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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...

Klapper set to become chief of staff to the U.S. Attorney General

March 10, 2021 12:53 pmMarch 11, 2021 2:55 am

Matt Klapper, Cory Booker’s chief of staff and longtime top advisor, is headed to the U.S. Department of Justice to serve as chief of staff to Attorney General Merrick Garland. Veronica Duron, who had served as Booker’s legislative director, is...

Booker joins U.S. Senate Democratic leadership team

November 10, 2020 11:08 am

Cory Booker will be part of the Democratic U.S. Senate leadership team in the 117th Congress. Booker will serve as vice chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. Matt Klapper, Booker’s chief of staff, said on Twitter that the...

Klapper returning to Booker Senate staff

February 3, 2020 5:10 pmFebruary 3, 2020 5:16 pm

Matt Klapper will return to his post as chief of staff to U.S. Senator Cory Booker next week after taking a year off to serve as a senior advisor on the presidential campaign, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. It’s...

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...