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announced Nov. 19, 2014


Advisor  David "Mudcat" Saunders

Best known as a colorful and quotable strategist on the bubba/rural vote.  Senior political strategist on Wayne Powell's 2012 campaign against U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor.  Senior advisor on former Sen. John Edwards' 2007-08 presidential campaign.  Senior advisor on Webb's 2006 U.S. Senate campaign.  Advised Sen. Bob Graham on rural strategy in his presidential campaign in 2003.  Did rural outreach for Sen. John Edwards' leadership PAC, New American Optimists, 2002. Rural strategist on Mark Warner's successful campaign for governor of Virginia in 2001 (Steve Jarding, campaign manager).  Started out as a sportswriter in Roanoke and then for the Newport News Daily Press.  From Roanoke.  Co-author with Steve Jarding of Foxes in the Henhouse: How the Republicans Stole the South and the Heartland and What the Democrats Must Do to Run 'em Out (Touchstone, March 2006).  Saunders also owns a fair bit of real estate in downtown Roanoke, VA. 


Communications Director  Craig Crawford

(announced Jan. 2, 2015)  Publisher of Trail Mix from June 2005.  Contributor, commentator and columnist, including for CQ Roll Call, MSNBC and CBS News.  Publisher (2001-03) and editor-in-chief (1997-2001) of The Hotline.  Washington bureau chief (1989-97), national political reporter (1987-89), and legal affairs correspondent (1985-87) for the Orlando Sentinel.  Worked on the presidential campaigns of Jimmy Carter, John Glenn (Alabama state field director), and Walter Mondale (Georgia state field director in the general election).  Practiced law in Orlando to 1984.  Candidate for state legislature in Orlando, 1982.  J.D. from Stetson University College of Law, 1981; B.A. in history, political science, English from Stetson University, 1978.  Grew up in Orlando, FL.  Author of Attack the Messenger (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) and The Politics of Life (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011) and co-author of Listen Up, Mr. President (Scribner, 2009).   twitter


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Joe Stanley

(end of May or early June 2015...reported by the Des Moines Register)  Interactive marketing manager at Foot Levelers, Inc. Jan. 2010-June 2011.  Designer/owner at StarCityDesign, March 2002-Jan. 2010.  Campaign manager on Ferguson for Delegate in Rocky Mount, VA, 2005-Dec. 2007.  Web designer/content developer on Webb for Senate, Jan.-Dec. 2006.  Web design on Deeds for Attorney General, 2005.  Production manager and art director at Agile Industries, Aug. 2000-Oct. 2001.  New media design at Ziccardi & Partners, Jan.-Aug. 2000.  Director of education/webmaster for the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Feb. 1996-Jan. 2000.  Master's degree in educational theatre from New York University, 1997; B.A. in fine arts from Ferrum College, 1993.  twitter



Former:
Senior Political Advisor-Iowa  Rania Batrice  ...resigned week of May 20, 2015; reported by the Des Moines Register on May 27.
(reported by Iowa Starting Line's Pat Rynard on March 12, 2015)  Campaign manager on George Sinner for Congress (ND), May-Nov. 2014.  Communications director at the North Dakota Democratic-NPL, Sept. 2012-Aug. 2013.  Executive director at The Freedom Project/Abi Ferrin Inc, in Texas, 2010-12; executive director Innocence Project of Texas, 2010-11.  Campaign manager on Texans for Kinky, 2009-10; campaign manager at Texas Legends, 2009-10.  Campaign manager on Loebsack for Congress re-election, Feb.-Nov. 2008.  Deputy regional director/political director on John Edwards for President in Iowa, SC and OK, 2007-08.  Media consultant at Rindy Miller Media, 2006-07.  Field director on Gammage for Governor (TX), Dec. 2005-April 2006.  Instructor of Arabic, English, test prep, translator at Princeton Review, May-Nov. 2005.  B.A. in psychology and art from Austin College, 2003. Texas native.  twitter



Born Fighting Political Action Committee

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Treasurer  Paul Fraim

Mayor of Norfolk, VA.



Former:
Spokeswoman  Jess Vanden Berg

Based in Des Moines.  Partner at Maverick Strategies and Mail LLC, a political consulting firm she formed with Steve Jarding in 2007; also at Aristides Media.  Chief of staff to Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, June 2013-Oct. 2014.  Senior advisor to Sen. Jim Webb in the US Senate, Jan. 2012-Jan. 2013.  Managed former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack's campaign for Congress in 2012.   Democratic campaign manager on ONE Vote '08, Feb. 2007-Feb. 2008.  Campaign manager on Jim Webb's 2006 campaign for U.S. Senate in Virginia.  Campaign manager on Amy Klobuchar's 2006 primary campaign for U.S. Senate in Minnesota.  Director of the North Carolina Coordinated Campaign in Fall 2004.  Oklahoma state director on Gen. Wesley Clark's 2004 primary campaign (the only state Clark won).  Iowa state director on Sen. Bob Graham's presidential campaign in 2003.  Caucus director for the Iowa Democratic Party in 2003.  Deputy director of the Iowa Democratic Party's 2002 Coordinated Campaign.  Roles in Vice President Al Gore's Iowa caucus and general election campaigns.  Vanden Berg started her career as a field organizer on Congressman Leonard Boswell's 1998 campaign, and worked for Boswell for four years including district representative, finance director, managing his 2000 campaign and serving as his communications director in Washington.  B.A. in political science from Central College, 1987.  Originally from Pella, Iowa.  twitter


Kristian Denny Todd

Consultant at Maverick Strategies from Jan. 2010.  Principal at Maverick Strategies and Mail LLC, Jan. 2007-Jan. 2010.  Communications director on Jim Webb's 2006 campaign for U.S. Senate.  National spokesperson on Sen. Bob Graham's presidential campaign, 2003.  Deputy communications director for the Iowa Democrats' coordinated campaign in 2002.  Worked on Sen. John Edwards' leadership PAC, New American Optimists, 2002.  Public relations director at the National Journal Group.  Press secretary for Sen. Patty Murray (WA).  Press secretary on Sen. Fritz Hollings (SC)' 1998 campaign.  Worked for the Washington state Democratic Party and on the 1996 Washington state Democratic Coordinated Campaign effort.  Aide to U.S. Rep. Gary Condit (CA-18).  Aide to then-Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Bo Johnson, 1992.  M.P.A. from Cal State University-Sacramento, 1995; B.A. from Florida State University, 1992.  (wife of NBC's Chuck Todd).





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