Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg hires 30 more Iowa staffers

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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg hires 30 more Iowa staffers
Barbara Rodriguez, Des Moines Register Published 6:30 a.m. CT June 20, 2019


Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has hired 30 additional staffers in Iowa, the latest sign the South Bend, Indiana, mayor is building up his organization in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

Buttigieg's campaign told the Des Moines Register on Thursday that the new staff includes a political director, an organizing director, a data director, an operations director and two dozen organizers. The staff will all be in Iowa by the end of June.

The announcement is a significant increase for Buttigieg's Iowa operations. In early May, the campaign announced it had four paid staffers in the state. Several other 2020 hopefuls have aggressively staffed up in Iowa, a sign of the importance of on-the-ground organizing.

Buttigieg's hiring move comes as his political profile in the state and around the country has risen dramatically. He was relatively unknown in Iowa when he visited in February. Several Iowa campaign visits later, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom/CNN Iowa Poll shows Buttigieg near the top of a crowded Democratic presidential field.

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