Democrats look to boost campaign staff diversity ahead of midterms Bridget Bowman © Provided by Roll Call DCCC Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney has emphasized diversity in hiring at the committee Democrats say.
When Irene Lin attended a training program for campaign managers at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2016, she quickly realized that she stood out.
“I was the only woman of color there,” Lin recalled in a recent interview. “It was 80 percent white guys.”
Five years later, Lin is still managing campaigns, now for Democrat Tom Nelson’s bid for Senate in Wisconsin. But while she has moved up from the House to a potentially marquee Senate battleground race, she says her party has a long way to go to bolster diversity among campaign staff.
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