014 campaigns for state Treasurer.
Campaign manager on Scott Tipton for Congress
in 2012 and continues as his senior political
consultant. Regional political manager
at Associated Builders and Contractors, April
2008-Jan. 2010. Additionally he served
on U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (TX)’s congressional
staff, managed several campaigns in Texas and
managed a successful Kentucky Supreme Court
campaign. B.S. in political science from
Lamar University. Kentucky native.
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Ned Lamont: Marc Bradley
(Feb. 2018) Owner and guide at Four Peaks
Travel, LLC in West Dover, CT from April
2013. Campaign manager on William Tong for
U.S. Senate (CT), Feb. 2011-May 2012.
Deputy political director and exploratory
committee treasurer on Lamont for Governor, Dec.
2009-Sept. 2010. Aide de camp on Ned
Lamont for Senate, Feb.-Nov. 2006. New
client manager for Shop for America, May
2005-Jan. 2006. Field aide worker for
ICROSS in Kenya, Oct. 2004-April 2005.
Mountain rescue at Mount Snow Resort in West
Dover, VT, Oct. 2001-March 2004. Home
energy auditor, Aug. 2000-June 2001. B.A.
in government and history from St. Lawrence
University, 2000. |
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Bob Stefanowski: Pat Trueman
(2017) Campaign manager on Jill Vogel for
Lt. Governor (VA), 2016-17. Campaign
manager on Rob Bell for Attorney General,
Jan.-Nov. 2016. Consultant with The
Carlyle Gregory Company, Nov. 2014-Dec. 2015;
also campaign manager on Chuong Nguyen for
Delegate (Sept.-Nov. 2015) and Eddie Whitlock
for Senate (March-June 2015) in Virginia.
Volunteer coordinator on Suzanne Scholte for
Congress (VA), Aug.-Nov. 2014. Manager at
Brooks Brothers, Oct. 2011-Aug. 2014; supervisor
at Ralph Lauren, March 2009-Oct. 2011. |
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Griebel: Chris Cooper
(from Sept. 10, 2018) President of Cooper
Communications LLC from Sept. 2009. Dir.
of comms. for Gov. M. Jodi Rell, Nov. 2006-Sept.
2009. Dir. of comms. for the CT Dep't of
Trans., June 2004-Nov. 2006. Dir. of
comms. for Gov. John Rowland, Dec. 1998-June
2004. Positions in the CT Dep't of Ec. and Comm.
Dev. (1990-98), Dep't of Social Services
(1988-90) and Dep't of Env. Protection
(1983-88). Aide to Gov. William O'Neil,
Dec. 1980-Jan. 1983. Admin. aide/policy
aide to Gov. Ella Grasso, Aug. 1978-Dec.
1980. Master's degree in English from
Trinity College-Hartford, 1984; bachelor's
degree in English, government from Connecticut
College, 1977.
and...succeeded Kyle Lyddy, who started
in April 2018. |
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Andrew Gillum: Brandon Davis
(Sept. 18, 2018, succeeding McPhillips)
Principal-managing director in Washington, DC at
GPSIMPACT from Feb. 2017. General election
director at the DNC, mid-June to Dec.
2016. National political director for the
SEIU; previously deputy national political
director for member engagement, and started with
SEIU in 2007 as political director for the
union's Missouri State Council. Political
director and deputy campaign director on Claire
McCaskill's 2006 U.S. Senate campaign.
Political director for the Missouri Democratic
Party in 2005. Political director on Gov.
Bob Holden's 2004 U.S. Senate primary
campaign. Political director for the
Missouri Democratic Party in 2003. Double
major in black studies and political science
from University of Missouri-Columbia.
and
Davis was the third campaign manager:
Phillip Thompson, the initial campaign manager,
left in July 17, 2017 amid reports of low
fundraising (>).
The position remained unfilled until Brendan
McPhillips was brought on (>),
McPhillips was fired after the primary as
reported Sept. 4, 2018.
Brendan McPhillips, campaign manager
(Nov. 28, 2017-Aug. 2018) Senior advisor
on Joe Khan for District Attorney, Jan.-May
2017. Political director on Pete for DNC,
Feb. 2017. Pennsylvania political director
on Hillary for America, May-Nov. 2016.
Campaign manager on John Fetterman's 2016
primary campaign for U.S. Senate, Oct.
2015-April 2016. Campaign manager on Helen
Gym’s successful campaign for Philadelphia City
Council, Feb.-Nov. 2015. Campaign manager
on Kevin Strouse’s 2014 congressional race in
PA-8 in Bucks County, Jan.-Nov. 2014.
Pennsylvania organizing director for Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, March 2013-Jan.
2014. Regional field director in Bucks
County on the Obama campaign, March-Nov.
2012. Regional field director/assistant
community manager for Draftfcb, March-Oct.
2011. Special projects director on
Hoosiers for Hill, June-Nov. 2010. B.A. in
political science, peace studies from University
of Notre Dame, 2010; transferred from San
Jacinto College.
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Ron DeSantis: Susie Wiles,
campaign chairman
(Sept. 26, 2018) Managing partner of the
Jacksonville office of Ballard Partners since
2011 and principal at Right Coast Strategies
from 2011. Senior advisor for battleground
communications on the Trump for President
campaign in Florida. Initial campaign
manager on Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign,
started as executive director of H-PAC in late
Jan. 2011; resigned July 21, 2011.
Campaign manager on Rick Scott's successful run
for Governor of Florida, 2010. Chief of
communications and special initiatives under
Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton for five years
through June 2008. Principal at Wiles
Consulting, Inc. 2001-04. Co-managing
partner in the Florida office of APCO Worldwide,
2000-01. Senior executive under
Jacksonville Mayor John Delaney including as his
chief of staff, 1995-99. District
director to U.S. Rep. Tillie K. Fowler (FL),
1992-95. Deputy director of operations for
the vice presidential campaign on Bush-Quayle
'88. Principal at Summerall, Smith &
Wiles, 1984-86. Special assistant to U.S.
