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Bill Weld presidential campaign staff, 2020
Date: November 3, 2020 |
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Last updated October 2, 2019.
This page contains a select list of Bill Weld's national campaign staff and primary state directors. Staff are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles.
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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]
Bill Weld campaign overview
- See also: Bill Weld presidential campaign, 2020
Bill Weld announced on April 15, 2019, that he was running in the 2020 presidential election. He suspended his presidential campaign on March 18, 2020.[2]
Weld focused hi campaign on criticisms of President Donald Trump's leadership and economic policies, saying the president was paying more attention to dividing people than addressing the problem of overspending or preparing to replace jobs that would be lost to automation in the future.[3][4]
Weld served as the Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. In 2016, he was the Libertarian vice presidential candidate.
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.[5] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Bill Weld presidential campaign national staff, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Stuart Stevens | General consultant | Senior advisor, Mitt Romney for President of the United States, 2012 | @stuartpstevens |
| Joe Hunter | Communications director | Communications director, Gary Johnson for President of the United States, 2016 | @MrJoeHunter |
| Ieva Smidt | Finance director | Fundraising consultant | @ievars |
Notable staff departures
The list below shows notable staff departures found in media reports.
| Bill Weld presidential campaign staff, 2020 (Departures) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Previous position | Departure date | New position |
| Jennifer Horn | Campaign manager | June 14, 2019[6] | N/A |
Weld in the news
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This section featured five news stories about Weld and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Weld's campaign activity, click here.
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
- ↑ NBC News, "Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld ends long-shot primary challenge to Trump," March 18, 2020
- ↑ RealClearPolitics, "Bill Weld on Trump Primary Challenge: 'Republicans In Washington Want To Have No Election Basically,'" February 17, 2019
- ↑ WMUR, "Republican William Weld announces launch of presidential exploratory committee," February 15, 2019
- ↑ Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019
- ↑ WMUR, "NH Primary Source: Horn resigned from Weld campaign month before writing anti-Trump op-ed," July 25, 2019
