Scoop: AOC shakes up team ahead of 2028 decision
Summary
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is changing her team by losing some key staff and adding new advisers ahead of her decision about running for president or Senate in 2028. These staff changes reflect shifts in her campaign and congressional office as she prepares for future political choices.Key Facts
- Ocasio-Cortez’s longtime campaign manager Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben will leave in September.
- Fiorella Bini has become the new interim campaign manager.
- Aya Saed, a former legislative director, returned this spring as deputy chief of staff and campaign adviser.
- Tanushri Shankar-Ross, who left earlier in 2023, is back as a senior adviser.
- Tyler Evans, the creative director, left this summer.
- Chief of staff Mike Casca’s role was recently expanded; he joined late 2023 after working for Bernie Sanders.
- Ocasio-Cortez’s team is smaller and younger compared to other 2028 hopefuls but connected to Bernie Sanders’ political network.
- Several former Sanders aides work with other possible 2028 presidential candidates like Ro Khanna and Gavin Newsom.
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