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Hillary Clinton presidential campaign key staff and advisors experience, 2016
| This article details the experience of Hillary Clinton's top-level staff for the 2016 presidential election |
| For a more comprehensive overview of Clinton's advisors, communications staffers, and policy team, see: |
| Hillary Clinton presidential campaign key staff and advisors, 2016 |
For Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, Ballotpedia identified five high-level, decision-making staff members. The chart below details these staffers' histories up to the time they worked for Clinton. Included is the staffer's role and his or her previous experience advising in electoral campaigns. Linked campaigns indicate those to which other key staffers across the 2016 presidential campaigns have contributed. Hovering over a link for a specific campaign will show you which staffers from other campaigns also worked on that same campaign.
| Name | Previous Experience | |
|---|---|---|
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Robby Mook Campaign manager |
•2006: Martin O'Malley gubernatorial
•2008: Hillary Clinton presidential
•2013: Terry McAuliffe gubernatorial |
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Joel Benenson Chief strategist and pollster |
•1996: Bill Clinton presidential
•2002: James McGreevey gubernatorial |
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Amanda Renteria Political director |
•2014: Amanda Renteria U.S. House |
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Marlon Marshall Director of state campaigns and political engagement |
•2004: John Kerry presidential |
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Jake Sullivan Senior policy advisor |
•2008: Barack Obama presidential |
The following chart is organized by year, detailing when these high-level staffers worked in the same election cycle, either with one another or on separate campaigns.
Clinton's key decision makers mostly worked together during the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. Joel Benenson and Marlon Marshall are veterans of both presidential campaigns for Barack Obama while Robby Mook and Jake Sullivan both worked on Clinton's 2008 presidential run.
| Year | Campaign | Staffer |
| 1976–1995 | ||
| 1996 | Bill Clinton presidential | Joel Benenson |
| 1997–2001 | ||
| 2002 | James McGreevey gubernatorial | Joel Benenson |
| 2003 | ||
| 2004 | John Kerry presidential | Marlon Marshall |
| 2005 | Anthony Weiner mayoral | Joel Benenson |
| 2006 | Martin O'Malley gubernatorial | Robby Mook |
| Ben Cardin U.S. Senate | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | Hillary Clinton presidential | Jake Sullivan |
| Robby Mook | ||
| Marlon Marshall | ||
| Barack Obama presidential | Jake Sullivan | |
| Marlon Marshall | ||
| Joel Benenson | ||
| Jeanne Shaheen U.S. Senate | Robby Mook | |
| 2009–2011 | ||
| 2012 | Barack Obama presidential | Marlon Marshall |
| Joel Benenson | ||
| 2013 | Terry McAuliffe gubernatorial | Robby Mook |
| 2014 | Amanda Renteria U.S. House | Amanda Renteria |
