David Plouffe

David Plouffe is one of the most experienced and successful campaign managers and strategists in the United States.

As executive director of the the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the 1999-2000, Plouffe led a national campaign that pumped a record $95 million to races across the country, and helped add to the party's membership in the House of Representatives

Prior to joining the DCCC, Plouffe served as Democratic leader Richard Gephardt's Deputy Chief of Staff in 1997-1998. He joined Leader Gephardt after managing the successful campaign to fill Bill Bradley's seat in the U.S. Senate for Bob Torricelli, the most hotly contested U.S. Senate race in the 1996 cycle.

Plouffe served as the Campaign Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Director in 1995, joining the DSCC after managing a U.S. Senate race in Delaware in 1994 for Attorney General Charlie Oberly against Senator Bill Roth.

Plouffe also successfully managed Congressman John Olver's first reelection bid in western Massachusetts in 1992 and served as a State Field Director for Senator Tom Harkin's Presidential campaign in the 1992 cycle, after serving as the Deputy Field Director in Harkin's successful 1990 U.S. Senate race.

Plouffe joined Axelrod & Associates in the winter of 2000. He resides in Washington DC.