Jacob Ogles
President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is beefing up its Sunshine State team of political operatives.
In a joint announcement with the Florida Democratic Party, the campaign revealed 10 Florida hires, all of whom will be familiar to politicos in the Sunshine State. The party later independently announced eight others hired on as part of the Florida Democratic Coordinated Campaign.
“We’re thrilled to have a strong, Florida-grown team focused on helping reelect President Biden and Vice President Harris and Democrats up and down the ballot across our state,” said Biden-Harris Florida state director Jasmine Burney-Clark, who was hired in April.
“We’re going to continue to work every day to earn the vote of every Floridian and make clear the threat Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to our health care, reproductive rights, fundamental freedoms, and our democracy.”
Cramer Verde, a veteran of both Charlie Crist’s and Nikki Fried’s Governor campaigns, comes on as Florida Political Director. The Sarasota consultant served as Southwest Florida political director for Biden’s 2020 campaign. A former President of the Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida, he also served as state director of League of United Latin American Citizens and on the board for the ACLU of Florida.
Kyle Alexandre, owner of 4 Eleven Political Consulting, will be deputy political director. Alexander previously worked as Vice President of Public Policy for the Realtors Association and as the Government and Industry Relations Manager with Walt Disney World. She also has worked in the Florida House and Senate.
Brittney Geathers, meanwhile, will serve as the Coalitions Director for Florida. She worked on Biden’s 2020 campaign as African American Vote Director in Florida in 2020. Geathers has long been active in Florida politics, including in the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Young Democrats, League of Women Voters, NAACP, and the Democratic Club of North Florida,
Milton Vázquez, Hispanic Coalitions Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, will be Deputy Coalitions Director. The Florida State alum has worked in political operations including Enroll America, Hispanic Federation, Bring It Home Florida, and the United Teachers of Dade.
The party also announced the Coalitions team will include Takeata Pang King as Women’s Vote Director, Millicent Leeds as Youth and Young Americans Vote Director and William Robinson III as Black Faith Vote Director.
Tiffany Hughes, owner of Brite Hire and a former state House candidate, will serve as the Chief Operating Officer for Biden’s Florida campaign. The former Orange County NAACP and League of Women Voters leader previously served as Director of Philanthropy for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida.
Quentin Simmons, a 15-year human resources professional, serves as Deputy Operations Director.
Andra Hill, the party announced, will serve as HR Manager.
Karol Molinares, a former Communications Director on the government side for U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, comes on as Florida Communications Manager for the Biden team. She previously served as the leader for LPAC, which is dedicated to boosting LGBTQ female and nonbinary candidates. Molinares previously worked for Fried during her time as Florida Agriculture Commissioner.
The party announced Jackson Peel will act as Rapid Response Director and Rhetta Peoples will serve as Regional Press Secretary.
Meanwhile, Travis Brooks, a veteran of Barack Obama’s 2012 Virginia campaign and Florida Data Director for NextGen Climate, will serve as the Data Director in Florida. He held similar positions with the NAACP and State Voices Florida.
Adam Ginsburg, a former Florida Democratic Party Deputy Voter Protection Director, will fill the role of Voter Protection Director. He most recently worked in communications for the Campaign Legal Center.
The campaign named Laurence Khan, most recently a Senior Advisor for We Are Más working to counter misinformation, as Content and Mobilization Director. Khan also worked for congressional candidates Phil Ehr and Joey Atkins. He previously served as Integrated Communications Director for Hard Knocks Strategies, a South Florida-based voter contact firm.
All join Burner-Clark and Florida Senior Advisors Phillip Jerez and Jackie Lee in managing the President’s Florida campaign team.
“Florida Democrats and the Biden-Harris campaign are building a machine to beat Donald Trump and defend our democracy in 2024,” said Fried, now Florida Democratic Party Chair.
“Today’s hires demonstrate the Biden-Harris campaign’s commitment to investing in Florida so we can stop Trump from banning abortion, killing Florida jobs, and raising our healthcare costs. We look forward to working with this all-star, homegrown team of Florida operatives to hold Donald Trump accountable this November and reelect President Joe Biden and Democrats up and down the ballot.”
