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Cory Booker presidential campaign staff, 2020
Date: November 3, 2020 |
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Last updated December 3, 2019.
This page contains a select list of Cory Booker's national campaign staff and primary state directors. 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 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]
Booker campaign overview
- See also: Cory Booker presidential campaign, 2020
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced he was running for president of the United States on February 1, 2019.[2] He suspended his presidential campaign on January 13, 2020.[3]
Booker, who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2013, had released detailed policy proposals on immigration detention, gun violence prevention, abortion, housing affordability, and white nationalism.[4]
He also supported passing a Green New Deal, ending private prisons, and lowering prescription drug costs.[5][6]
National staff
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.[7] 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
The table below shows the candidate's 2020 early primary state directors and state communications directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.[7] For a larger list of state campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| 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 |
Booker in the news
- See also: Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing and Editorial approach to story selection for the Daily Presidential News Briefing
This section featured five news stories about Booker and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Booker's campaign activity, click here.
- January 13, 2020: Booker ended his presidential campaign. "Our campaign has reached the point where we need more money to scale up and continue building a campaign that can win—money we don't have, and money that is harder to raise because I won't be on the next debate stage and because the urgent business of impeachment will rightly be keeping me in Washington," he said in a statement.
- January 9, 2020: Booker discussed the impeachment trial and his presidential campaign in an interview on the Associated Press’ Ground Game podcast.
- January 8, 2020: Booker discussed Christianity and Judaism in an episode of Journeys of Faith.
- January 6, 2020: Booker started airing an ad in Iowa called “Rise” as part of a six-figure ad buy. He canceled events in Iowa on Jan. 8 to attend a congressional briefing on Iran.
- December 30, 2019 - January 4, 2020: Booker made a six-figure ad buy in Iowa for a clip called “He Will Win.” He also campaigned in South Carolina.
See also
- Presidential election key staffers, 2020
- Presidential candidates, 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
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedTIME - ↑ NBC News, "Cory Booker drops out of the presidential race," January 13, 2020
- ↑ Medium, "Cory Booker," accessed August 23, 2019
- ↑ ABC News, "Cory Booker pitches unity to Iowa voters, reminding some voters of Obama," February 9, 2018
- ↑ The Hill, "Booker seeks dialogue about race as he kicks off 2020 campaign," February 18, 2019
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019
