DNC gears up to expand Footprint in Arizona!Hot Buzz

September 02, 2016 15:36
DNC gears up to expand Footprint in Arizona!

A new field program will be launched by the Democratic National Committee to expand its footprint in Arizona, beyond the typical battleground states where Hillary Clinton campaign's already has a large infrastructure.

NBC News reported, the party is launching its program in Arizona, Georgia and Utah with plans to expand soon to other states that are either too Democratic or too Republican to typically get much attention from presidential campaigns.

Brandon Davis, the Clinton-installed chief of staff at the DNC, said that, "Democrats are competing across the country and building for the future." "In states from Georgia to Arizona, demographics and politics are changing quickly and Democrats are making the investments to make gains now so that we can take majorities later."

The DNC program is designed to live on beyond Election Day. It will set up with Victory Leaders Councils, groups of Democratic super volunteers and grassroots activists, along with elected officials in each state, that will work directly with party headquarters in Washington.

Although, the DNC recently opened a headquarters in Phoenix and national staffers have been visiting both Arizona and Georgia in the past week to assess capacity.

"The Victory Leaders Councils are one more way that Democrats are investing in all 50 states," said interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile.

Nikema Williams, the first Vice Chair of the Georgia Democratic Party and one of the council's coordinators, said that, "This will leave Georgia with a volunteer infrastructure that lasts beyond 2016."

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