19 comments
Sundance
June 4, 2024 at 7:42 am
He better put spies and whistle or singing birds in because there might be hanky panky
Elvis Pitts "The Big Voice On The Right" American
June 4, 2024 at 8:12 am
Good Morn ‘Ting Florida,
My Besty Leftys have been blowing up my phone very upset asking how the 08idin campaign could have not selected Andrew Gillum.
I actually dont have an answer. Can someone please help out my Besty Leftys and provide an answer to their question?
Thank you,
Elvis Pitts American
Dont Say FLA
June 4, 2024 at 8:45 am
Not even one hire from all the former Rhonda campaign staff?
Every last one of them despised Rhonda. They might make great Biden campaign staffers.
No campaign could be as bad as Rhonda’s unless it was taken down from the inside.
Dont Say FLA
June 4, 2024 at 8:46 am
Dang I forgot about Rhonda themself.
Yes, Rhonda’s campaign was taken down from the inside.
But that was all Rhonda!
rbruce
June 4, 2024 at 9:54 am
Only in politics can those who have failed many times can be rehired to fail again.
Michael K
June 4, 2024 at 10:55 am
Agreed. Reminds me of a twice-impeached convicted felon, who lost the popular vote twice and went bankrupt multiple times, including with a casino! This person also had a fraudulent charitable “foundation” and a fake “university” that were both illegal scams – and he was forced to settle with the victims. Said person also failed with 60 frivolous lawsuits he lost in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Tom
June 5, 2024 at 9:01 am
Yeah – and those are his good points. I’m glad he left the Democratic party when he did and I’m sure the Independence Party of NY is glad to be rid of him as well. He reminds me of one of those seals on the pier in Monterey. You see them from a distance and think they’re cute, then you get closer and the noise is deafening then the stench hits and you head downwind to eat somewhere else.
Karyn N Edison
June 10, 2024 at 2:43 pm
Get behind them and do something to make it more effective this time. We all have responsibility in changing FL.
Ocean Joe
June 4, 2024 at 10:15 am
Unless a giant sink hole swallows the Villages, Biden is wasting money. The Villages…where everybody votes 4 times and then goes to the clinic.
rick whitaker
June 4, 2024 at 2:12 pm
now would be a good time for all the desantis whistle blowers to come out and blab everything to the dems. hint wink
just sayin
June 4, 2024 at 4:24 pm
The Fossil vs. the Felon. The Feeble vs. the Fraud. The Frail vs. the Fondler. No matter what you do, don’t think about your own candidate and why the hell your party chose this idiot. Focus on how bad the other guy is and don’t EVER not vote for your party!
Tom
June 5, 2024 at 9:06 am
That doesn’t help me much as an independent. I’d normally split the ticket but where’s the choice here? There will be no winners in this one – it’s just degrees of losing.
Karyn N Edison
June 10, 2024 at 2:46 pm
Vote for the issues you care about. Splitting the ticket is what I did when I was young and ignorant about the process. In essence, splitting the ticket does not bring about the balance in government we hope it would. The balance comes in electing those with negotiating skills.
Karyn N Edison
June 10, 2024 at 2:44 pm
This election is also about all the other races. do something to support them.
Ronald Reagan, III
June 4, 2024 at 4:37 pm
Look how excited Florida Politics is – “key” hires…implying this is what will carry the Biden Crime Family into another four years with Florida. Is there a single person at FP not actively working for the Democrat party?
Michael K
June 4, 2024 at 7:09 pm
What crimes, exactly?
rick whitaker
June 5, 2024 at 2:19 pm
RONALD REAGUN 3,, is that like the raygun crime family. raygun stole a lot, i don’t see how anybody can beat raygun at stealing. as far as the biden’s go, well i think your statement about biden was wrong and very disrespectful to the presidency and the country.
tom palmer
June 4, 2024 at 8:39 pm
I don[t know any of these people, but I am not that involved in politics any more.I would say that having tried to get Charlie Crist elected is not a disqualification. You can only do so much with a flawed candidate. For Democrats, it will be an uphill slog.
rick whitaker
June 5, 2024 at 2:26 pm
TOM PALMER, you can’t find a more flawed candidate than trump, so i guess you can do a lot with a flawed candidate. a party not willing to cheat and lie so much, has a harder time even with a great candidate. i hope the dems pull out ALL of the stops to beat the orange turd and his turd buddies. no cheating or lies, just facts and effort.
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