Marianne Williamson 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 11, 2024.
This page contains a select list of Marianne Williamson'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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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]
Williamson campaign overview
Marianne Williamson (D) was an author and 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate. Williamson announced she was re-entering the Democratic presidential primary for the second time on July 2, 2024, calling for Democrats to hold an open convention at the Democratic National Convention on August 19-22, 2024.[2] Williamson did not qualify for the virtual roll call vote by the July 30 deadline.[3]
Williamson first announced her candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on February 23, 2023.[4] Williamson withdrew from the race on February 7, 2024, and re-entered the race on February 28, 2024.[5][6] Williamson withdrew from the race again on June 11, 2024.[7]
Williamson focused her campaign on economic issues, including universal healthcare, tuition-free higher education, paid parental leave, and a minimum wage increase. In her campaign announcement video, she said, "we all owe President Biden a debt of gratitude for defeating President Trump in 2020. But with the things that they're going to be throwing at us in 2024, we need to submit to the American people an agenda of fundamental economic reform."[8]
She ran in the Democratic primary for president of the United States in 2020. She entered the race on January 28, 2019, and ended her campaign on January 10, 2020.[9] In 2020, Williamson withdrew from the race before any primaries took place. She appeared on the ballot in 22 states, and her best electoral performance was in Oklahoma where she received 0.4% of the vote. To read more about Williamson's 2020 presidential campaign, click here.
National staff
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Notable staff departures
The list below shows notable staff departures found in media reports.
| Marianne Williamson presidential campaign staff, 2024 (Departures) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Previous position | Departure date | New position |
| Roza Calderon[10] | Campaign manager | June 20, 2023 | Unknown |
| Carlos Cardona[11] | Campaign manager | January 23, 2024 | Unknown |
| Peter Daou[12] | Campaign manager | May 20, 2023 | Unknown |
| Duran Brown[13] | Press secretary | July 6, 2023 | Unknown |
Marianne Williamson 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.[14] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
Williamson confirmed on January 2, 2020, that she had laid off her campaign staff nationally. The following list reflects previously employed staff members.[15]
| Marianne Williamson presidential campaign national staff, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Patricia Ewing | Campaign manager | Partner, PLUS Strategic Advisors | N/A |
| Eleanor LeCain | Policy director | President, The Breakthrough Way, 2008-2019 | N/A |
| Juan Rodriguez | National press secretary | N/A | N/A |
| Jeff Marshall | National data director | Data manager, David Wilson Brown for U.S. House, 2018 | N/A |
| Helen Caddes | Digital director | Advanced tech, cloud partner support, and application developer support, Block | N/A |
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democracy in Action, "Building Campaign Organizations (2019)," accessed May 10, 2019
- ↑ X, "Williamson on July 2, 2024," accessed July 2, 2024
- ↑ DNC, "DNC and DNCC Chairs Announce Results of Presidential Nominating Petition Process and Opening of Virtual Roll Call on August 1," July 30, 2024
- ↑ The Hill, "Marianne Williamson confirms she will run for president in 2024," February 23, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Williamson on February 7, 2024," accesssed February 8, 2024
- ↑ Twitter, "Williamson on February 28, 2024
- ↑ X, "Williamson on June 11, 2024," accessed June 13, 2024
- ↑ YouTube, "Marianne Williamson is Running For President," March 4, 2023
- ↑ The New York Times, "Marianne Williamson Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race," January 10, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "New Williamson campaign manager was once accused of swindling fellow Democrats for concert tickets," June 8, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "Marianne Williamson announces her third campaign manager," June 30, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Peter Daou on April 13, 2023," accessed May 19, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Peter Daou on May 22, 2023," accessed May 30, 2023
- ↑ Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019
- ↑ WMUR, "Democrat Marianne Williamson lays off campaign staff nationally, including NH," January 2, 2020