Secretary of Labor Ray Donovan, 1982-83.
Special Assistant (scheduler) to President
Reagan, 1980-81. Deputy director of
scheduling on Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential
campaign. Staff assistant to U.S. Rep.
Jack Kemp (NY), 1979-80. B.A. in English
from University of Maryland.
and
Brad Herold, campaign manager
Vice president of Something Else Strategies
(from 2017) and president of Parabellum
Strategies (from July 2016) in Orlando.
Campaign manager on Ron DeSantis for U.S.
Senate, Jan.-Nov. 2016. Executive director
(May 2015-Jan. 2016) and deputy executive
director (Jan.-May 2015) of the Republican Party
of Florida. Deputy state director in the
Office of Sen. Marco Rubio, Aug. 2014-Jan.
2015. Campaign manager on Mike McFadden
for U.S. Senate (MN), Sept. 2013-July
2014. Deputy staff director in the
Majority Office of the Florida House, Nov.
2012-Sept. 2013. Campaign manager on Adam
Hasner for U.S. House, Feb.-Nov. 2012.
Special assistant on Hasner for U.S. Senate, May
2011-Jan. 2012. Legislative affairs at the
Florida Department of Transportation, Jan.-May
2011. Coalition director on Rick Scott for
Governor, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Executive
director of the Broward County Republican Party,
March-Aug. 2010. Director of field
operations at the RPOF, Nov. 2007-Feb.
2010. Internship coordinator in the
Florida Governor's Office, Feb.-Nov. 2007.
[Although Herold retained the campaign manager
title, media reports say that Wiles was brought
on to "lead" and "take over" the campaign (1,
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Stacey Abrams: Lauren Groh-Wargo
Served as Abrams' top aide at her two
foundations, Third Sector Development (which ran
the New Georgia Project) and Voter Access
Institute. Deputy executive director at
the Ohio Democratic Party, 2009-Apr. 2011.
Southwest Ohio regional director for America
Votes. Worked on a school levy campaign in
Cincinnati. Organized tenants to fight
their landlords for better living conditions in
Brooklyn, New York. Undergraduate degree
in economics from American University.
Grew up near Cleveland, OH. |
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Brian Kemp: Tim Fleming
Deputy secretary of state, chief of staff,
assistant director in the election division to
Secretary of State Kemp. Campaign manager
to Kemp on his 2010 campaign for Secretary of
State. Worked on Kemp's 2002 campaign for
State Senate. A.B. from University of
Georgia, 2005. |
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David Ige: Michael Yadao
(Sept. 2017) Pacific region manager (Sept.
2016-April 2018) and consultant (July 2015-Sept.
2016) with CALIBRE Systems, Inc. in
Honolulu. Deputy director of
campaign operations on Kirk Caldwell for May,
Feb.-Nov. 2016. State of Hawaii Boards and
Commissions research coordinator, Jan. 2014-Jan.
2015. Deputy director of the Governor's
Office of Constituent Services, Oct. 2011-Dec.
2013. Coordinator on Neil Abercrombie for
Governor, Oct. 2011-Aug. 2014. State
legislative coordinator / communication
specialist with Healthcare Association of
Hawaii, Nov. 2010-Oct. 2011. Committee
clerk and legislative aide in the State
Legislature, 2009-10. Bachelor's degree in
Asian studies from University of Hwaii at Manoa,
2009. Enlisted in the U.S. Air Force,
1998-2001. |
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Paulette Jordan: Nate Kelly
(mid-Sept. 2018) Kelly started as
interim/acting campaign manager following the
departure of Rosenow; he had been serving as
senior advisor and attorney to the
campaign since May. California based
attorney specializing in securities/corporate
finance and intellectual property law since
2009. Owner of DBMS Inc. from May
2016. Managing director of Nate Kelly
Incubation, Jan. 2012-May 2016. Associate
at Kaye Scholer LLP, May 2007-May 2009.
J.D. from University of Southern California Law
School, 2008; B.A. in government and politics
from University of Maryland College Park, 2005.
and
Initial campaign manager Mike Rosenow resigned
Sept. 14.
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Brad Little: Zach Hauge
(June 2017) Vice president of the Idaho
Association of Commerce and Industry (IACI),
earlier served as political director; started
there in Aug. 2012. Campaign manager on
Mike Simpson for Congress, July 2010-July
2012. Lobbyist with CapitolWest Public
Policy Group, Jan. 2008-July 2012.
Campaign consultant at Meridian Resources LLC,
Sept. 2007-June 2010. Studied at Boise
State University and the University of Idaho. |
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D+
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JB Pritzker: Anne Caprara
(Mar. 2017) Senior advisor (Jan.-Mar.
2017) and executive director (June 2015-Jan.
2017) at Priorities USA. Vice president of
campaigns at EMILY's List, Feb.-May 2015.
Political director (Jan. 2013-Dec. 2014) and
deputy political director (May 2011-Jan. 2013)
at the DSCC. Chief of staff to U.S. Rep.
Betsy Markey (CO), Jan. 2009-Jan. 2011, after
managing her campaign. Transition director
and chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton
(OH), Nov. 2006-May 2007. Research
tracker, then deputy research director at
EMILY's List, 2003-06. Business
development assistant at Cassidy &
Associates, 2001-03. M.A. in political
management from The George Washington
University, 2003; B.A. in C.L.E.G. from American
University, 2001.
