Surge of candidates leaves Texas Democrats struggling to recruit qualified staffers

[TexasTowelie]

By David Yaffe-Bellany, Texas Tribune


Jana Lynne Sanchez had a surprise waiting for her when she returned home from a business trip last July.

Sitting in her office were boxes filled with supplies for her campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives: 5,000 push cards, 5,000 door hangers and a banner — all with her name misspelled. A staffer working for the fledgling campaign in Texas’ 6th District, which covers an area south of Dallas, had spent $1,500 — around 15 percent of the campaign’s monthly budget — on unusable merchandise that added an extra “n” to Sanchez’s first name.

The staffer who made the mistake had no experience working on a congressional campaign, said Sanchez, a first-time candidate herself. She hired that employee and another inexperienced staffer — both of whom she declined to name — out of desperation, she said, unable to find anyone more qualified to run her campaign.

"One of the most shocking situations that I had not expected was how difficult it would be to find qualified campaign staff," Sanchez said last week. "If you have no one applying for the jobs, you’re begging people to apply. I had to stretch my imagination to believe that people could do the job I was hiring them to do."

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/07/19/texas-democrats-candidates-recruit-qualified-staff/

[beachbum bob]

1. This where the democratic establishment can help that so many here wish to

berate.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I agree.

We don't want to allow for any seat to be taken from us because of campaign staffing issues.