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Julie Chávez Rodríguez
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Julie Chávez Rodríguez was the campaign manager for Vice President Kamala Harris' (D) 2024 presidential campaign. Chávez Rodríguez was the campaign manager for Joe Biden's (D) 2024 presidential campaign before he withdrew from the race. She was a senior advisor and assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Biden administration. She also worked in Kamala Harris' (D-Calif.) senate office, and on Harris' and Biden's 2020 presidential campaigns. Chávez Rodríguez is the granddaughter of César Chávez, the founder of the United Farm Workers Union.[1]
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Career
Chávez Rodríguez began her career as a program director at the César Chávez Foundation, an organization that seeks to "create a movement to improve the quality of life for Latinos and working people."[2][3] She worked on her first political campaign in 2008 as a member of Barack Obama's (D) presidential campaign in Colorado.[4] Chávez Rodríguez then joined the Obama administration's Department of the Interior as director of youth employment and as deputy press secretary to former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. She later worked as a special assistant to President Obama and as senior deputy director of public engagement in the Office of Public Engagement.[5]
In 2016, Kamala Harris (D) appointed Chávez Rodríguez as her senate office's California director. The following year Harris tapped Chávez Rodríguez to serve as the chief of staff for Harris' 2020 presidential campaign. Chávez Rodríguez later joined Biden's general election presidential campaign as a deputy campaign manager. During the first half of the Biden administration, Chávez Rodríguez served as a senior adviser and assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.[5]
Chávez Rodríguez graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Latin American studies.[6]
Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign
Key staff members
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
| Kamala Harris presidential campaign national staff, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Julie Chávez Rodríguez[7] | Campaign manager | Campaign manager, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @juliecr46 |
| Jennifer O'Malley Dillon[7] | Campaign chairwoman | Campaign chairwoman, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @jomalleydillon |
| Quentin Fulks[8] | Principal deputy campaign manager | Principal deputy campaign manager, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @quentinfulks |
| David Plouffe[9] | Senior advisor | Strategist, Stand Up Strategies | @davidplouffe |
| Becca Siegel[10] | Senior advisor | Senior advisor, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @beccasiegel |
| Gene Sperling[11] | Senior economic advisor | Economic advisor, Joe Biden presidential administration | @genebsperling |
| Michael Tyler[12] | Communications director | Communications director, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @michaelwtyler |
| Ian Sams[13] | Senior spokesperson | White House Counsel - Oversight spokesman, Joe Biden presidential administration | @iansams |
| Mia Ehrenberg[14] | National spokesperson | National spokesperson, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @MiaEhrenberg |
| Charles Lutvak[15] | National spokesperson | National spokesperson, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @CLutvak |
| Kevin Muñoz[16] | Media relations | Media relations, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @munozka315 |
| Roohi Rustum[17][18] | National organizing director | National organizing director, 2024 Joe Biden presidential campaign | @roohi_rustum |
Many members of Harris' staff were previously members of Joe Biden's (D) 2024 campaign staff before he withdrew from the race on July 21, 2024. The Washington Post's Tyler Pager wrote on July 22, "Harris’s campaign will remain based in Biden’s hometown, and much of the campaign leadership is expected to stay in place. [...] Harris has a small team of aides within the broader Biden reelection effort who are expected to take on larger roles as she likely ascends to the top of the ticket." Following Biden's withdrawal from the race, Mike Donilon was reported as a noteworthy departure from senior campaign staff, instead moving to a different role in the campaign.[19]
Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign
- See also: Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2024
Campaign strategy
In a May 2023 memo, Chávez Rodríguez wrote, "Democrats are most successful when we run together. Working collaboratively with candidates and state parties, we’ll build a diverse campaign that’s focused on a unified message, tailored to the communities we need to register, persuade and turn out to vote."[20]
