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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 15, 2019 The House's newly inaugrated Democrats are bringing droves of women to their leadership teams, with freshman Democrats more than three times as likely as freshman Republicans to hire a woman as their chief of staff. So far, 49 percent of Democratic freshman representatives have hired women as their chiefs of staff, according to LegiStorm data. Among older Democratic representatives, 38 percent have female chiefs. While 30 percent of returning GOP representatives employ female chiefs, only 15 percent of Republican freshman have done the same. The freshman Democrats were also more likely to hire female legislative directors, communications directors and press secretaries than were both Republican freshmen and returning members of both parties. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week: - Joe Donoghue, Chief of Staff, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (former staffer) – Bravo!
A lifer breaks out - Colin Brainard, Chief of Staff, Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS) (current staffer) – So-So
Too insider-y for an outsider? - Saikat Chakrabarti, Chief of Staff, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (current staffer) – Bravo!
Thinks AOC is A-OK - Tom Wilbur, Communications Director, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) (current staffer) – Bravo!
Just what the doctor ordered - Brad Griff, Regional Director, Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID) (former staffer) – Bravo!
He's got the beets
Hill Hires - Matt Felling, Sen. Angus King (I-ME), Communications Director
- Vivek Chandrasekhar, Joint Committee on Taxation, Legislation Counsel
- Amy Hasenberg, House Judiciary Committee , Press Secretary
- Casey O'Shea, Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL), Chief of Staff
- Robert Marcus, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chief of Staff
Hill Moves and Promotions - Courtney Callejas, now Legislative Assistant for Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)
(formerly Legislative Assistant to Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA)) - Kathleen Connery Dawe, now Chief of Staff for Sen. Angus King (I-ME)
(formerly Communications Director) - Olivia Widenhouse, now Scheduler for Rep. William Timmons (R-SC)
(formerly Scheduler to Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE)) - Courtney Fogwell, now Senior Policy Adviser for Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL)
(formerly Senior Policy Adviser to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)) - Sarah Reingold, now Legislative Director for Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI)
(formerly Health Policy Adviser to Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ))
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- #lawenforcementappreciationday – (70 mentions)
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- #forthepeople – (61 mentions)
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