Kamala Harris is cutting dozens of staffers from her headquarters in Baltimore and shifting resources to Iowa in an attempt to revive her struggling campaign.
Harris’s campaign is bleeding cash as she continues to fall in Democratic presidential primary polls, according to Politico. Almost all of her operations in states such as California, Nevada, and New Hampshire will be affected by the campaign overhaul.
Along with the staffing cuts, campaign advisers and top campaign officials such as campaign manager Juan Rodriguez, who made $10,000 a month from July through September, will take pay cuts.
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“From the beginning of this campaign, Kamala Harris and this team set out with one goal — to win the nomination and defeat Donald Trump in 2020. This requires us to make difficult strategic decisions and make clear priorities, not threaten to drop out or deploy gimmicks,” Rodriguez said in a memo obtained by Politico. “Plenty of winning primary campaigns, like John Kerry’s in 2004 and John McCain’s in 2008, have had to make tough choices on their way to the nomination, and this is no different.”
Harris’s national polling average has dipped since a high of about 15% in July. She now hovers at around 5% and has been passed by South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Harris also trails behind Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren.
