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Booker taps DSCC alum as new comms director

July 8, 2025 7:55 pmJuly 9, 2025 3:36 am

Three months after his 25-hour Senate speech briefly made him the nationwide face of the Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump, Senator Cory Booker is making some changes to his communications department, bringing in a new hire with deep ties...

Booker retools Senate operation after key staffers join Biden administration

April 23, 2021 3:39 pmApril 23, 2021 4:00 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has restructured his press operation, hiring Ahmed Elsayed as his new press secretary. Tom Pietrykoski has been promoted from press secretary to deputy communications director and Amahree Archie has been elevated from press assistant to deputy press...

Demissie will manage Booker campaign

February 1, 2019 9:50 amFebruary 1, 2019 7:52 pm

Cory Booker has turned to some of the people that have been part of his circle for years to run his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. His campaign manager will be Addisu Demissie, who managed Booker’s 2013 U.S. Senate...