Eric Swalwell presidential campaign, 2020

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Eric Swalwell suspended his presidential campaign on July 8, 2019.

2020 Presidential Election Date: November 3, 2020

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“	I talk to kids who sit in their classrooms, afraid that they'll be the next victim of gun violence. And they see Washington doing nothing about it after the moments of silence, and they see lawmakers who love their guns more than they love our kids. And none of that is gonna change until we get a leader who is willing to go big on the issues we take on, be bold in the solutions we offer, and do good in the way that we govern. I'm ready to solve those problems. I'm running for president of the United States.	”
—Eric Swalwell (April 2019)

Eric Swalwell, a Democratic U.S. representative from California, announced his candidacy for president of the United States on April 8, 2019. He suspended his presidential campaign on July 8, 2019.

Swalwell's policy proposals included a national and mandatory buyback of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons—exempting law enforcement agencies and gun clubs—and universal background checks for weapons and ammunition purchases. He also called for no-interest federal student loans, debt-free college for work-study students, and increased investment in curing diseases like ALS and Alzheimer's.

Swalwell served on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and was the ranking member of Subcommittee on the CIA in the 115th Congress.

Before he was elected to represent California's 15th Congressional District in 2012, Swalwell was a member of the Dublin town council and served as the deputy district attorney for Alameda County, California.

Campaign staff

See also: Eric Swalwell presidential campaign staff, 2020, Presidential election key staffers, 2020, and Presidential campaign managers, 2020

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. For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.

Eric Swalwell presidential campaign national staff, 2020
Staff	Position	Prior experience	Twitter handle
Lisa Tucker	Campaign manager	Founding partner, The Tucker Group	@tuckerpolitics
Alex Evans	Senior strategist	Chief of staff, office of Rep. Eric Swalwell	N/A
Tim Sbranti	Senior strategist	Deputy chief of staff, office of Rep. Eric Swalwell	N/A
Josh Richman	Communications director	Communications director, office of Rep. Eric Swalwell	@Josh_Richman
Cait McNamee	National press secretary	Press secretary, office of Rep. Eric Swalwell	@caitmcnamee
Yardena Wolf	National finance director	Managing director, Campaigns, Berger Hirschberg Strategies	@yardenawolf

Campaign finance

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"Go big. Be bold. Do good." - Swalwell campaign, April 8, 2019

Campaign themes

The following campaign themes were published on Swalwell's campaign website:

“	In the first 100 days as your President, I’ll go big and be bold to work with Congress on: ENDING GUN VIOLENCE No more turning a blind eye to American lives stolen by gun violence. We must enact truly universal background checks for all gun and ammunition purchases, do more to take guns away from domestic abusers, push states to adopt gun violence restraining order laws, and remove weapons of war from our communities once and for all. I’m the only candidate calling for a mandatory national ban and buyback of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons. HEALTH CARE Too many Americans still find themselves having to choose between paying rent or paying medical bills, between buying food or buying prescriptions – and nobody should have to rely on a GoFundMe or a collection jar because they’ve fallen ill. Americans need a healthcare guarantee: If you’re sick, you’ll be seen by a doctor, and if you’re seen, you’ll never go broke because of it. We also must make a huge public investment in finding cures in our lifetime for the diseases that ail us, from Alzheimer’s to ALS to cancer. Our technology is surging forward, our innovation is vast – we should focus that on saving lives. EDUCATION Every American child deserves a world-class education in a modern schoolhouse, regardless of wealth or ZIP Code. And we must re-associate college with opportunity instead of crushing debt that leaves many unable to launch businesses, buy homes, or start families. We need no-interest federal student loans, tax-free employer contributions, and debt-free college for public university students who do work-study and commit to bettering their communities after graduation.	”
—Swalwell 2020

Swalwell participated in an interview series with The New York Times that asked 21 Democratic candidates the same series of 18 questions. To view Swalwell's responses, click here.

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The following section provides a timeline of Swalwell's campaign activity beginning in January 2019. The entries, which come from Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing, are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.

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