DODD ADDS ANOTHER WINNER TO IOWA TEAM
Manager of Loebsack Upset to Head Up Dodd’s Iowa Political Desk
WASHINGTON – Senator and Presidential Candidate Chris Dodd today announced that yet another proven Iowa winner has joined his campaign team. Jennifer Tuttle, campaign manager of Congressman Dave Loebsack’s stunning upset victory in 2006, will head the Iowa desk at Dodd’s campaign headquarters in Washington.
"Jennifer Tuttle helped pull off one of the biggest surprises in the 2006 election when she unseated an entrenched incumbent. Her knowledge of what it takes to win Iowa will be invaluable," said Dodd campaign Iowa State Director Marc Beltrame.
Tuttle adds another Iowa winner to a Dodd staff which already features Beltrame, formerly a senior advisor to Congressman Leonard Boswell, and Iowa press secretary Taylor West, formerly press secretary for Governor Chet Culver’s successful 2006 campaign. She also joins Julie Andreef Jensen, John Kerry’s 2004 Iowa Political Director, who serves as National Deputy Political Director for Dodd.
Tuttle managed Loebsack’s campaign in Iowa’s Second Congressional District last year, defeating long-time incumbent Jim Leach. She has also served as a program manager for the Sierra Club in Rhode Island.
"As many political watchers have already noted, Chris Dodd's message of proven leadership is attracting an effective, experienced and energetic team," said Dodd Campaign Political Director Scott Arceneaux. "Adding a proven talent like Jennifer Tuttle continues boosting our efforts in such an important state."
Referring to Dodd’s early staffing efforts in the state, former Iowa democratic Party Chairman Gordon Fischer, said that the hires, “are going to make [Dodd] a serious player.”
