Pete Buttigieg announces 4 staff hires in Iowa as part of new state operations

[mobeau69]

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/06/democratic-presidential-candidate-pete-buttigieg-announces-iowa-staff-hires-south-bend-mayor-caucus/1118047001/

McPhillips comes to the Iowa operations after serving on several political campaigns, including being campaign manager for Andrew Gillum during his Democratic primary for Florida governor.

Halle, who previously worked for Washington State U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, most recently served in communications for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Throop recently served as the Iowa regional director for Reason to Believe PAC, a federal political action committee launched by aides of former Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.

The campaign said Goldstein, who previously worked for the Obama administration, has experienced field organizing experience in Iowa, Florida and Ohio.

Buttigieg's campaign said it plans to make additional staff hires in Iowa.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is seriously a good move by Pete Buttigieg.

Experienced staff tells me he knows what he's doing.

[mobeau69]

2. Lis Smith was also a major acquisition for the campaign.

Pete will shock the naysayers on caucus day evening. I have a lot of confidence in the good people of Iowa.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Yes, she is a major acquisition! I've read about her and I love her.

She really believes in Pete and will stop at nothing to help him.

[RicROC]

4. Andrew Gillum?

Now I could see if Mayor Pete was the Dem Prez candidate for him to choose Andrew Gillum as his VP. Not that I'm endorsing that pair but we have a year and it's fun to speculate about all the combinations.

[RicROC]

5. 2 mayors?

Mayor Pete with Mayor Andrew as a team !!

[mobeau69]

6. And Mayor Pete was in a strong mayor system.

As far as experience goes, this matters way more than the population of a particular city.