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Amy Klobuchar presidential campaign staff, 2020
Date: November 3, 2020 |
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Last updated November 25, 2019.
This page contains a list of Amy Klobuchar's campaign staff alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles.
The list of campaign staff has been curated from the website Democracy in Action and Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing.
Click on the links below to navigate:
- Campaign staff in context
- Overview of Klobuchar's campaign
- National and state staff
- Klobuchar in the news
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Campaign staff in context
Campaign staff plays an important role in the presidential primaries. The makeup of a candidate's staff can signal the strength of their support from influential party activists and whether they are aligning with a particular faction or group within the party. Eric Appleman of Democracy in Action describes candidates' efforts to hire staffers as a "race for talent, both nationally and in key early states." He adds, "The goal is to assemble a team of top talent that can work together effectively to mobilize resources, boost the candidate and his or her message, and ultimately secure the party's nomination."[1]
Presidential candidates will typically have a national staff, which is overseen by a campaign manager and assisted by political consultants, senior advisors, professional polling firms, and key stakeholders such as interest group leaders and major financial supporters. They also build organizations in individual states that are overseen by state directors and staffed by party activists and political professionals well-versed in the particular politics of the area. Candidates often appoint elected officials and other important figures in their party's coalition as chairs of their national campaign and state-level campaigns.[1]
Klobuchar campaign overview
Amy Klobuchar is a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. She formally declared her candidacy on February 10, 2019. Klobuchar ended her presidential campaign on March 2, 2020, and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden (D).[2]
Klobuchar announced several policy priorities, including automatic voter registration, reducing the amount of money in politics, and reinstating climate regulations that were eliminated by the Trump administration.[3]
Klobuchar was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006.
National staff
The table below shows a sampling of the candidate's 2020 national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager and some senior advisors, political directors, communication directors, and field directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.[4] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Amy Klobuchar presidential campaign national staff, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Justin Buoen | Campaign manager | Partner, New Partners | @jbuoen |
| Pete Giangreco | Senior advisor | Partner, The Strategy Group | N/A |
| Brigit Helgen | Senior advisor | Chief of staff, office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar | N/A |
| Lucinda Ware | Political director | Vice president/partner SWAY | N/A |
| Mike McLaughlin | Field director | Campaign manager, Harley Rouda for Congress, 2018 | N/A |
| Tim Hogan | Communications director | National press secretary, The Hub Project | @timjhogan |
| Carlie Waibel | National press secretary | Senior spokesperson, Andrew Gillum for Governor of Florida, 2018 | @carliewaibel |
| Michael Schultz | National finance director | Finance director, Ben Cardin for U.S. Senate, 2018 | N/A |
State staff
The table below shows the candidate's 2020 early primary state directors and state communications directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.[4] For a larger list of state campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Amy Klobuchar presidential campaign state staff, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | State | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Lauren Dillon | Iowa | State director | Deputy director, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee | @llcdillon |
| Scott Merrick | New Hampshire | State director | Vice president of business development, Athenium Analytics | N/A |
| Kelsi Browning | New Hampshire | Communications director | Communications director, Paul Davis for Congress, 2018 | @kelsibrowning |
| Angela Kouters | South Carolina | State director | Founder, Hard Count Strategies | @angelakouters |
| Marina Negroponte | Nevada | State director | Nevada state director, Beto O'Rourke for President, 2020 | @Mapinduzi34 |
Klobuchar in the news
- See also: Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing and Editorial approach to story selection for the Daily Presidential News Briefing
This section featured five news stories about Klobuchar and her presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Klobuchar's campaign activity, click here.
- March 2, 2020: Klobuchar suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed Biden.
- February 29, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. She made a $4.2 million ad buy across the Super Tuesday states.
- February 27, 2020: Klobuchar attended a roundtable on voting rights in North Carolina. She also participated in a televised town hall from Raleigh on Fox News.
- February 25-26, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in South Carolina. Kitchen Table Conversations made a six-figure ad buy in Arkansas, Maine, Oklahoma, and South Carolina to support Klobuchar.
- February 24, 2020: Klobuchar released a medical report that said she was in good health and “does not have any health conditions that would impair her ability” to serve as president.
See also
- Presidential election key staffers, 2020
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
- Republican presidential nomination, 2020
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democracy in Action, "Building Campaign Organizations (2019)," accessed May 10, 2019
- ↑ USA Today, "With her 'Klomentum' gone, Amy Klobuchar ends her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination," March 2, 2020
- ↑ CNBC, "Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar is running for president — here are her top priorities," February 11, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019