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Bruce Rauner: Betsey Ankney
(reported Aug. 2017) Campaign manager on
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's 2016 re-election in
Wisconsin from June 2013 (AAPC campaign manager
of the year for 2016). Deputy political
director for operations at the RNC for the Fall
2012 campaign from June 2012. Associate at
Collins Anderson Philp Public Affairs, May
2011-May 2012. Political fundraising
consultant (Epiphany Productions), organized the
NRCC March Dinner, Jan.-April 2011. A
regional political coordinator at the RNC, June
2009-Jan. 2011. Assistant to the president
and CEO at the 2008 Republican National
Convention, Jan.-Sept. 2008. B.A. in
political science and business from Vanderbilt
University, 2009. |
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Fred Hubbell: Michelle
Gajewski
(Oct. 2017) Campaign manager on Monica
Vernon's 2016 run for Congress against Rod Blum
in IA-1. Campaign manager on Suzanne
Patrick's run for Congress against Scott Rigell
in VA-2 in 2014.
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Kim Reynolds: Hooff
Cooksey
(Mar. 2018) Political director on Ed
Gillespie for Governor (VA), Dec. 2016-Dec.
2017. Executive director of
Arizonans for Strong Leadership, Gov. Doug
Ducey's I.E. committee, Mar.-Dec. 2016.
Political director for Yes on Prop. 123
(Phoenix), Mar.-May 2016. Deputy political
director for voter contact/digital political
manager at Jeb 2016, Inc., June 2015-Feb. 2016;
political on Right to Rise PAC, Jan.-June
2015. Statewide field director on Ed
Gillespie for Senate, Jan.-Nov. 2014.
Political director, coalitions director
(May-Dec. 2013) and regional political director
(Dec. 2012-May 2013) on Mark Obenshain for
Attorney General. Field director in
Arlington for Republican Party of
Virginia-Romney for President, June-Nov.
2012. B.S. in public relations from
University of Texas at Austin, 2012.
and
Phil Valenziano served as campaign manager from
June 2017-Feb. 2018, then left. He was
senior advisor to Lt. Gov. Reynolds from Apr.
2016-June 2017. |
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D+ |
Laura Kelly: Jordanna
"Jordy" Zeigler
Previously Western political director at EMILY's
List. Western regional candidate services
director at the DCCC in 2012. |
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Kris Kobach: Rep.
J.R. Claeys
(reported May 16, 2018 as part of campaign shake
up(>))
Represents District 69 in the Kansas House of
Representatives, first elected in 2012 and
re-elected in 2014 and 2016. Candidate for
Kansas Secretary of State, 2009-10.
President and CEO of the National Association of
Government Contractors. Director of
communications for the National Small Business
Association. Worked in fundraising for the
RNC. M.P.A. from The George Washington
University School of Business; undergraduate
degree from Kansas State University. Fifth
generation Kansan, born and raised in Salina. |
Greg Orman: Tim Phillips |
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Janet Mills: Jeremy
Kennedy
(from early Sept. 2018) Director of
advocacy, Maine for Planned Parenthood of
Northern New England, from Jan. 2017.
State director on Hillary for America, June-Nov.
2016. Executive director (Jan. 2015-June
2016) finance director (Jan. 2013-Dec. 2015) and
state field director (July-Nov. 2010) at the
Maine Democratic Party. Campaign manager
on Libby Mitchell for Governor, April-July
2010. Regional field organizer for the
Human Rights Campaign, Sept. 2008-March
2010. Political on Hillary Clinton's
earlier presidential campaign, 2007-08.
B.A. in biology and political science from The
University of Texas at Dallas, 2007.
and (>)
Michael Ambler
(June 2017-Sept. 2018) Campaign manager
(Sept.-Dec. 2016) and field/data director
(Jan.-Aug. 2016) on Ro Khanna for Congress
(CA). Co-founder of Searchlight Direct
Contact, June 2014-Oct. 2015. Campaign
manager on Lavine for Assembly (NY), July-Nov.
2014. Campaign manager on Abrahams for
Congress (NY), Jan.-June 2014. Field
director on Pierson for Council (Brooklyn),
June-Nov. 2013. Bachelor's degree in
public policy from University of Michigan, 2013.
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Shawn Moody: Lauren
LePage
Executive director of Maine People Before
Politics, a nonprofit that supported Gov.
LePage, Jan. 2015-June 2017. Maine
coalitions director on Donald J. Trump for
President, announced Aug.-Nov. 2016.
Director of scheduling and special projects on
Gov. LePage's re-election campaign, Oct.
2013-Nov. 2014. Assistant to Gov. LePage's
chief of staff, Jan. 2011-Oct. 2013.
Assistant policy director on Paul LePage for
Governor, Aug.-Nov. 2010. J.D. from
University of Maine School of Law, 2017;
bachelor's degree in biology from Florida State
University in Tallahassee, 2010. |
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Ben Jealous: Travis
Tazelaar
"He has spent the past two years working to
promote President Obama’s climate change
agenda." (Maryland Matters, Apr. 6, 2017).
Spokesman for Baltimore Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake, 2013. Campaign manager on
Educating Maryland Kids, the Maryland DREAM Act
on the Nov. 2012 ballot. Managed Mayor
Rawlings-Blake's 2011 re-election.
Executive director of the Maryland Democratic
Party, 2009-10. Managed Baltimore City
Councilman Edward L. Reisinger's re-election
campaign in 2007. In 2006 worked for Mayor
Martin O’Malley's gubernatorial campaign and
Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin's U.S. Senate
campaign. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps
for four years. Aquasco native. |
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Larry Hogan: Jim
Barnett
(Sept. 2017...started in June as general
consultant) COO at Definers Public
Affairs. Vice president of political
affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s
Institute of Legal Reform, 2013-15. Campaign
manager on U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's unsuccessful
2012 re-election bid in Massachusetts.
