Dean Phillips presidential campaign staff, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
 Kamala Harris (D) Donald Trump (R) (won) Jill Stein (G) Chase Oliver (L) |
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Last updated January 23, 2024.
This page contains a select list of Dean Phillips' (D) national campaign staff. 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 presidential elections. 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]
Phillips campaign overview
Dean Phillips (D) was a U.S. representative from Minnesota. He announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on October 26, 2023.[2] Phillips withdrew from the race on March 6, 2024.[3]
Phillips said his campaign was focused on four main issues: bringing down the cost of living by being pro-worker and pro-business, improving community safety by addressing mental health and drug issues, investing in young people, and making politics less divisive by pursuing policies like term limits, campaign finance reform, and bipartisan presidential Cabinets. Phillips also said, "It looks like on our current course, the Democrats will lose and Trump will be our President again. [...] If President Biden is the Democratic nominee, we face an unacceptable risk of Trump being back in the White House."[4]
Phillips had served in the U.S. House representing Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District since 2019. Click here to read more about Phillips' biography.
National staff
The table below shows a partial list of national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager, senior advisors, political directors, communications directors, field directors, and the national press secretary. They are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
- See also: Presidential election campaign managers and key staffers, 2024
| Dean Phillips presidential campaign national staff, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Zach Graumann[5] | Senior advisor | Founder, Samarity | @Zach_Graumann |
| Jeff Weaver[6] | Senior advisor | Political advisor, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) | N/A |
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democracy in Action, "Building Campaign Organizations (2019)," accessed May 10, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, "Dean Phillips Will Run Against Biden," October 26, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Phillips on March 6, 2024," accessed March 6, 2024
- ↑ TWitter, "Phillips on October 26, 2023," accessed October 27, 2023
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Dean Phillips hires top Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang advisers,'" November 8, 2023
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Dean Phillips hires top Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang advisers,'" November 8, 2023
