Democratic Staffers

The TNDP has announced that Keith Talley, at the strong urging of Congressman Gordon's office, will be the new Communications Director for the Tennessee Democratic Party. Talley was formerly the Political Director for the House Democratic Caucus in the run up to the 2008 elections, though understandably the TNDP left that nugget off the resume when they put out the press release. From what I understand, part of the backroom deal to get the Congressional delegation and Governor on board with the TNDP was to allow them input into who the Communications Director would be.

Speaking of which, both the House and Senate Dem Caucuses have in recent weeks hired new Political Directors. I can't seem to find the name of the House PD, but on the Senate side, they have hired former Harold Ford Jr. assistant Claudia Weaver to run their campaign to staunch the losses incurred over the past couple cycles. During the 2006 Senate campaign, Weaver was in charge of operations in Chattanooga, where HFJ pulled off a surprising upset against Corker in the town he was formerly Mayor of. More recently, Claudia was elected to be the President of the Tennessee Young Democrats.

I'll update on the House side when I get more information.