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Bobby Jindal presidential campaign key staff and advisors, 2016
- See also: Bobby Jindal presidential campaign, 2016
Bobby Jindal was a Republican candidate for the office of president of the United States in 2016. Jindal is the former governor of Louisiana. He was first elected in 2007 and was re-elected to the position on October 22, 2011. He previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Louisiana's 1st Congressional District from 2004 to 2008. Jindal was considered a possible candidate for Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate in 2012, but Romney chose Paul Ryan instead.[1][2]
Jindal announced his bid for the presidency on June 24, 2015, through a press release on his website.[3] The post included videos filming his family's reaction to the news.
Previously, during a lunch with conservative bloggers on September 16, 2014, Jindal said, "I’m not going to be coy, I’m thinking about running for president and praying about it."[4] Seventeen presidents have also served as governors.[5] Bobby Jindal suspended his presidential campaign on November 17, 2015.[6]
Key staff and advisors
The table below details some of the key staff and advisors for Bobby Jindal's 2016 presidential campaign at the time the campaign was suspended in November 2015. The leftmost column indicates the individual staff member or advisor. The middle column details that individual's relationship to Jindal's campaign. The final column indicates that individual's experience prior to working with Jindal in 2016. More detailed profiles of individuals can be found by clicking the links in the leftmost column.
| Bobby Jindal key staff and advisors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Individual | Role | Previous Experience |
| Alexandra Bautsch | Finance director | •Finance director for Rep. Bobby Jindal •Founder of The Bautsch Group |
| Curt Anderson | Chief strategist | •Steve Forbes 1999 presidential •George W. Bush 2000 presidential |
| Gail Gitcho | Senior advisor | •Press secretary Jeff Bedingfield 2002 Republican U.S. House candidate (Colo.) •Press secretary Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) |
| James Bopp Jr. | Legal counsel for America Next Super PAC | •Legal counsel and advisor to former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels •Indiana Campaign Leadership Team for George W. Bush |
| Kyle Plotkin | Communications director | •Research assistant Public Opinion Strategies •Policy analyst Romney for President, Inc. 2012 presidential |
| Matt M. Parker | National field director | •Bobby Jindal 2004 congressional • Bobby Jindal 2007 gubernatorial |
| Timmy Teepell | Campaign manager | •Bobby Jindal 2004 and 2006 U.S. U.S. House •Bobby Jindal 2008 and 2011 gubernatorial |
Other campaign staff members
The following is a list of other staff members who worked on Bobby Jindal's 2016 presidential campaign.[7]
- Wes Anderson: Anderson was a partner at OnMessage with Timmy Teepell and Curt Anderson. He has polled for Bobby Jindal's past campaigns and is acting as lead pollster in Jindal's presidential campaign.
- Tim Saler: Saler was Jindal's deputy campaign manager. He was deputy campaign manager for Gov. Rick Scott's (R-Fla.) gubernatorial campaign.
- Bradley Engle: Engle served as Jindal's digital director. Engle was a senior director with Purple, a strategy and communications firm.
- Heather Sidwell Morris: A Mitt Romney 2008 campaign veteran, Morris was Jindal's legal counsel.
- Shannon Dirmann: Dirmann was Jindal's national press secretary. Formerly, she worked in Jindal's gubernatorial office as deputy communications director.
- Henry Goodwin: Goodwin was the campaign's deputy communications director.
- Taylor Teepell: Taylor Teepell, campaign manager Timmy Teepell's brother, was Jindal's national coalitions director and working on the ground in key states. He served as Jindal's deputy chief of staff when Jindal was governor of Louisiana.
Recent news
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See also
- Bobby Jindal
- Bobby Jindal presidential campaign key staff and advisors experience, 2016
- Bobby Jindal presidential campaign, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Boston.com, "Mitt Romney chooses Paul Ryan as running mate," August 11, 2012
- ↑ USA Today, "Romney's VP pick likely to go to safest candidate," July 14, 2012
- ↑ Bobby Jindal, "Announcement," June 24, 2015
- ↑ National Review, "Jindal on 2016: ‘I’m Not Going to Be Coy, I’m Thinking About Running,’" September 16, 2014
- ↑ Center on the American Governor, "The Governors Who Became President: Brief Biographies," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal drops out of White House race," November 17, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "The power players behind Bobby Jindal’s campaign," June 24, 2015