Campaign manager on former U.S. Rep. Rob
Simmons' 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate in
Connecticut. New England regional campaign
manager on McCain-Palin 2008; state director on
McCain's NH primary campaign from May 2007, and
earlier served as the campaign's New England
regional director. Chairman of the Vermont
Republican Party, elected May 2003, served
through late Nov. 2006. Deputy campaign
manager on Jim Douglas' successful 2002 campaign
for governor of Vermont, then worked on Gov.
Douglas' senior staff. Deputy Associate
Director in the Presidential Personnel Office,
2001-02. Public relations manager at
Validea.com, 2000. Senior research analyst
at RNC, 1999-early 2000. Research
associate at the National Journal Group.
Junior research analyst at the RNC, 1998.
Bachelor's degree in political science (CLEG)
from American University, 1998.
and
Barnett took on the campaign manager
after the initial camapign manager Ryan
Reynolds was ousted in September. |
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Jay Gonzalez: Kevin
Ready
(April 2017) Most recently worked in the
Office of Attorney General Maura Healey
including as chief of investigations and deputy
division chief of the Medicaid fraud division
from Sept. 2016. Political director on
Martha Coakley's 2014 campaign for governor
against Charlie Baker and spokesman on her 2010
campaign for Attorney General. Graduate of
Clark University. |
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Charlie Baker: Brian
Wynne
(Dec. 2017) Executive director (Jan.
2015-Dec. 2017), MA Victory director (April-Dec.
2014) and MA Victory statewide field director
(Jan.-April 2014) for the Massachusetts
Republican Party. NJ deputy Victory
director for data/RNC, July-Nov. 2013.
Data director on Gabriel Gomez for U.S. Senate,
May-June 2013. Deputy director of
political analytics (April-Nov. 2012) and intern
(June 2011-April 2012) at Romney for
President. B.A. in political science,
international studies from Boston College, 2012. |
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Gretchen Whitmer: Eric
Goldman
(Mar. 2018) Previously campaign manager on
Connie Pillich for Governor of Ohio, 2017-Feb.
2018. Campaign manager on Santasiero for
Congress (PA-8) in 2016. Degree in
political science from UC Santa Barbara.
and
Goldman was Whitmer's third campaign manager.
She started with Jerid Kurtz (Mar.-Aug. 2017),
then replaced him Keenan Pontoni (>).
Pontoni resigned in Feb. 2018 (>). |
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Bill Schuette: Lori
Wortz
Consultant at Strategy Works Agency formerly WWP
Strategies from 2007. Consultant to
Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 presidential
campaigns. Partner at Sterling,
1998-2008. Chief of staff in the Michigan
Senate for the Senate Majority Leader,
1990-98. |
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Tim Walz: Leah
Solo
(June 7, 2018 succeeding Nick Coe) Started
on the campaign as outreach director.
Director at Our Minnesota Future.
Candidate for state Senate District 44
(Plymouth) in 2016. Political director of
the SEIU Minnesota State Council; started there
as outreach director in Dec. 2012. Deputy
campaign director for the Minnesotans United for
All Families. Worked four cycles for DFL
candidates including campaign manager on Mark
Ritchie's 2010 run for Secretary of State, and
political director on Tim Walz's campaign.
Grew up in Mankato.
and
Walz replaced Nick Coe after finishing
behind Erin Murphy at the DFL endorsing
convention (>).
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Jeff Johnson: Justin
Arnold
(April 2017) Political strategist at
Majority Strategies, May 2016-March 2017.
Iowa political director on Marco Rubio for
President, May 2015-Jan. 2016. Staffer to
Sen. Jack Whitver, Jan.-May 2015.
Political director on Whitaker for U.S. Senate,
from July 2013. Studied at University of
Iowa. |
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Bob Krist:
Director of Daily Operations Caitlinn
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Pete Ricketts:
Jessica Flanagain
(June 2017) Moved over to the campaign
from special advisor for external affairs to
Gov. Ricketts, started in that role in Dec.
2015, and advisor to Ricketts from July
2006. Owner at Bright Strategies from Jan.
2007. Executive director of the Nebraska
Republican Party, 2004-06. Campaign
manager on Fortenberry for Congress, 2004.
B.A. in English, philosophy from University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
[In addition to serving as campaign manager
Flanagain started as a senior vice president
with Axiom Strategies in July 2018]. |
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NV
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Steve Sisolak: Chris
Sloan
(July 2018, succeeding Rob Hill) Director
of government affairs (Oct. 2009-July 2018) at
IUPAT Finishing Trades Institute and
international legislative representative at
IUPAT (Jan. 2008-Oct. 2009). Master's
degree from GSPM at The George Washington
University, 2014; bachelor's degree in political
science and government from Earlham College,
2007.
and
The Nevada Independent reported the
change on July 20 (>).
Rob Hill (Aug. 2017-June 2018) Director at
Precision Strategies, Jan. 2016-Jan. 2017.
Associate administrator at the U.S. Small
Business Administration, June 2011-Dec. 2015.
Field director at the DSCC, Dec. 2009-Dec.
2010. Western political director at the
White House, Jan.-Dec. 2009. State
director in ME, VT, OR and NV (Jan.-Nov. 2008;
NH field director on Obama for America,
2007-08. B.A. in history from University
of Virginia, 2000.
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Adam Laxalt: Kristin
Davison
(Nov. 2017) Campaign manager on Florida
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam's run for
governor to May 2018, then replaced.
Senior role on U.S. Sen. Lurther Strange (AL)'s
campaign in 2017 special election (lost in
primary runoff to Roy Moore). Worked on
the campaigns of Sen. Roy Blunt (MO) and Sen.
Marco Rubio (FL). Served as chief of staff
at Karl Rove and Co.. |
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NH
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Molly Kelly: Craig Brown
(April 2018) Campaign manager on Joyce
Craig's campaign for Mayor of Manchester,
May-Nov. 2017. State operations manager
for Sen. Maggie Hassan. Operations
director for Sen. Al Franken (DFL-MN)'s 2014
re-election. Deputy field director on
Hassan's 2012 campaign for governor.
