Perry loses another Iowa staffer [View all]
Source: The Hill
Rick Perrys top Iowa staffer has jumped ship to Rick Santorums campaign, leaving the former Texas governor with just one paid staffer in the first nominating state.
Santorums team confirmed that Karen Fesler, Perrys former Iowa co-chair, has joined its effort in the state after she spent 2012 running Santorums Missouri effort. ... Feslers departure comes one week after Perry lost another top Iowa staffer, Sam Clovis, to the Trump campaign. Fesler had previously worked on Cloviss brief 2014 Senate bid in Iowa.
Its the latest in staffing woes for Perry, who reportedly stopped paying most of his campaign staff. The Des Moines Register reported on Monday that Perry now only has one paid staffer in Iowa.
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Perry jumped into the field looking to build on his brief 2012 campaign, when he shot up to as high as 38 percent nationally in late August, 2011, in a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. But he crashed back down to Earth after a panned debate performance ... This cycle, he hasnt eclipsed 5 percent at the polls nationally since October and is an essential lock to finish outside of the top 10 ahead of Septembers CNN debate, polling between 1 and 2 percent.
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