Joe Biden is beefing up his campaign in Georgia – By Greg Bluestein (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) / Sept 8 2020
Joe Biden’s campaign is expanding its footprint in Georgia with 10 additional staffers for the final stretch of the presidential race.
The 10 operatives will join a small campaign apparatus in Georgia that launched in July with the hire of five well-known strategists. The new additions include data and digital directors, a communications strategist and a “voter protection” guru.
Democrats are challenging President Donald Trump’s campaign in a state that’s a must-win for his campaign. Republicans have carried Georgia in every presidential cycle since 1996, but some recent polls show Trump deadlocked with Biden this year.
The hires include T.J. Copeland, a veteran strategist who joins as a senior adviser; Jeremy Halbert Harris, the new coordinated director, who was most recently Fani Willis’ campaign manager; and Jack DeLapp, the deputy coordinated director who was a data analyst for Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight group.
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