Manchester native. |
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Chris Sununu: Paul
Collins
Also served as campaign manager on Sununu's 2016
campaign. Senior advisor on Gov. John Kasich's
NH primary campaign from May 2015.
Campaign manager on Dan Innis' 2014 Republican
primary campaign in the 1st CD. Campaign
manager on Ovide Lamontagne's 2012 campaign for
governor. Consultant on Jon Huntsman's 2011-12
NH primary campaign. In the 2010 cycle he
served as senior political strategist on
businessman Bill Binnie's U.S. Senate campaign
for about four months, then managed Sean
Mahoney's unsuccessful bid for the 1st CD seat
in the Sept. 2010 primary. Executive
director of the NH Republican Party, 1999.
Managed John E. Sununu's congressional and
Senate campaigns, 1996 through Jan. 2009.
Managed Pete Wilson's brief NH primary effort
(summer 1995), then when he withdrew served as
state director on Steve Forbes NH campaign (from
Oct. 1995). District director to Rep. Charlie
Bass to July 1995. During the
Administration of President George H. W. Bush,
when John H. Sununu was chief of staff, he
served as Deputy Director of the Office of
National Service (1,000 points of light) and
then Special Assistant to the President for
Political Affairs. Worked for John H.
Sununu starting in 1982, serving key roles on
his three campaigns for governor and as a
gubernatorial aide. NH political director
on Pete du Pont's NH primary campaign. |
Jiletta Jarvis: Robb Goodell
Started on the campaign in Jan. 2018 as
communications director. Freelance
creative consultant. Experience in insurance and
auto sales. |
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Michelle Lujan Grisham: Dominic
Gabello
(Oct. 2017) Chief of staff (from April
2013) and communications director (Jan.-April
2013) to Rep. Lujan Grisham. Campaign
manager on Michelle Lujan Grisham for Congress,
Feb.-Dec. 2012. Self-employed political
consultant, Sept. 2009-Jan. 2012. Campaign
manager on Harry Teague for Congress (NM),
June-Nov. 2010. Political director on
Virginians for Brian Moran, Feb. 2008-June
2009. Policy analyst in the Virginia
Liaison Office/Office of the Governor, Jan.
2007-Feb. 2008. Northeast political
director on Forward Together PAC (Gov. Mark
Warner), Jan.-Dec. 2006. Field director on
OneVirginia, April 2003-Dec. 2006.
Operations manager at Mindshare Interactive
Campaigns, June-Oct. 2002. B.A. in
political science from The George Washington,
University, 2002. |
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Steve Pearce: Paul G.
Smith
Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Rod Blum, Jan.
2015-Aug. 2017; campaign manager on Rod Blum's
2014 congressional race in IA-1.
Development assistant at the Show-Me
Institute. West Texas fiedl director on
Ted Cruz's 2012 campaign for U.S. Senate.
Interned on Ron Paul's 2012 presidential
campaign. Bachelor's degree in religious
studies, English literature from Hillsdale
College, 2010. Grew up in Las Cruces, NM.
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NY
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Andrew Cuomo: Maggie
Moran
(reported July 8, 2018, started June 15)
Consultant at newly formed BlueStrat.; on leave
from position as managing partner at Kivvit from
Oct. 2015. President and CEO of M Public
Affairs, Jan. 2012-Oct. 2015. Director of
business development for LiUNA, Feb. 201-Jan.
2012. Campaign manager on Corzine for
Governor, Jan.-Nov. 2009. Chief of
management and operations for the State of New
Jersey, Jan. 2006-Dec. 2008. New Jersey
state director for Gore-Lieberman. State
director for Sen. Frank Lautenberg from 1998 to
July 2000. Political director for the NJ
Dem. State Committee during 1997-98; director of
rapid response/operations for the 1996
coordinated campaign. Bachelor's degree in
political science from Douglass College at
Rutgers University, 1996.
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Marc Molinaro: Lynn Krogh
(announced June 13, 2018) Consultant with
Casale Group; work has included Wendy Long's
2012 campaign for U.S. Senate. National
political director of movement to draft Donald
Trump for President, 2011. State political
director on Rick Lazio's 2010 campaign for
governor to Sept. 2010, then worked on Carl
Paladino's campaign for governor for the
close. Co-founder of Gotham Management
Group, a consulting firm, Sept. 2009-May
2011. Elected chair of New York State
Young Republicans in 2009. Director of
public relations at Studio Daniel Libeskind,
2007-09. Deputy press secretary and
earlier press assistant to Gov. George E.
Pataki. Assistant on Pataki's 2002
re-election campaign. Studied at
University of Albany SUNY and Hunter
College. Troy native; worked on her
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Howie Hawkins: Michael O'Neil
Assistant
to the campaign manager of the Jill Stein /
Ajamu Baraka campaign, 2016. Downstate
coordinator on Hawkins' 2014 campaign, Aug.-Nov.
2014. Comms. director for the National
Coalition Against Censorship, Feb. 2011-Aug.
2014. Staff on Hawkins' 2010 gubernatorial
campaign. Comms. for Reverend Billy of the
Church of Stop Shopping, Mar. 2003-May
2010. Studied at Case Western Reserve
University.
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OH
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Richard Cordray: Michael
Halle
(Feb. 2018) Director of battleground
analytics and strategy (Feb.-Nov. 2016) and Iowa
caucus director (April 2015-Feb. 2016) on
Hillary for America. Executive director of
Common Good VA (McAullife PAC) Dec. 2013-Apr.
2015. Director of the Democratic Party of
Virginia Coordinated Campaign, Jan. 2013-Jan.
