Potomac Flacks: Bachmann Hires Veteran Iowa Operative Woolson to Lead Communications for Iowa Caucus

September 26, 2011

Bachmann Hires Veteran Iowa Operative Woolson to Lead Communications for Iowa Caucus

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) recently announced that her team has retained Iowa campaign veteran Eric Woolson to lead its communications efforts in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

Woolson managed Gov. Mike Huckabee's (R-AR) campaign in Iowa in 2008, and most recently, he was a senior adviser to the presidential campaign of former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN). With more than 20 years of experience as a print journalist in Iowa, Woolson went on to serve as Gov. Terry Branstad's (R-IA) Communications Director and Press Secretary.

Prior to his service in the governor's office, Woolson was the Iowa Communications Director for George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign, and served on the communications teams of the previous three Republican National Conventions. In 2010, he provided counsel to Iowa gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats and congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks in addition to serving as the spokesman for Sen. Charles Grassley's (R-IA) re-election campaign. (PF tipster)

Posted by Matt Mackowiak on September 26, 2011 in 2012 , Campaigns , In the States , People | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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