Perry Johnson presidential campaign staff, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
Last updated September 19, 2023.
This page contains a select list of Perry Johnson's (R) national campaign staff. 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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- Overview of Perry Johnson's campaign
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Here are links to the candidates' staff pages:
- Joe Biden (D)
- Dean Phillips (D)
- Marianne Williamson (D)
- Ryan Binkley (R)
- Chris Christie (R)
- Ron DeSantis (R)
- Nikki Haley (R)
- Asa Hutchinson (R)
- Vivek Ramaswamy (R)
- Donald Trump (R)
Here are the links to staff pages for candidates who withdrew from the Democratic or Republican primaries:
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D) (Kennedy withdrew from the Democratic primary and announced an independent presidential run on October 9, 2023.)
- Doug Burgum (R) (Burgum withdrew from the Republican primary on December 4, 2023.)
- Larry Elder (R) (Elder withdrew from the Republican primary on October 26, 2023.)
- Will Hurd (R) (Hurd withdrew from the Republican primary on October 9, 2023.)
- Perry Johnson (R) (Johnson withdrew from the Republican primary on October 20, 2023.)
- Mike Pence (R) (Pence withdrew from the Republican primary on October 28, 2023.)
- Tim Scott (R) (Scott withdrew from the Republican primary on November 12, 2023.)
- Corey Stapleton (R) (Stapleton withdrew from the Republican primary on October 13, 2023.)
- Francis Suarez (R) (Suarez withdrew from the Republican primary on August 29, 2023.)
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]
Johnson campaign overview
Perry Johnson (R) was a businessman and author. He officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on March 2, 2023.[2] Johnson suspended his campaign on October 20, 2023.[3]
Johnson focused his campaign on government spending, highlighting his background in business. Johnson said he would reduce the budget by 2% each year to reduce inflation and the deficit.[4] He also said, "I am pro-life, pro-second amendment, pro-family, pro-freedom, pro-American worker. I am anti-woke. I am anti-China. I really do question whether or not we have to send over $100 billion over to the Ukraine when we're going broke here."[5]
National staff
The table below shows a partial list of national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager, senior advisors, political directors, communications directors, field directors, and the national press secretary. They are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
- See also: Presidential election campaign managers and key staffers, 2024
| Perry Johnson presidential campaign national staff, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Paul Cordes[6] | Campaign manager | Chief of staff, Michigan Republican Party | @ paulcordes |
State staff
The table below shows state-level directors and communications directors. They are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles. States are presented in order of their elections or caucuses. For a list of primary election or caucus dates by state, click here. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
| Perry Johnson presidential campaign state staff, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | State | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| George Khoury[7] | Iowa | State director | Unknown | N/A |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democracy in Action, "Building Campaign Organizations (2019)," accessed May 10, 2019
- ↑ Associated Press, "Businessman Perry Johnson announces 2024 presidential bid," March 3, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Johnson on October 20, 2023," accessed October 20, 2023
- ↑ Johnson's campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 7, 2023
- ↑ YouTube, "Perry Johnson, Perry Who?" March 24, 2023
- ↑ Johnson's campaign website, "Perry Johnson Releases Statement Endorsing MIGOP Resolution on Presidential Primary," accessed August 9, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "An insider’s guide to who’s wired — and who’s not — in Iowa," July 24, 2023
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