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Tessa Gould
| Tessa Gould | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Current Campaign: | U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) |
| Role: | Chief of Staff |
| Location: | Washington D.C. |
| Education: | University of Jamestown (B.A., history, political science and English) |
Tessa Gould is chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.). Gould has served as Heitkamp's chief of staff since 2013.[1] Prior to working for Senator Heitkamp, Gould was a staffer to North Dakota Democratic U.S. Representatives Earl Pomeroy and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.[2]
Career
From 1997 to 1998, Tessa Gould worked for former Democratic U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan.[3] From 1998 to 2002, she was deputy chief of staff to Democratic Congressman Earl Pomeroy from North Dakota. Pomeroy represented North Dakota's At-large Congressional District. From 2002 to 2004, Gould was North Dakota state director for former Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt's 2004 campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for President.[3]
From 2004 to 2011, Gould was chief of staff to former Democratic U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. She was also campaign manager for Sandlin's seven Congressional campaigns.[2][4] In July 2011, she was associate director of development at the University of South Dakota Foundation.[5][6]
Heidi Heitkamp
In 2012, Tessa Gould served as campaign manager for Democratic United States Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota. Heitkamp won by fewer than 3,000 votes. Political analyst Stuart Rothenberg wrote of Heitkamp's campaign, "Republicans and Democrats alike are nearly unanimous in praising Heitkamp's campaign and messaging...One Republican consultant claims that Heitkamp 'is running the best campaign in America.'"[7] In 2013, Gould was named "Campaign Manager of the Year-Democratic" by the American Association of Political Consultants.[8] She has served as chief of staff to Senator Heitkamp since 2013.[1]
In 2013, Gould was named to the list of Top 500 Influencers in American Politics by Campaigns & Elections Magazine.[9]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rapid City Journal, "Heitkamp names Tessa Gould chief of staff," November 10, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Linkedin.com, "Profile: Tessa Gould," accessed November 25, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 George Washington University, "Dick Gephardt-Campaign Organization, North Dakota," accessed November 25, 2015
- ↑ Women's Campaign School at Yale University, "Tessa Gould," accessed November 25, 2015
- ↑ Roll Call, "Shop Talk: Tessa Gould managing a tough race," February 14, 2012
- ↑ Dakota War College, "Tessa Gould staying in practice for Herseth 2014 US Senate race," August 1, 2012
- ↑ Rothenberg and Gonzales Political Report, "'State Waves' and the fight for the Senate," September 17, 2012
- ↑ American Association of Political Consultants, "2013 Pollie Award Winners," accessed November 25, 2015
- ↑ Campaign and Elections (Via Acquire Media NewsEdge), "The Influencers 500 (Campaigns and Elections)," January 22, 2013
