House Democrats’ campaign arm is moving to boost diversity among its membership’s senior campaign staff, teaming up with a training program to place staffers at top posts on campaigns
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who is chairing the DCCC this cycle, drew warnings on diversity among staff at the beginning of his tenure. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo.
Justin Myers, the executive director of Blue Leadership Collaborative, said that the program would help ensure “cultural competency” among campaign managers, and build a pipeline to a more diverse set of party committee leaders down the road. Myers said the class of managers being hired at congressional campaigns were all part of a cohort that managed Virginia state legislative races earlier this year. A dozen members of that class will manage congressional campaigns, Myers said.
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