Michael Frosolone

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Michael Frosolone Iowa state director 2020 Cory Booker presidential campaign 2020 presidential campaign staff

Affiliation: Democratic Party Location: Des Moines, Iowa Twitter: @MFrosolone

Prior campaign experience • 2018 Iowa House Democrats • 2014 Staci Appel campaign • 2010 Dan Muhlbauer campaign

Michael Frosolone is the Iowa state director for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) 2020 presidential campaign. Frosolone has worked with state house caucuses in Iowa and Michigan since 2010. He was hired by the Booker campaign on February 4, 2019.

Career

Frosolone was the director of the Iowa House Democrats' political operations in 2018, and has worked as the party's caucus director since 2015. He also worked as an organizer for the Michigan House Democrats from 2011 to 2012.

Besides the 2020 Booker campaign, Frosolone worked on two other individual campaigns: Staci Appel's unsuccessful bid for U.S. House in 2014 and Dan Muhlbauer's successful bid for Iowa House in 2010.

Prior to his work with political campaigns, Frosolone was an organizer for the Service Employees International Union in Phoenix, Arizona, from 2008 to 2010.

Frosolone graduated from Western Michigan University with a B.A. in communications.

Cory Booker 2020 presidential campaign

See also: Cory Booker presidential campaign, 2020

National staff members

See also: Cory Booker 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. For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.

Cory Booker presidential campaign national staff, 2020
Staff	Position	Prior experience	Twitter handle
Addisu Demissie	Campaign manager	Campaign manager, Gavin Newsom for Governor of California, 2018	@ASDem
Matt Klapper	Senior advisor	Chief of staff, office of Sen. Cory Booker	@mattklapper
Tamia Booker	National political director	Deputy chief of staff, office of Sen. Cory Booker	@TamiaDBooker
Jessica Lovejoy	Primary states director	Campaign manager, Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2018	@lovejoy941
Jeff Giertz	National communications director	Communications director, office of Sen. Cory Booker	@jeffgiertz
Sabrina Singh	National press secretary	Regional deputy communications director, Democratic National Committee	@sabrinasingh24
Lauren Dikis	National finance director	Finance director, Cory Booker for U.S. Senate, 2014	@dikinator

State staff members

Cory Booker presidential campaign state staff, 2020
Staff	State	Position	Prior experience	Twitter handle
Michael Frosolone	Iowa	State director	Caucus director, Iowa House Democrats	@MFrosolone
Tom Pietrykoski	Iowa	Communications director	New Jersey press secretary, office of Sen. Cory Booker	@tpietrykoski
Erin Turmelle	New Hampshire	State director	Director, New Hampshire Democratic Coordinated Campaign, 2018	@erinturmelle
Chris Moyer	New Hampshire	Communications director	Communications director, Molly Kelly for Governor of New Hampshire, 2018	N/A
Phil Kim	Nevada	State director	Director of AAPI outreach for the DNC	@philkimtweets
Vanessa Valdivia	Nevada	Communications director	Press secretary, office of Sen. Martin Heinrich	@vvaldiv
Christale Spain	South Carolina	State director	Senior executive assistant, office of Rep. Jim Clyburn	@cspain1920
Rhonda Rawlings	South Carolina	Communications director	News and community affairs director, Summit Media Greenville	@newsgirlron

Media

This section contains media coverage, interviews, and profiles of Frosolone.

Interviews and profiles

• Des Moines Register, "Des Moines Register's 50 Most Wanted Democrats - Mike Frosolone," accessed August 26, 2019

See also

• Sample Ballot Lookup
• Cory Booker
• Cory Booker presidential campaign, 2020
• Cory Booker presidential campaign staff, 2020
• Presidential candidates, 2020
• Staci Appel
• Dan Muhlbauer

External links

• Cory 2020

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