Ed Goea
CNN
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has hired several more key operatives to staff a new political committee that he recently established as he considers a run for the Republican presidential nomination, CNN has learned.
Kirsten Kukowski, deputy communications director/press secretary for the Republican National Committee, will serve as communications director for Walker’s “Our American Revival” and several members of the Tarrance Group will conduct polling and provide strategic political advice to the governor.
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Ed Goeas, president and CEO of Tarrance, will serve as a senior adviser, while partner Brian Tringali and senior vice president B.J. Martino will oversee polling. Tringali and Martino have worked for Walker in his previous gubernatorial campaigns.
In addition, Mark Stephenson, who worked on Joni Ernst’s successful Iowa Senate campaign among others, has signed on as Walker’s chief data officer.
The hiring of the new political personnel is the latest sign that Walker is more than just exploring a run for the White House. Already, the Wisconsin governor had hired Rick Wiley as executive director, Matt Mason as political director and David Polyansky as senior Iowa adviser for the committee.
