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Presidential campaign staff transfers, resignations, and terminations, 2020
Date: November 3, 2020 |
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The following charts show key national and early state campaign staffers who have transferred or departed from a 2020 presidential campaign. Key staffers include campaign managers, policy directors, finance directors, national press secretaries, senior advisers, and related positions.
The list of campaign staff has been curated from the website Democracy in Action and Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing.
If you are aware of staff transitions that should be included, please email us.
Visit Presidential election key staffers, 2020 to see our coverage of current campaign staff members.
Here are links to the candidates' staff pages:
- Donald Trump (R)
- Joe Biden (D)
- Jo Jorgensen (L)
- Howie Hawkins (G)
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]
Democrats
Pete Buttigieg
| Pete Buttigieg presidential campaign staff, 2020 (Departures) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Previous position | Departure date | New position |
| Michael Ceraso | New Hampshire state director | August 2019 | N/A |
Tulsi Gabbard
| Tulsi Gabbard presidential campaign staff, 2020 (Departures) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Previous position | Departure date | New position |
| Noland Chambliss | Campaign management services | N/A[2] | N/A |
| Rania Batrice | Campaign manager | February 2, 2019[3] | N/A |
Elizabeth Warren
| Elizabeth Warren presidential campaign staff, 2020 (Departures) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Previous position | Departure date | New position |
| Michael Pratt | Finance director | February 14, 2019[4] | N/A |
Andrew Yang
| Andrew Yang presidential campaign staff, 2020 (Departures) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Previous position | Departure date | New position |
| Jonathan Herzog | Iowa state coordinator | August 12, 2019[5] | Candidate for U.S. House, 2020 |
Republicans
Bill Weld
| Bill Weld presidential campaign staff, 2020 (Departures) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Previous position | Departure date | New position |
| Jennifer Horn | Campaign manager | June 14, 2019[6] | N/A |
See also
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Presidential election key staffers, 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
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "Email communication with Gabbard campaign," September 10, 2019
- ↑ Politico, "Tulsi Gabbard campaign in disarray," January 29, 2019
- ↑ CNN, "Elizabeth Warren's finance director leaving campaign," March 31, 2019
- ↑ The Washington Times, "Jonathan Herzog, former Andrew Yang staffer, announces bid to unseat Jerrold Nadler in Congress," August 13, 2019
- ↑ WMUR, "NH Primary Source: Horn resigned from Weld campaign month before writing anti-Trump op-ed," July 25, 2019
