Paul Tewes

Paul Tewes is a Democratic strategist specializing in national political organizing in the United States.

Tewes was the Iowa state director for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign,[1][2][3][failed verification] and continued after the Iowa caucus to lead Obama's field operations in key states such as Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

[4] According to the Huffington Post, Tewes "is widely regarded among the very most talented of political organizers in the nation," and was "largely responsible for Obama's surprise win in Iowa".

[6] The following election cycle, in 1996, he was Campaign Manager of Congressman David Minge's successful re-election bid to Minnesota's Second Congressional District.

[6] Then, in 1998, Tewes ran the successful re-election campaign of Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold.