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Joe Sestak presidential campaign staff, 2020
Date: November 3, 2020 |
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Last updated October 2, 2019.
This page contains a select list of Joe Sestak'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]
Sestak campaign overview
- See also: Joe Sestak presidential campaign, 2020
Joe Sestak (D) is a former U.S. Navy admiral who represented Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. He suspended his presidential campaign on December 1, 2019.[2]
Sestak focused his run on his experience in the military and said that he considered his two top priorities to be "putting a brake on climate change and putting an end to an illiberal world order’s injustices." Sestak said that unaccountable leadership was "responsible for the lack of trust in America today that undermines our sense of national unity, of who we are and what we stand for."[3]
Before running for the U.S. House, Sestak served 31 years in the U.S. Navy.[4][5]
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.[6] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Joe Sestak presidential national campaign staff, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Evan O'Connell | Communications director | Communications and engagement manager, EMEIA Financial Services | @evanoconnell |
| Chris Baker | Operations director | N/A | N/A |
| Nathan Kleinman | Issues director | Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, 2018 | N/A |
Sestak 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 Sestak and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Sestak's campaign activity, click here.
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
- ↑ CNN, "Joe Sestak ends long-shot 2020 Democratic presidential campaign," December 1, 2019
- ↑ Joe Sestak for President, "Video: Presidential Announcement," accessed June 24, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, "Joe Sestak, Former Pennsylvania Congressman, Becomes the 24th Democratic Candidate for President," June 23, 2019
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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