Global Courant 2023-04-25 06:13:42
President Biden is considering recruiting a number of top Democratic officials and officials to participate in his 2024 re-election campaign, Fox News Digital has learned.
Two sources familiar with the schedule told Fox News Digital that Julie Rodriguez, who currently serves as senior adviser to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs at the White House, is expected to be named campaign manager.
The sources also told Fox News Digital that Quentin Fulks, the former campaign manager of Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., is expected to be named deputy campaign manager.
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A number of other top Democratic officials are also in the mix for top campaign roles, Fox News Digital has learned.
Sources say those names are Sam Cornale, the current executive director of the Democratic National Committee; Roger Lau, the current Deputy Executive Director of the DNC; and Emma Brown, the former campaign manager for Arizona Senator Mark Kelly’s 2022 campaign.
President Joe Biden speaks at the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
It’s unclear what roles specifically those individuals would play, but sources told Fox News Digital that their names are being discussed for top leadership roles.
Julie Chavez Rodriguez, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, stands outside the White House in Washington on June 9, 2021. President Joe Biden is expected to tap Chavez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to lead his re-election campaign, according to a person familiar with deliberations on the matter on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
As for communications roles, sources told Fox News Digital that Michael Tyler, who was previously part of Senator Cory Booker’s presidential campaign, and TJ Ducklo, who served as national press secretary for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign and later briefly in the White House served period, could participate in the re-election campaign.
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Sources told Fox News Digital that the situation remains volatile and no final decisions have been made.
The workforce discussions come as President Biden is expected to announce his re-election campaign as early as Tuesday.
Biden, 80, is expected to make his announcement via campaign video on April 25, the four-year anniversary of his 2020 campaign launch, multiple reports said.
Speculation raged for months over whether Biden would run for re-election, with his team saying only that he “intends to run” but making no other affirmative statements. However, he said last week that an announcement about his potential candidacy would come “relatively soon”.
This week, according to The New York Times, Biden sent out exclusive invites to some of his top donors from the 2020 campaign, asking them to attend an event at the White House.
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If he wins re-election, Biden, who is currently the oldest president in US history, would be 86 at the end of his second term in 2029.
Biden is currently facing Democratic primary challenges from spiritual guru Marianne Williamson and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Brooke Singman is a digital political reporter for Fox News. You can reach her at [email protected] or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.
