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Joe Biden presidential campaign staff, 2020
Date: November 3, 2020 |
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Last updated July 8, 2020.
This page contains a select list of Joe Biden'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]
Biden campaign overview
- See also: Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.[2]
Biden was sworn in on January 20, 2021, becoming the oldest president to take office at 78 years old. His running mate, former Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), became the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president.
Click here to learn more about the Biden presidential transition.
Biden announced that he was running for president on April 25, 2019.[3] With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[4] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020, and was formally nominated at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[5]
Biden announced Harris as his running mate on August 11, 2020. He called her "a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants."[6][7]
Biden framed his campaign as a challenge to Trump. "I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time. But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation—who we are—and I cannot stand by and watch that happen," he said.[8]
He represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009 before serving as vice president under President Barack Obama (D) from 2009 to 2017.[9]
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.[10] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Joe Biden presidential national campaign staff, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Jennifer O'Malley Dillon | Campaign manager | Campaign manager, Beto O'Rourke for President of the United States, 2020 | @jomalleydillon |
| Kate Bedingfield | Deputy campaign manager and communications director | Vice president of communications, Monumental Sports & Entertainment | @KBeds |
| Pete Kavanaugh | Deputy campaign manager | President of Revolution Field Strategies | @petekavanaugh |
| Rufus Gifford | Deputy campaign manager | Finance director, Barack Obama for President of the United States, 2012 | @rufusgifford |
| Natalie Quillian | Deputy campaign manager | Partner and principal, Boston Consulting Group | N/A |
| Zeppa Kreager | Chief of staff | Director, Creative Allliance at Civic Nation | @ZeppaKreager |
| Anita Dunn | Senior advisor | Managing director, SKDKnickerbocker | N/A |
| Greg Schultz | General election strategist and senior advisor | Executive director, American Possibilities PAC | @schultzohio |
| Symone Sanders | Senior advisor | Strategist and CNN political commentator | @SymoneDSanders |
| Cristóbal Alex | Senior advisor | President, Latino Victory Project | @CristobalJAlex |
| Brandon English | Senior advisor | Senior advisor, GPS IMPACT | @brandonenglish |
| Julie Chavez Rodriguez | Senior advisor | Co-national political director, Kamala Harris for the People | N/A |
| Karine Jean-Pierre | Senior advisor | Political analyst, MSNBC; chief public affairs officer, MoveOn | @K_JeanPierre |
| Erin Wilson | Political director | State director, Sen. Bob Casey | N/A |
| Kurt Bagley | National organizing director | National field director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | @kurt_bagley |
| Jamal Brown | National press secretary | Consultant, Civic Advisors | @JTOBrown |
| TJ Ducklo | National press secretary | Senior communications director, NBC News | @TDucklo |
| Remi Yamamoto | Traveling national press secretary | Communications director, Fred Hubbell for Governor of Iowa, 2018 | @RemiMYamamoto |
| Saloni Multani | Chief financial officer | Venture partner, Congruent Ventures | N/A |
| Deanna Nesburg | Senior advisor for financial operations | Treasurer, Kamala Harris for the People | N/A |
| Katie Petrelius | National finance director | Director of development, Biden Foundation | N/A |
| Rob Flaherty | Digital director | Digital director, Beto O'Rourke for President of the United States, 2020 | @Rob_Flaherty |
Primary election state staff
The table below shows the candidate's 2020 early primary state directors and state communications directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.[10] For a larger list of state campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Joe Biden presidential campaign state staff, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | State | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Jake Braun | Iowa | State director | CEO at Cambridge Global | @jakehbraun |
| Julia Krieger | Iowa | Communications director | Communications director, Heidi Heitkamp for U.S. Senate, 2018 | @jnkrieger |
| Ian Moskowitz | New Hampshire | State director | Campaign manager, Steven Dettelbach for Attorney General of Ohio, 2018 | @IAMoskowitz |
| Meira Bernstein | New Hampshire | Communications director | Communications director, Claire McCaskill for United States Senate, 2018 | @Meirabb |
| Hilary Barrett | Nevada | State director | Campaign manager, Joseph Kopser for Congress, 2018 | N/A |
| Vedant Patel | Nevada | Communications director | Communications director, office of Rep. Pramila Jayapal | @vedantpatel90 |
| Kendall Corley | South Carolina | State director | Political director, James Smith for Governor of South Carolina, 2018 | N/A |
| Paige Hill | South Carolina | Communications director | Communications, Bloomberg Philanthropies | @PaigeinTN |
Biden in the news
- See also: Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing and Editorial approach to story selection for the Daily Presidential News Briefing
This section featured five news stories about Biden and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Biden's campaign activity, click here.
- November 3, 2020: Joe Biden held GOTV events in Scranton and Philadelphia. He planned to address the nation from Wilmington, Delaware, in the evening.
- November 2, 2020: Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Atlanta and Miami on behalf of Biden.
- November 1, 2020: Biden held two campaign events in Philadelphia: a “Souls to the Polls” event and drive-in rally.
- October 31, 2020:
- Biden was scheduled to campaign in Michigan and hold a joint rally with former President Barack Obama.
- Biden released the names of more than 800 fundraisers who raised $100,000 or more for the Biden campaign and its joint fundraising committees.
- October 30, 2020: Biden campaigned in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
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
- ↑ The New York Times, "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins," December 14, 2020
- ↑ CNN, "Joe Biden announces he is running for president in 2020," April 25, 2019
- ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
- ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
- ↑ Twitter, "Joe Biden," August 11, 2020
- ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Joe Biden’s Campaign Announcement Video, Annotated," April 25, 2019
- ↑ Biography, "Joe Biden," accessed April 1, 2019
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019