Key staff members
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[21] | Campaign manager | Senior advisor and White House director of intergovernmental affairs, Joe Biden presidential administration | @juliecr46 |
| Quentin Fulks[21] | Principal deputy campaign manager | Campaign manager, Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) 2022 senatorial campaign | @quentinfulks |
| Sara Schreiber[22] | Chief of staff | Executive director, America Votes | N/A |
| Jennifer O'Malley Dillon[23] | Campaign chairwoman | White House deputy chief of staff, Joe Biden presidential administration | @jomalleydillon |
| Becca Siegel[24] | Senior advisor | Senior advisor for coronavirus response, Joe Biden presidential administration | @beccasiegel |
| Mike Donilon[25] | Chief strategist | Senior advisor to the president, Joe Biden presidential administration | N/A |
| Michael Tyler[26] | Communications director | Deputy communications director, Cory Booker presidential campaign, 2024 | @michaelwtyler |
| Mia Ehrenberg[27] | National spokesperson | Press secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security | @MiaEhrenberg |
| Charles Lutvak[27] | National spokesperson | First deputy press secretary, Office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) | @CLutvak |
| Kevin Muñoz[21] | Media relations | Assistant White House press secretary, Joe Biden presidential administration | @munozka315 |
| Colleen Coffey[28] | Finance co-director | Deputy finance director, Democratic National Committee | @ColleenCoffey |
| Michael Pratt[29] | Finance co-director | Finance director, Democratic National Committee | N/A |
| Alana Mounce[17] | Political director | Ballot access director, Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2024 | @alanamounce |
| Grace Landrieu[30] | Policy director | Director for economic policy and labor, National Economic Council | N/A |
| Roohi Rustum[17] | National organizing director | National organizing director, Democratic National Committee | @roohi_rustum |
Media
Interviews and profiles
- The Washington Post, "Nervous about November? Imagine being Biden’s campaign manager." (April 1, 2024)
- The Washington Post, "Julie Chavez Rodriguez, from quiet aide to running Biden’s campaign" (May 1, 2023)
- Associated Press, "Cesar Chavez’s legacy lives on in Biden’s new campaign chair" (April 25, 2023)
See also
- Sample Ballot Lookup
- Kamala Harris
- Kamala Harris presidential campaign, 2024
- Kamala Harris presidential campaign staff, 2024
- Joe Biden
- Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2024
- Joe Biden presidential campaign staff, 2024
- Presidential candidates, 2024
- Presidential election campaign managers, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NPR, "Who is Julie Chávez Rodriguez, Biden's reelection campaign manager?" April 25, 2023
- ↑ Cesar Chavez Foundation, "History," accessed July 11, 2023
- ↑ The Honolulu Advertiser, "Memories of César," January 6, 2009
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Julie Chavez Rodriguez, from quiet aide to running Biden’s campaign," May 1, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 White House, "Julie Chavez Rodriguez," accessed July 11, 2023
- ↑ Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley, "The Legacy Continues," March 27, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Politico, "Harris converts Biden campaign into her own," July 22, 2024
- ↑ MSNBC, "‘Very optimistic’: Why Harris campaign is confident Dems will win Georgia," July 30, 2024
- ↑ The Hill, "Harris beefs up campaign staff with Obama veterans, August 2, 2024
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Becca Siegel, accessed August 1, 2024
- ↑ Associated Press, "Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign, accessed August 5, 2024
- ↑ MSNBC, "‘Warn your friends and family’: Team Harris blasts Trump’s extreme Project 2025 agenda," July 30, 2024
- ↑ NBC News, "White House plans staff moves as aides switch to Harris campaign," August 16, 2024
- ↑ X, "Mia Ehrenberg," accessed August 1, 2024
- ↑ X, "Charles Lutvak," accessed August 1, 2024
- ↑ Associated Press, "Harris is calibrating her policy pitch for going to battle with Trump," July 31, 2024
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Politico, "Biden campaign names political director, adds new team members," February 27, 2024
- ↑ X, "Roohi Rustum," accessed August 1, 2024
- ↑ The Daily Beast, "How Harris Is Still Building Her Team With 100 Days to Go," July 28, 2024
- ↑ The Hill, "Biden-Harris campaign manager releases ‘road to victory’ plan," May 18, 2023
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 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
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 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
- ↑ Politico, "Biden names new top aides to his campaign," September 6, 2023
