An early staff shake-up for Gordon

WEST CHESTER—Brian Gordon is the first to admit that the late start to his campaign has also been a rough start.

The Lower Merion Township Commissioner got into a competitive Democratic primary for Congress in the 6th District late last year, after two other candidates were well into building networks of support. The first challenge for Gordon has been staffing. He had an interim campaign manager who left at the end of last month as planned, but he has yet to hire a permanent one. The Washington-based group Hilltop Public Solutions is coordinating the campaign for now. His first directors of finance and communications have also moved on, and while he expects to be fully staffed soon—he’s in the process of hiring a campaign manager—the early days have been hard without a full organization.

“Getting in late has been a big challenge,” Gordon acknowledged last weekend before courting Chester County Democrats at their endorsement meeting here. He ended up winning only one vote.

“Having to retool staff has been another challenge in the race,” he said. “On the bright side, I’ve had a tremendous reception from people in the community.”

February 22, 2010 at 8:45 am

--Dan Hirschhorn