Biden campaign announces Nevada staff hires

President Biden’s reelection campaign announced four key staff hires Monday for its leadership team in Nevada, shoring up the campaign’s presence in the battleground Silver State. 

Shelby Wiltz, the current chair of the Clark County Democratic Party Central Committee, will be the Biden campaign’s Nevada state campaign manager. She worked as part of the Nevada staff for Biden’s 2020 bid. 

Chelsey Wininger, who was the executive director of the Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus, will be the Nevada deputy state campaign manager. 

Sean Hoey, a senior adviser for the Nevada State Democratic Party, will be the campaign’s general election director in the state. 

Demi Falcon, who works as deputy chief of staff for Nevada Rep. Dina Titus (D), will become the campaign’s Nevada political and coalitions director.

The state leadership team will work on “reaching out to voters and organizing in key communities” in an effort to “elect Democrats up and down the ballot,” according to a statement from the campaign. 

Nevada — a battleground state Biden won by just around 2 percentage points in 2020 — is a key early state in the Democrats’ 2024 calendar. 

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted earlier this year to bump Nevada up in the party’s presidential nominating calendar. The Silver State’s Democratic presidential preference primary will be Feb. 6.

Biden was in Las Vegas last week to tout infrastructure investments and announce $8.2 billion in funding for passenger rail projects, including a high-speed system between Nevada and California. 

Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is running for reelection next year — and the state’s Democratic Reps. Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford are on the NRCC’s list of “prime pick-up opportunities for Republicans” in 2024.

The Messenger first reported the hires.