2014. Obama for America North Carolina
general election director, Jan.-Nov. 2012.
Campaign manager on Anthony Foxx for Charlotte,
April-Nov. 2011. Campaign manager on
Citizens for Jake Zimmerman, St. Louis City
Council Campaign, Jan.-April 2011. Field
director on the Missouri Democratic Party
Coordinated Campaign, May-Nov. 2010.
Special assistant at the HHS Office of Health
Reform, April 2009-April 2010. Started as
a field organizer on Obama's 2007-08 Iowa caucus
campaign, then continued on to Kansas, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Indiana; and in the fall served
as a deputy field director in North
Carolina. Prior to the campaign he
interned at the Center for American
Progress. Graduate of Illinois State
University, 2006. |
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Mike DeWine: Dave
Luketic
(May 2016) Consultant to New Day for
America (the pro-Kasich super PAC), May 2015-May
2016. Executive director of Balanced
Budget Forever, Jan.-April 2015. Political
director on Kasich/Taylor for Ohio, Aug.
2013-Jan. 2015. Political director for the
Ohio Republican Party, April 2012-Aug.
2013. Political director on Building a
Better Ohio, July 2011-Jan. 2012.
Coalition director in the Office of Gov. John
Kasich, Jan.-July 2011. Northeast Ohio
field director on Kasich/Taylor for Ohio,
July-Dec. 2010. Administrative assistant
for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections,
April 2009-July 2010. Political director
of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County, Dec.
2007-March 2009. B.A. in political science
from University of Dayton, 2006. Ohio
native.
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OK
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Drew Edmondson: Mike
Clingman
Director of the Oklahoma Coalition for Workers
Rights from Jan. 2015. Regional director
at WCRI, Jan. 2014-Jan. 2015.
Administrator of the Oklahoma Workers
Compensation Court, Jan. 2011-Jan. 2014.
Director of the Oklahoma office of State
Finance, Dec. 2008-Jan. 2011. B.A. from
the University of Central Oklahoma. |
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Kevin Stitt:
Aamon Ross
"he was a consultant to a variety of companies
and industries and negotiated large scale
national contracts. Additionally, Ross has
owned several small businesses and lead [sic]
numerous teams while working in medical device
sales for over 14 years." |
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OR
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Kate Brown: Andrea
Cooper
Co-executive director of Emerge Oregon.
Chief of staff to House Majority Leader Jennifer
Williamson. State director of Hillary for
America in Fall 2016. Executive director
of FuturePAC, the campaign arm of Oregon House
Democrats in the 2014 cycle. Government
relations for the Oregon Education Association,
2011-13. |
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Knute Buehler: Bryan
Reed
(reported by The Bulletin in July 2018)
Very briefly campaign manager on Jim Renacci's
run for governor in Ohio, Mar.-April 2017.
Deputy campaign manager on Eric Greitens'
campaign for governor of Missouri in 2016.
Deputy national political director on Rand Paul
for President from April 2015. Government
affairs manager in the Office of Gov. Bruce
Rauner, Jan.-Mar. 2015. Field director on
Citizens for Rauner, June 2013-Nov. 2014; field
director on the Bruce Rauner Exploratory
Committee. Legislative aide to U.S. Rep.
Robert Dold (IL), Nov. 2012-Jan. 2013.
Political director on Dold for Congress,
March-Nov. 2012. District representative
(Dec. 2011-Feb. 2012) and constituent caseworker
(Jan.-Dec. 2011) to U.S. Rep. Robert Dold
(IL). Field coordinator on Dold for
Congress, July 2010-Jan. 2011. Bachelor's
degree in political science and government from
University of Iowa, 2009. |
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Tom Wolf:
Jeffrey Sheridan
(Jan. 2017) Press secretary to Gov. Wolf,
Jan. 2015-Jan. 2017; press secretary on the
Wolf transition; press secretary on Tom
Wolf for Governor, Jan.-Nov. 2014.
Executive director of the Erie County Democratic
Committee, April-Nov. 2013. Public
relations specialist for HealthNow New York,
Jan.-April 2013. District director for
U.S. Rep. Kathleen Hochul (NY), Jan. 2012-Jan.
2013. Buffalo office director for U.S.
Rep. Louise Slaughter, May 2007-Dec. 2011.
Bachelor's degree in political science and
government from Niagara University, 2008. |
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Scott Wagner: Jason E.
High
(Mar. 2017) Served as Wagner's chief of
staff in the state Senate from April 2014.
Vice president (Dec. 2012-Mar. 2014) and cyber
threat specialist (Sept. 2011-Dec. 2012) at
Reclamere (Tyrone, PA). Implementation
engineer at Global Tel*Link, Feb.-Sept.
2011. Talk show host on Newstalk 1240
WRTA, May 2010, Sept. 2011. Vice president
of the Center for American Heritage, May
2010-Feb. 2011. Campaign manager on Peg
Luksik for U.S. Senate, Feb.-May 2010.
Chief of staff to states Sen. John Eichelberger,
Jr., Jan. 2007-May 2010. Systems
administrator for Southern Alleghenies Planning
& Development Commission, 1999-2006. |
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Gina Raimondo:
Jonathan Blair
(reported Nov. 2017) Campaign manager on
Gov. Dannel Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign
in Connecticut. Campaign manager on Robin
Kelly's win in the April 2013 special election
for Congress in IL-2. |
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Allan Fung: Andrew
Vargas Vila
(Oct. 2017) Florida state director for
Generation Opportunity from May 2015.
Regional political coordinator at the RNC, May
2013-April 2015. Event coordinator for the
Republican Party of Florida, Aug.-Nov.
2012. Political director at Front Line
Strategies, Inc. (Tallahassee), Oct. 2011-Aug.
