Ted Cruz presidential campaign key staff and advisors experience, 2016
| This article details the experience of Ted Cruz's top-level staff for his 2016 presidential primary campaign |
| For a more comprehensive overview of Cruz's staff and advisors, see: |
| Ted Cruz presidential campaign key staff and advisors, 2016 |
For Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, Ballotpedia identified the key, decision-making staff members, and the chart below details these staffers' histories up to the time they worked for Cruz. Included is the staffer's role and his or her previous experience advising in electoral campaigns. Linked campaigns indicate those to which other key staffers across the 2016 presidential campaigns have contributed. Hovering over a link for a specific campaign will show you which staffers from other campaigns also worked on that same campaign.
The staffers included are those who were on the campaign when it was suspended in May 2016.
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Austen Furse Policy director |
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Catherine Frazier National press secretary |
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Chad Sweet Campaign chairman |
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Jason Johnson Chief strategist |
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Jason Miller Senior communications advisor |
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Jeff Roe Campaign manager |
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Josh Perry New media director |
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Mark P. Campbell Political director |
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Nick Muzin Senior advisor |
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Victoria Coates National Security advisor |
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The following chart is organized by year, detailing when these high-level staffers worked in the same election cycle, either with one another or on separate campaigns.
The most notable year for Cruz staffers prior to 2016 was 2012, when Chad Sweet, Jason Johnson, and Josh Perry all worked on Cruz's campaign for U.S. Senate. Three other staffers—Victoria Coates, Jeff Roe, and Catherine Frazier—worked together on former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign that same year.
