Klobuchar makes more top hires as she ramps up her presidential bid
Politico
Amy Klobuchar rolled out additional top hires for her presidential bid, a sign of her intensifying effort in the sprawling 2020 field.
The Minnesota Democrat named five new staffers on Monday, as well as five senior advisers from a range of top consulting firms, according to a statement shared first with POLITICO.
Klobuchar, who raised just over $5 million in the first fundraising quarter, has hovered in the low single digits in national and early-state polling, after launching her presidential bid in Minneapolis in February. Shes cast herself as a no-nonsense pragmatist who can win in Trump country, as Minnesota trended toward Republicans in 2016. But shes also rejected the sweeping policy proposals, like four-year free college, that have been popularized by the partys left.
The campaign consulting team includes Pete Giangreco as a senior adviser and Fred Yang as a research adviser. Giangreco helped to elect Klobuchar in her first Senate campaign in 2006, then served on President Barack Obamas campaigns in 2008 and 2012. Yang is a prolific Democratic pollster, working on numerous House and Senate races.
Meeting with her Thursday.