MAR-A-LAGO CLUB, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – This week, Donald J. Trump announced his senior campaign staff in Iowa, including the sons of Terry Branstad and the state’s GOP Chairman.
Since his low-energy announcement of his campaign to return to the White House, Donald J. Trump has been attacking President Joe Biden (who beat him by 7 million votes in 2020), making campaign appearances, posting to his far-right social media site, raising money, and battling a never-ending legal onslaught from many angles – including the possibility of indictment in Georgia over meddling in their election in 2020.
Marshall Moreau, State Director. Moreau will lead an unrivaled caucus organization throughout Iowa’s 99 counties. Most recently, Moreau successfully managed the campaign of Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, who defeated the longest-serving Attorney General in American history. Moreau has led national, state, and local political operations and has extensive experience in grassroots organizing.
Iowa House Representative Bobby Kaufmann, Senior Advisor. First elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2012, Kaufmann serves as the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Kaufmann has been a part of Iowa Republican politics from an early age, clerking in the Legislature, working on local and statewide campaigns, and previously serving as the Chairman of the Iowa Federation of College Republicans. In addition to his service in the State House, Kaufmann is a small business owner and livestock farmer in Cedar County, Iowa.
Eric Branstad, Senior Advisor. Branstad successfully led President Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns in Iowa and is the son of former Governor and U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad. He served as Senior Advisor at the Department of Commerce during President Trump’s Administration, and has successfully managed political and issue advocacy campaigns across Iowa and the nation.
Alex Latcham, Early States Director. Latcham will oversee the campaign’s political operations in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada. A graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Latcham previously worked at the Republican Party of Iowa, and planned the state’s 2016 caucuses. Latcham served in The White House Political Office, where he was Deputy White House Political Director for the final two years.
“With this incredible team of skilled professionals and their deep ties to Iowa, we will earn a dominant victory in the caucuses next year,” Donald J. Trump said.
Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement in response to Trump keeping his campaign in the family:
“Iowans work hard every day. We are proud of making our own way in the world. Maybe former President Trump just doesn’t understand what we value. He has a history of hiring his kids for government jobs. And now he’s brought on the all-nepotism team to try and lead his political comeback. It’s not surprising they would take the job, given that Eric and Bobby think they’re ten feet tall while standing on their dads’ shoulders.
“The younger Kaufmann and Branstad won’t be able to revive Trump’s lifeless political career. Republicans and Democrats alike remember Trump trying at every turn to take away our health care, only to give massive tax breaks to his corrupt corporate pals.”
