…is very familiar with the US Senate campaign. He is Jordan Kaplan. His title is National Finance Director. In a press release issued today from the campaign of the Illinois Democratic nominee…Kaplan’s resume is listed this way:
“Kaplan, a Joliet, Illinois native, joins Alexi for Illinois from the New Partners Consulting firm. Kaplan played a pivotal role on President Obama’s 2004 Senate campaign, continued to work for him through his national PAC Hopefund and went on to serve as the Illinois Finance Director at Obama for America in 2008.”
Not mentioned in the release is that this is a return engagement for Kaplan . Campaign advisor Kathleen Strand confirms Kaplan worked for Giannoulias’ campaign early on…after he announced an exploratory committee for a possible senate bid.
With Kaplan’s assistance…Giannoulias raised a $1.1-million dollars in just the first 28-days.
Kaplan and the Giannoulias campaign have to play a bit of campaign-cash-catch-up. According to the Center of Responsive Politics…as of January 13th…Giannoulias had $963,000 cash on-hand. His Republican opponent…Mark Kirk…had over three-times as much…with nearly $3.2-million in ready cash.