Quentin Fulks
EducationGeorgia Southwestern State University (BA)
American University (MPA)
OccupationCampaign manager
Political partyDemocratic

Quentin Fulks is an American campaign manager and political strategist. He is a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics [1] and the principal deputy campaign manager of the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign.

Early life

Fulks is from Ellaville, Georgia.[2] He graduated from Schley Middle High School in 2008.[3] Fulks was a split end and defensive back on the varsity football team.[3] In 2012, he completed a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in sociology at Georgia Southwestern State University.[4] He served as the co-founder and president of its pre-law society.[4] Fulks earned a M.A. from the American University School of Public Affairs in 2015.[4]

Political career

In June 2014, Fulks joined Priorities USA Action as a political content manager.[4] He interned for U.S. representative Steny Hoyer.[2]

Fulks served as the deputy to campaign manager Anne Caprara during governor J. B. Pritzker's election campaign in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election.[2] Fulks was the manager of Senator Raphael Warnock's reelection campaign during the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia.[2] Warnock was the first Democrat to win re-election to the Senate in Georgia since Sam Nunn in 1990[5] and the first Deep South Democrat to win re-election since former Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu in 2008.[6]

On April 25, 2023, Julie Chávez Rodriguez and Fulks were named as campaign manager and principal deputy campaign manager respectively of the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign.[7][8] This is the first time a Latina and African American man were selected to run the campaign of an incumbent president.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Quentin Fulks". The Institute of Politics at Harvard University. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Barrow, Bill (2023-03-17). "Reaching out despite 'tough audience'". Visalia Times-Delta. pp. A8. Retrieved 2023-04-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Quentin Fulks' (Ellaville, GA) Schley County High School Career Home". MaxPreps. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "SPA Grad Delivers AU Winter Commencement Address". American University. December 18, 2015. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  5. ↑ "Raphael Warnock wins the Georgia Senate runoff | Fast facts about his victory". 11Alive.com. December 6, 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  6. ↑ Weisman, Jonathan; King, Maya (2022-12-06). "Warnock Beats Walker, Giving Democrats 51st Senate Seat". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  7. 1 2 Pager, Tyler; Scherer, Michael (April 24, 2023). "Biden team plans television ads after Tuesday reelection announcement". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  8. ↑ Kapos, Shia (April 25, 2023). "Duckworth, Fulks join team Biden". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
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