Jeff Weaver won't reprise role as Sanders campaign manager
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN 01/09/2019 04:18 PM EST
Jeff Weaver, a longtime member of Sen. Bernie Sanders' inner circle who served as campaign manager of his 2016 presidential bid, will not return to that role if the Vermont senator mounts another campaign in 2020.
A person familiar with Sanders' campaign planning confirmed the news, which was first reported by CNN. Weaver is leaving in part because the Sanders campaign recognizes that its staff needs to be more diverse for a potential 2020 run than it was in 2016, the person said.
Progressive activists tweeted in support of the decision Wednesday. Weaver has long been a controversial figure within the Sanders movement; when he was installed as the president of the Sanders-founded nonprofit Our Revolution in 2016, a number of other staffers quit.
Weaver is expected to stay on Sanders' team in a senior adviser role. The determination that Weaver would return in a different position was made months ago, according to the person familiar with Sanders' campaign, who also said family considerations played a role in planning Weaver's place in a future campaign.
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