Democratic Primaries

Indygram

(2,113 posts) Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:14 PM Jul 2019

Longtime Jason Kander aide joins O'Rourke campaign in top role

Abe Rakov, a longtime aide to former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, has signed onto former Rep. Beto O'Rourke's presidential bid as the campaign's early-states director.

Rakov managed Kander's races for secretary of state in 2012 and for Senate in 2016, when he lost by less than 3 percentage points while gaining a national following among Democrats. Rakov later became president of Let America Vote, the national political engagement group that Kander founded after losing to GOP Sen. Roy Blunt.

Rakov will have a portfolio covering Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina for O'Rourke's team, after gaining experience in those states running operations for Let America Vote in 2018.

Rakov has also served as deputy secretary of state in Missouri and as communications director for Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton and deputy communications director for former Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.

A spokesperson for the O'Rourke campaign confirmed Rakov's hiring. Rakov will work from the O'Rourke campaign's headquarters in El Paso, Texas.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/02/beto-orourke-campaign-abe-rakov-1395044

All these new hires don't indicate a campaign on it's last leg as some appear to hope.

Here's what Rakov has to say about why he chose Beto.

Link to tweet

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Longtime Jason Kander aide joins O'Rourke campaign in top role (Original Post) Indygram Jul 2019 OP

No, O'Rourke's still got some money left customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #1

Keep dreaming...from and email I received from the campaign yesterday Indygram Jul 2019 #4

Good to see him with his family dalton99a Jul 2019 #6

Don't they just look like they belong in the White House? Indygram Jul 2019 #7

He'll have a lot of time with them soon. n/t customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #8

Beto is the best campaigner JI7 Jul 2019 #2

he's the best Skittles Jul 2019 #3

Yes, he is... Indygram Jul 2019 #5

Beto's got a lot of money and I think he could use some gldstwmn Jul 2019 #9

K&R. TexasTowelie Jul 2019 #10

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

1. No, O'Rourke's still got some money left

Reply to Indygram (Original post)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:16 PM

Jul 2019

in the campaign bank account, and the political vultures are more than willing to slurp it up.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Indygram

(2,113 posts)

4. Keep dreaming...from and email I received from the campaign yesterday

Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:23 PM

Jul 2019

I want to thank all of you who made a contribution or volunteered at the close of such an important quarter. This is an amazing campaign of people, and I am so proud of all of you across this country and of what we’ve achieved together so far.

Because of you, we’ve overcome each obstacle – including the critical fundraising goal we set. We’re proving what’s possible without a dime from a single PAC, when we shut the door on lobbyists, corporations, and special interests. We’re showing what we can do when people come together from all walks of life, damning the differences, and deciding that what unites us is far stronger than what divides us.

As Amy and I prepare to return to Iowa – this time with Ulysses, Molly, and Henry for their first trip – I’m thinking of your stories and the many reasons you are part of this.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

dalton99a

(81,515 posts)

6. Good to see him with his family

Reply to Indygram (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:28 PM

Jul 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Indygram

(2,113 posts)

7. Don't they just look like they belong in the White House?

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:50 PM

Jul 2019

Such a beautiful, loving family!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

8. He'll have a lot of time with them soon. n/t

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:53 PM

Jul 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

JI7

(89,252 posts)

2. Beto is the best campaigner

Reply to Indygram (Original post)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:20 PM

Jul 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

3. he's the best

Reply to JI7 (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:22 PM

Jul 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Indygram

(2,113 posts)

5. Yes, he is...

Reply to JI7 (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:26 PM

Jul 2019

And no one works harder.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)

9. Beto's got a lot of money and I think he could use some

Reply to Indygram (Original post)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 10:07 PM

Jul 2019

help establishing his campaign nationally so good for him. He might help us turn Texas which would be great so that we wouldn't be so dependent on a few other states.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

TexasTowelie

(112,249 posts)

10. K&R.

Reply to Indygram (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 03:42 AM

Jul 2019

I was about to post this article, but I see that you beat me to it. Great photos of Beto and his family.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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