Mike Pence Is Quietly Building What Appears to Be Presidential Campaign Team

GEARING UP

Asta Hemenway

Former Politics Reporting Fellow

Updated Nov. 23, 2022 3:53PM EST / Published Nov. 23, 2022 12:12PM EST

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Former Vice President Mike Pence seems to be inching toward a 2024 presidential campaign bid against ex-President Donald Trump. He has put together a team of about two dozen staff and consultants already, according to anonymous sources who spoke to POLITICO. The team includes his ex-chief of staff Marc Short, ex-press secretary Devin O’Malley and GOP aide Chip Saltsman, an ex-presidential campaign manager and senior political adviser. Ali Kjergaard, a spokesperson for Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, who has been approved for a presidency at the University of Florida, is to be communications director for Advancing American Freedom, a non-profit organization affiliated with Pence, POLITICO reported, adding that two other communications officials and possible fundraising aides would join the team.

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Mike Pence Is Quietly Building What Appears to Be Presidential Campaign Team

Asta Hemenway

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