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Joe Biden presidential campaign staff, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
 Kamala Harris (D) Donald Trump (R) (won) Jill Stein (G) Chase Oliver (L) |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
Last updated: April 9, 2024.
This page contains a select list of Joe Biden's (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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- Kamala Harris (D)
- Donald Trump (R)
- Jill Stein (G)
- Chase Oliver (L)
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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]
Biden campaign overview
- See also: Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2024
Joe Biden (D) was the 46th president of the United States. Biden announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on April 25, 2023.[2] Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on March 12, 2024, after reaching the estimated majority delegate threshold.
Biden withdrew from the presidential race on July 21, 2024. In a statement he said, "My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this."[3]
Biden won the 2020 presidential election on November 3, 2020, with 306 electoral votes. Biden ran with U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate.[4][5]
Biden's campaign highlighted the work of his administration, including the creation of new jobs, the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and the United States Chips and Science Act, and the provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that addressed climate change and allowed Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.[6] Click here to read more about the Biden administration.
A Biden campaign ad outlined his policy priorities for a second term, saying he'd work to make childcare and elder care more accessible, protect Social Security and Medicare, enact a minimum tax for billionaires, codify the right to abortion, ban assault weapons, and support voting rights.[6] He criticized the Republican Party, saying, "MAGA extremists are [...] cutting Social Security that you paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy, dictating what healthcare decisions women can make, banning books, and telling people who they can love. All while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote."[7]
Biden 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.[8] Click here to read more about Biden's 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
| Joe Biden presidential campaign national staff, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Julie Chávez Rodríguez[9] | Campaign manager | Senior advisor and White House director of intergovernmental affairs, Joe Biden presidential administration | @juliecr46 |
| Quentin Fulks[9] | Principal deputy campaign manager | Campaign manager, Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) 2022 senatorial campaign | @quentinfulks |
| Sara Schreiber[10] | Chief of staff | Executive director, America Votes | N/A |
| Jennifer O'Malley Dillon[11] | Campaign chairwoman | White House deputy chief of staff, Joe Biden presidential administration | @jomalleydillon |
| Becca Siegel[12] | Senior advisor | Senior advisor for coronavirus response, Joe Biden presidential administration | @beccasiegel |
| Mike Donilon[13] | Chief strategist | Senior advisor to the president, Joe Biden presidential administration | N/A |
| Michael Tyler[14] | Communications director | Deputy communications director, Cory Booker presidential campaign, 2024 | @michaelwtyler |
| Mia Ehrenberg[15] | National spokesperson | Press secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security | @MiaEhrenberg |
| Charles Lutvak[15] | National spokesperson | First deputy press secretary, Office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) | @CLutvak |
| Kevin Muñoz[9] | Media relations | Assistant White House press secretary, Joe Biden presidential administration | @munozka315 |
| Colleen Coffey[16] | Finance co-director | Deputy finance director, Democratic National Committee | @ColleenCoffey |
| Michael Pratt[17] | Finance co-director | Finance director, Democratic National Committee | N/A |
| Alana Mounce[18] | Political director | Ballot access director, Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2024 | @alanamounce |
| Grace Landrieu[19] | Policy director | Director for economic policy and labor, National Economic Council | N/A |
| Roohi Rustum[18] | National organizing director | National organizing director, Democratic National Committee | @roohi_rustum |
Joe Biden presidential campaign staff, 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.[20] 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 |
See also
Use the dropdown menu below to navigate Ballotpedia's historical coverage of Democratic presidential nominee campaign staff.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democracy in Action, "Building Campaign Organizations (2019)," accessed May 10, 2019
- ↑ YouTube, "Joe Biden Launches His Campaign For President: Let's Finish the Job," April 25, 2023
- ↑ X, "Joe Biden on July 21, 2024," accessed July 21, 2024
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 YouTube, "Long Way," May 1, 2023
- ↑ YouTube, "Joe Biden Launches His Campaign For President: Let's Finish the Job," April 25, 2023
- ↑ Biography, "Joe Biden," accessed April 1, 2019
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Politico, "This is who’s running Joe Biden’s campaign," April 25, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "Biden campaign names top voter turnout operative as chief of staff," December 14, 2023
- ↑ Spectrum News, "Biden shifts two top White House aides to his reelection campaign," January 23, 2024
- ↑ CNN, "Biden campaign plots long-game strategy as Democrats’ fears of a Trump win spike," September 14, 2023
- ↑ The Hill, "White House aide shifts to Biden campaign as part of paid media team," February 20, 2024
- ↑ Politico, "The Biden campaign comes out of hibernation," June 17, 2023
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Hill, "Biden campaign builds up communications team with 4 new hires," March 25, 2024
- ↑ Politico, "Biden beefs up his finance team with 3 senior hires," August 3, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "Biden beefs up his finance team with 3 senior hires," August 3, 2023
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Politico, "Biden campaign names political director, adds new team members," February 27, 2024
- ↑ Politico, "Biden names new top aides to his campaign," September 6, 2023
- ↑ Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019