2012. B.A. in political science and
government from Florida State University, 2010. |
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SC
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James Smith: Scott
Hogan
(July 20, 2018) Previously campaign
manager on Jenny Wilson's campaign for U.S.
Senate in Utah from Sept. 2017. Worked on
Tom Perez's campaign for chairman of the
DNC. Worked on Hillary for America
including MN Ramp Up grassroots
organizing. Minnesota state director for
Everytown for Gun Safety. Worked on
OFA-FL. Degrees from Indiana University
and the University of Southern Indiana.
and (>)
Mike McCauley
(Feb.-June 2018) Executive director for
the Autism Academy of South Carolina from
2016. Principal at McCauley Consulting
Group, 2014-16. Chief of staff at the
HHS's Administration for Children and Families
(2013-14) and White House liaison
(2009-13). Virginia political and
constituency director on Obama's 2008 general
election campaign; started as deputy political
director for the Jan. 26 South Carolina primary
campaign and worked political on the primary
campaigns in Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi and
North Carolina. Regional field director
for the SC Democratic coordinated campaign
during Inez Tenenbaum's 2004 U.S. Senate
campaign. Regional field director on
John Kerry's 2004 South Carolina and Virginia
primary campaigns. Lowcountry campaign
coordinator for Steve Benjamin's 2002 campaign
for SC Attorney General. President of
Young Democrats of South Carolina,
2005-06. J.D. from the Charleston School
of Law, 2007; B.A. in American government from
The Citadel, 2000. |
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Henry McMaster:
Senior Advisor Scott Farmer
Longtime Graham advisor. Owner of Farmer
Strategies, LLC since Jan. 2009 and founder and
partner of Lovell Investments LLC from Nov.
2008. Senior advisor on Lindsey Graham
2016 presidential campaign, Jan-Dec. 2015.
Campaign manager at Team Graham, Inc., Sen.
Graham's re-elect, from Jan. 2013.
Campaign manager on Lindsey Graham for Senate,
Jan. 2007-Dec. 2008. Finance director on
Lindsey Graham's campaign, Jan. 2001-Dec.
2006. Finance director at the South
Carolina Republican Party, 1998-2000.
Campaign coordinator on Mike Fair for Congress,
1997-98. Polling division of the Dole-Kemp
'96 campaign. Bachelor's degree from
Vanderbilt University.
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Katie Baham
(Aug. 2017,resigned Jan. 2018) State
director on Sen. Marco Rubio's SC primary
campaign from April 2015. Vice president
and director of campaigns and elections at First
Tuesday Strategies, April 2012-March 2015.
Political director for the South Carolina House
Republican Caucus, Sept. 2010-March 2012.
Campaign manager on Ken Ard for Lt. Governor,
Aug. 2009-June 2010. Political director
for the South Carolina Republican Party, Aug.
2008-July 2009. A regional field director
on Romney for President, Dec. 2006-Feb.
2008. B.A. in political science from
University of South Carolina-Columbia, 2005. |
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Billie Sutton:
Suzanne Jones Pranger
(April 2017) Came to the campaign from
position as executive director of the South
Dakota Democratic Party, where she started in
Aug. 2015. Clerked for a Judge in Sioux
Falls for a year. J.D (2014), M.A. in
political science, and B.S. (2011) from
University of South Dakota. President of USD
College Democrats, 2010-11. Fifth
generation South Dakotan.
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Kristi Noem:
Justin Brasell
(March 2017) Also leading Sen. Roger
Wicker's re-election in Mississippi. Owner
at Triumph Campaigns in Jackson, MS since
2010. General consultant on U.S. Rep.
Charles Boustany for U.S. Senate 2016.
Campaign manager on Tom Cotton for Senate,
2014. General consultant on Kristi Noem's
2012 re-election. Campaign manager on Tate
Reeves for Lt. Gov., 2011. Campaign
manager on Friends of John Thune, Jan. 2009-Nov.
2010. Campaign manager on McConnell for
Senate, July 2007-Nov. 2008. Chief of
staff to U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, Jan. 2005-June
2007; campaign manager on Geoff Davis for
Congress, Jan. 2003-Dec. 2004.
B.B.A. from University of Mississippi,
1998. Also, sequence unclear, served as
Midwest political director at the NRCC. |
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Karl Dean:
Courtney Wheeler
(announced Mar. 20, 2017) Director of
community engagement at Project Renaissance, a
nonprofit started by Dean, Aug. 2015-Feb.
2017. Director of the Mayor’s Office of
Neighborhoods and special assistant to Mayor
Dean, Jan. 2013-Aug. 2015. National voter
protection coordinator on Obama for America,
Jan.-Nov. 2012. Campaign manager on Mayor
Dean's 2011 re-election campaign. Director
of special projects at the DNC, Aug. 2010-Jan.
2011. Deputy campaign manager on Karl Dean
for Mayor, 2007. Political director on Jim
Davis for Governor of Florida, 2005-06.
Political director at the Tennessee Democratic
Party, 2004-05. Field director in
Tennessee and Maryland on John Kerry for
President, then served as delegate tracker for
the campaign. Campaign manager for a
couple of state reps. on the Tennessee
Coordinated Campaign, Fall 2012. J.D. from
Texas Tech University School of Law, 2010;
undergraduate degree from Texas State
University-San Marcos, 2001. |
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Bill Lee:
Chris Devaney
(Aug. 2017 campaign manager and senior
advisor) Executive director of Children's
Nutrition Program of Haiti, based in
Chattanooga, 2015-17. Chairman of the
Tennessee Republican Party, elected May 30,
2009-April 2015. State director to U.S.
Sen. Bob Corker, 2007-09. Executive
director of the Tennessee Republican Party,
2005-07. Principal at Devaney and
Associates, 2002-05. State
director/regional director to U.S. Sen. Phil
Gramm (TX), 2000-02. Projects
director/field rep. to U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson,
1995-2000. Senior producer for the U.S.
Senate Republican Conference, 1991-95.
Assistant communications/ research director on
Fred Thompson for Senate campaign, Sept.-Nov.
1994. Editor at NBC Radio News/Mutual
Broadcasting, 1990-91. State Capitol
reporter for KGOU Public Radio, 1989-90.
B.A. in political science from University of
Oklahoma, 1989. |
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Lupe Valdez:
Tyler Tucker
(July 2018) Experience includes Northam
for Governor; deputy organizing director
(Richmond) on the 2016 Virginia Coordinated
Campaign; Virginia House Democrats; Alison for
Kentucky in 2015; Virginia Senate Democrats; and
Terry McAuliffe for Governor in 2013.
and
Bill Romjue, a veteran campaign operative, was
Valdez' initial campaign manager from Feb. 2018. |
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Greg Abbott: John
Jackson
(Dec. 2014) Texas Victory Director/RNC,
June 2013-Dec. 2014. Director of special
projects for the Republican Party of Texas, Aug.
2012-June 2013. Campaign manager on Rick
Berg for U.S. Senate (ND), Oct. 2011-June
2012. Campaign manager on Tag Greason for
Delegate (VA), Mar. 2009-April 2010.
Political director for David Dewhurst (TX),
2009-10. Campaign manager on Dolores
Gresham for State Senate (TN), April-Nov.
2008. Political director on Sekula Gibbs
for Congress (TX), Jan.-April 2008. Field
director on Nick Rerras for State Senate,
2007. Southern field director on Van
Taylor for Congress, 2006. Political
director on Tucker Anderson for Congress,
2006. Studied at Texas A&M. |
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VT
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Christine Hallquist:
Cameron Russell
(Feb. 2018) Outreach director for Rights
and Democracy, Jan.-Feb. 2018. Coordinated
campaign director (Aug.-Dec. 2016), field
director Dec. 2014-Aug. 2016); and
regional field director (Aug.-Dec. 2014) for the
Vermont Democratic Party. M.Ed. from
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2013; B.A.
in sociology and community and international
development from University of Vermont, 2007. |
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Phil Scott
Campaign Coordinator: Brittney Wilson
Served the same role on Sott's 2016
campaign. Executive assistant at the
Vermont Department of Libraries, March 2013-Oct.
2015. Private secretary in the Vermont
Auditor's Office, Jan. 2011-Jan. 2013.
Outreach consultant at Capital Connections, LLC,
Jan.-April 2002. Campaign manager on Gibbs
for Secretary of State, May-Nov. 2010.
Executive assistant to the commissioner of the
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks &
Recreation, Nov. 2008-Feb. 2010. Field
coordinator on Douglas for Governor, June-Nov.
2008. B.S. in business administration from
Western New England College, 2008. |
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Tony Evers: Maggie Gau
(from late Jan. 2018 succeeding Nathan
Henry) Started as the campaign's
spokesperson. Gau has about a decade
working in Wisconsin politics. Chief of
staff for state Rep, Chris Taylor (Madison) and
state Sen. Janis Ringhand (Evansville), and
previously worked for then-state Rep. Ann
Hraychuck (Balsam Lake). Deputy political
director on Obama’s 2012 re-election
campaign. Graduate of UW Madison.
Originally from Wausau.
and (>)
Nathan Henry
(Aug. 2017-Jan. 2018) Vice president at
The Mellman Group, Feb. 1999-Aug. 2017.
Field director on Phelps for Congress in WI-2,
May-Sept. 1998. Chief of staff to WI State
Rep. Doris Hanson, June 1997-May 1998.
B.A. in political science from University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.
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Scott Walker: Joe
Fadness
(May 2017) Senior advisor to Gov. Walker,
Sept. 2015-May 2017. Ballot access
director and delegate strategy on Walker's
presidential campaign, July-Sept. 2015.
Executive director (Jan. 2013-July 2015) and
political director (Aug.-Dec. 2012) of the
Wisconsin Republican Party. Campaign
manager at Eric Hovde for U.S. Senate, Feb.-Aug.
2012. Director of external relations for
Gov. Scott Walker, Jan. 2011-Feb. 2012.
Operations director at Friends of Scott Walker,
June 2007-Nov. 2010. Advance
representative for the White House, May
2005-Dec. 2008. B.A. in political science,
business administration from Marquette
University, 2007. Fadness interned for
Walker when he was Milwaukee County Executive. |
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WY
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Mary Throne: Matt
Herdman
(Feb. 2018) Research director at Brass
Tactics, April-Dec. 2017. Field director
on Kuster for Congress re-election in NH-2,
Mar.-Nov. 2016. Regional field director
for the League of Conservation Voters in
Manchester,,NH, June 2014-Feb. 2016.
Canvass manager in San Antonio for Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, Jan.-April
2014. Canvass director in DC for
Grassroots Campaigns, 2012-13. B.A. in
history and government from The College of
William and Mary, 2012. |
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Mark Gordon: Gale
Geringer
(Jan. 2018) Owner of Gale Geringer LLC in
Cheyenne since Jan. 1993. Director of the
Craig and Susan Thomas Foundation from Jan.
2008. Lobbyist for CenturyLink from Feb.
2011. Campaign manager on Matt Mead for
Governor, Mar.-Nov. 2014. Campaign manager
for U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas, Jan. 1990-June
2007. Campaign manager on Jim Geringer for
Governor, Feb.-Nov. 1998. Campaign manager
on Mike Enzi for U.S. Senate, 1996. Chief
of staff (May 1990-Jan. 1993) and state
director (May 1989-May 1990) to U.S. Rep. Craig
Thomas. Government relations manager for
Wyoming Rural Electric Assn., Aug. 1981-May
1989. Studied journalism at Casper
College. |
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